Anne Eschapasse is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal’s museum of social history. A seasoned arts and culture executive with over 20 years of international experience leading museums and cross- functional teams in the development and delivery of high-profile initiatives and programs, she was until recently France Muséums' Managing Director posted at the Louvre Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
 
Anne Eschapasse began her career as a European decorative arts specialist at Christie's, in New York. From 2003 to 2009, she served as Director of Production and International Relations at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris where she directed the exhibition program in cooperation with leading international museums and galleries such as the Uffizi in Florence, Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Louisiana in Copenhagen, and Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. From 2009 to 2011, she worked as Special Projects Manager for the Director and Chief Curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Appointed Director of Exhibitions and Education at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in 2012, she led the development and planning of the exhibition, educational and cultural programs, as well as the design and operations pertaining to the reinstallation of the contemporary art collection in connection with the opening of a new pavilion designed by Office of Metropolitan Architecture (New York). From 2015 to 2020, she was the Deputy Director, Exhibitions & Outreach of the National Gallery of Canada where she delivered the Gallery's exhibitions, loans and publications programs and administered its collection. 
 
Amongst her accomplishments are the reinstallation of the Canadian and Indigenous art galleries inaugurated for Confederation’s 150th anniversary, the European tour of Canada and Impressionism, the renewal of the Gallery’s national and international outreach strategy and the production of several exhibitions presented at the Canada Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. In 2021, she joined the Contemporary Art Museum of Montreal where she led its architectural expansion project and organizational transformation.