Anne Calteux - Head of the European Commission Representation in Luxembourg

Anne Calteux is Head of the European Commission Representation in Luxembourg. She strives to bring Europe closer to local stakeholders and citizens by communicating via different channels on EU priorities and new initiatives.

Previously, she was head of EU and international affairs in the Luxembourgish Ministry of Health and main advisor to several Health Ministers. During the COVID pandemic, she was in charge of the coordination of the COVID Crisis Cell. From 2004 until 2013, she has been affected to the Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the EU with a focus on public health and social security. A lawyer by training, Anne Calteux was a member of the Luxembourg bar between 1999 and 2003 with a specialisation in litigation law. She holds a Master in European law from Université Robert Schuman Strasbourg and an LLM from King’s College London where she specialised in European Law.

Daniela Cedola - Partner, Government & Public Services, EU Institutions, PwC Luxembourg

Daniela is a Partner within PwC Consulting Public Sector. Her focus areas include market growth strategy, investment platforms, investment readiness, innovation ecosystems, policies for entrepreneurship and businesses and international trade. She has extensive experience with EU Institutions.

Daniela has worked for in different industries and sectors, including Public Sector, Education, Energy and Technology.

In her career as a consultant to European Institutions, she has worked in projects related to international trade, innovation, entrepreneurship, support to growth SMEs, performance assessment, competitiveness, market research as well as policy analysis in related areas.

Lex Delles - Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism

Études et formations

Après son baccalauréat en 2003, Lex Delles entame des études en droit à l'Université du Luxembourg avant d'être diplômé en sciences pédagogiques à l'HERS (Haute École Robert Schuman) à Virton (Belgique).

Fonctions gouvernementales

À la suite des élections législatives du 14 octobre 2018, Lex Delles fait son entrée au gouvernement comme ministre des Classes moyennes et ministre du Tourisme en date du 5 décembre 2018 dans le gouvernement de coalition entre le Parti démocratique (DP), le Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois (LSAP) et Les Verts (déi gréng). À l’issue des élections législatives du 8 octobre 2023, Lex Delles est nommé ministre de l’Économie, des PME, de l’Énergie et du Tourisme en date du 17 novembre 2023 dans le gouvernement de coalition entre le Parti chrétien-social (CSV) et le Parti démocratique (DP).

Autres fonctions politiques

Fidèle à sa devise "Rien n'est plus facile que de critiquer, mieux vaut agir”, Lex Delles s'engage dès 2010 auprès de la Jeunesse démocrate et libérale du Luxembourg (Jonk Demokraten - JDL). Il relance la section de la JDL à Mondorf-les-Bains et les Jeunes démocrates de la Circonscription Ouest, qu’il préside jusqu'en 2013. Il est vice-président du DP de novembre 2015 à juin 2022. En juin 2022, à l'âge de 37 ans, il est élu président du Parti démocrate, un poste qu'il a occupé jusqu'en 2025. Lex Delles se présente pour la première fois aux élections communales en 2011 et est élu d'emblée premier échevin de Mondorf-les-Bains. En janvier 2014, il est assermenté bourgmestre de sa commune natale. Lex Delles est par ailleurs président du Syndicat intercommunal pour la création, l'aménagement, la promotion et l'exploitation d'une zone d'activités économiques à caractère régional dans le canton de Remich (SIAER - Triangle vert) de mars 2014 jusqu'à son entrée au gouvernement. Suite aux élections législatives de 2013, Lex Delles est élu à la Chambre des députés et devient en 2014, à l'âge de 29 ans, le plus jeune député-maire du pays. Lors des élections communales de 2017, il conserve son mandat de bourgmestre jusqu'à son entrée au gouvernement. À la Chambre des députés, Lex Delles préside de 2013 à 2018 la commission de l'Education nationale, de l'Enfance et de la Jeunesse. Il est alors également membre de la commission de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme administrative, de la commission de l'Agriculture, de la Viticulture, du Développement rural et de la Protection des consommateurs ainsi que de la commission de la Culture. Lex Delles est par ailleurs membre suppléant de la délégation luxembourgeoise auprès du Conseil interparlementaire consultatif de Benelux de 2015 à 2018.

Activités professionnelles

Après ses études, Lex Delles entame une carrière d'instituteur au sein de l'école fondamentale à Lenningen.

Quentin Dupraz - General Partner, Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital

Quentin Dupraz is a General Partner at Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital, currently investing its early-stage Venture Capital DefenceTech Fund across NATO partner countries. With a decade of venture capital experience, Quentin has built a track record of investing across transformative sectors, ranging from energy systems to frontier technologies that support European security and sovereignty. He began his investment career in Corporate Venture Capital at Encevo, where he focused on early-stage cleantech investments. Quentin is Co-Chair of the LPEA VC Club and a founding member of LuxDefence.

Luc Frieden - Luxembourg Prime Minister

Luc Frieden was born on 16 September 1963 in Esch-sur-Alzette.

Education and qualifications

After his primary and secondary school studies in Luxembourg, Luc Frieden obtained a master's degree in business law from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in France in 1986. The following year he continued his postgraduate studies at the University of Cambridge (Queens' College) in the United Kingdom, where he obtained a Master of Comparative Law (LLM). In 1988, he completed a Master of Laws (LLM) degree at Harvard Law School in the United States.

Governmental post

Following the legislative elections of 8 October 2023, Luc Frieden was appointed Prime Minister by HRH the Grand Duke on 17 November 2023. He currently leads the coalition government between his party, the Christian Democrats (CSV/EPP), and the Liberals (DP/Renew Europe).

Other political posts

Luc Frieden was a member of the Luxembourg government from 1998 to 2013 in various governments under Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. He served as Minister of Justice, Minister of Defence, Minister of the Treasury and Budget and Minister of Finance.

A member of the CSV party (EPP) since 1994, Luc Frieden was also a member of Parliament from 1994-1998 and head of the CSV list for the 2023 legislative elections.

Professional activities

From 1989 to 1998 and from 2016 to 2023, Luc Frieden was a member of the Luxembourg Bar.

In 2016, he was a visiting professor of business law at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

From 2016 to 2023, Luc Frieden was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) S.A. and a member of the Board of Directors of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Bourse de Luxembourg). In addition to his professional activities, Luc Frieden has also chaired the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and the European Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Eurochambres.

François Mousel - Managing Partner, PwC Luxembourg

François Mousel, Managing Partner of PwC Luxembourg as of 1 July 2023, joined the firm in 2005, where he started his career in audit. In 2009, he switched to the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) as a senior advisor.

After three years at the CSSF, François rejoined the PwC team in 2013. He became a partner in 2015, managing a diversified audit and advisory engagement portfolio, including high profile commercial companies, public institutions, social care institutions/foundations and private equity firms as well as family businesses. He was a member of the exam jury for "réviseur d'Entreprises" in Luxembourg for more than 10 years. Between 2019 and 2023, he held the role of Markets and Strategy - Clients and Markets Leader of PwC Luxembourg as part of the Country Leadership Team. In June 2023 he was elected to join the Board of Directors of the Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA). In 2025, he became a member of the Board of Directors of the FEDIL.

François holds a Master's degree as “Ingénieur de gestion” from Solvay Business School in Brussels and is a qualified "Réviseur d'Entreprises agréé" as well as a Qualified Chartered Accountant ("Expert Comptable").

Rolf Strauch - Chief Economist and Management Board Member at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)

Rolf Strauch is Chief Economist and Management Board Member at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), which he joined in 2010. Mr Strauch is in charge of the divisions Economic and Market Analysis, Economic Risk Analysis, and Financial Sector and Market Analysis. Overall, he is responsible for economic and financial analysis and the country monitoring work. He represents the ESM in the international and European fora. Mr Strauch is also a member in advisory committees of several academic institutions.

Prior to this, Mr Strauch worked at the European Central Bank from 2000–2010 in the Directorate General Economics on fiscal, monetary, and structural policies. He also served previously as an economist at the Deutsche Bundesbank and as a researcher at both the University of Mannheim and the University of Bonn.

Mr Strauch holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Bonn. He is a fellow at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) in Bonn. He is leading the CEPR research policy network on European Economic Policy (EEP) together with Giancarlo Corsetti since February 2025.

He is the author of numerous economic articles, opeds and academic publications.

Carlo Thelen - Director General, Chamber of Commerce luxembourg

Détenteur d’un master en sciences économiques de l’Université Catholique de Louvain, Carlo Thelen a rejoint la Chambre de Commerce en 1996 en tant que conseiller économique. Membre du Comité de Direction depuis août 2003, il a occupé, avant sa nomination au poste de Directeur Général (en janvier 2014), les fonctions de directeur des affaires économiques, de directeur des affaires internationales et de «Chief Economist». Dans cette capacité, il était en charge de l’avis de la Chambre de Commerce sur le budget de l’Etat. Carlo Thelen anime un blog d’expert remarqué dans lequel il porte un regard avisé sur les grandes thématiques socio-économiques du pays. Outre son expertise économique, le Directeur Général de la Chambre de Commerce dispose d’une grande expérience en matière de promotion économique puisqu’il participe aux visites et missions économiques à l’étranger où il présente régulièrement les atouts de l’économie et des entreprises luxembourgeoises.

Frank Thomé - Board Member, LuxDefence and Member of the Executive Board, Ceratizit Group

CERATIZIT is a €1.5 billion technology group with more than 7,000 employees and over 30 production sites worldwide. Headquartered in Luxembourg, the company develops tungsten, a critical raw material, into advanced hardmetal cutting tools, wear‑resistant components, and powders essential to multiple system‑relevant industries, including defence, aerospace, automotive, electronics, mining and construction.

Frank Thomé, in his role as a member of Executive Board, oversees Global Sales for selected product lines and raw materials, and leads the Regional Unit Asia, including CERATIZIT’s strategic joint venture in China. His remit further includes Business Development, M&A, and the Legal function, as well as corporate responsibility for Artificial Intelligence and IT.

He joined CERATIZIT in 2016, bringing international leadership experience from Asia and the Middle East. His career began in R&D at Akzo Nobel, followed by senior roles in production and general management in the industrial gases sector.

Frank holds degrees in engineering and political science from RWTH Aachen, and has studied management and Mandarin at Beijing Foreign Studies University.

Gaston Trauffler - Head of Industrial Policy, FEDIL

Gaston Trauffler is Head of Industrial Policy and a member of the Executive Committee at FEDIL, Luxembourg’s voice of industry. He leads the federation’s work on energy and environmental policy, with a focus on strengthening the competitiveness and long-term resilience of Luxembourg’s industrial base.

Previously, he served as Director of Communication, Marketing and Strategy at Luxinnovation, Luxembourg’s national innovation agency. He brings extensive experience in strategic consulting and innovation management, having worked with EY in Luxembourg and held international roles in Tokyo, Zurich and Munich.

An engineer by training, Gaston holds a PhD in Strategic Innovation Management from ETH Zurich and teaches in the MBA programme at HEC Liège–Luxembourg.

Guy Verhofstadt - President European Movement International, former Member of the European Parliament and Former Prime Minister of Belgium

Guy Verhofstadt is President of the European Movement International, former Member of the European Parliament and former Co-Chair of the Conference on the Future of Europe. Born in 1953, he quickly rose through the ranks of Belgian politics. He became liberal party president in 1982 at the age of just 29. By 1985 he was Deputy Prime Minister and he served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 until 2008. After he left office, Guy Verhofstadt was elected to the European Parliament, where he was group leader of the Liberals and Democrats from 2009 until 2019. He also made a name for himself as Brexit coordinator and as a passionate champion of more European integration to tackle the multiple crises the EU faces at the moment. His latest book is titled "Europe's Last Chance” and he is currently writing a new book with the title "The Revolt of the Citizen”.

Jeromin Zettelmeyer - Director of Bruegel, former Deputy Director at the IMF and former head of economic policy at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Jeromin Zettelmeyer has been Director of Bruegel, the Brussels-based economic policy think tank, since September 2022. He was previously a Deputy Director of the Strategy and Policy Review Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (2016-19), Director-General for Economic Policy at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (2014-16); Director of Research and Deputy Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2008-2014), and IMF staff member(1994-2008).

Jeromin’s recent work has focused on the intersection of geopolitical change and reform in the EU, the EU fiscal framework, public debt sustainability, economic security, and international climate finance. Aside from leading Bruegel, Jeromin is a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and a member of the Euro50. He holds an economics degree from the University of Bonn (1990) and a Ph.D. in economics from MIT (1995).