He has worked as marketing director for Artcurial, the largest French auction house, and for the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing.
After graduating in art history at La Sorbonne in parallel of his business studies, he worked for two years in China for Unilever.
[citation needed] In 2002, he came back in France where he was appointed head of the marketing department of the largest French auction house, Artcurial.
[citation needed] In 2009, he opened the first HdM Gallery in China dedicated to works on paper, in partnership with Laurent Dassault.
[6] In 2010, de Montferrand was a jury member of the Foire Internationale du Dessin won by Kristina Heckova, and the prize consisted in a one-month exhibition in the gallery.