She worked at odd jobs from her teenage years, first in a pastry shop and then, at the age of 17, as a librarian at the Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie.

In the mid-1980s, she worked with the architect Jean Nouvel on the establishment of the Foundation in a new building on Boulevard Raspail, which opened in 1994, where she launched the multimedia program "Soirées Nomades".

[4] During these few months, she anchored the programming in urban culture by co-producing the electronic music festival Global Tekno with Radio FG.

[8] As soon as she arrived, she created a scientific committee to advise her on the acquisition of works, increased the number of partnerships with international and national institutions, and initiated, with the artists, a program of commissions open to all fields of creation.

Between her appointment and the opening of the building, she chose to bring the museum to life virtually, with a website designed by the artist Claude Closky, which includes a magazine and a gallery of digital artworks, with contributions from Peter Kogler, Paul Devautour, David Shrigley, Hervé Graumann, Pierre Leguillon, Alexandra Midal, Jean-Charles Massera, among others.

Princess Caroline of Hanover asked Beaud to take over the artistic direction of the Prince Pierre Foundation's International Contemporary Art Prize.