Nadège De Biasio, head of business services and change, Clearstream. Photo: Clearstream, Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne archives

Nadège De Biasio, head of business services and change, Clearstream. Photo: Clearstream, Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne archives

Delano’s Winter 2024 magazine featured 100 Luxembourg technology influencers. Here is the fourth instalment of 10 profiles. Tech executives are listed in alphabetical order, by family name.

Nadège De Biasio

She has worked at the Deutsche Börse unit since 2022, managing IT projects for Clearstream Fund Services, integrating Kneip’s data platform, examining cloud solutions and improving processes. She previously was head of CRM at Nordea Asset Management, project manager at RBC Investor & Treasury Services and senior manager at EY. Before working in Luxembourg, Nadège De Biasio was head of the IT department at Indesit, in Thionville, and a sales engineer at T&T, in Italy. She studied at HEI in Lille.

Michael De Roover

Michael De Roover, chief information officer, Banque Raiffeisen. Photos: Maison Moderne archives, Thomas Jensen/Unsplash

Michael De Roover, chief information officer, Banque Raiffeisen. Photos: Maison Moderne archives, Thomas Jensen/Unsplash

Michael De Roover moved to Banque Raiffeisen, a cooperative bank, in February 2023. He joined from the private bank and investment services provider Banque de Luxembourg, where over the course of 15 years he had advanced from pole manager to applications management to head of front solutions and management committee member working on bank digitalisation. Prior to working in the financial sector, he was head of corporate information systems at ArcelorMittal. He attended the IAE Nancy School of Management.

Claude Demuth

Claude Demuth, CEO, Lu-Cix. Photo: Lu-Cix

Claude Demuth, CEO, Lu-Cix. Photo: Lu-Cix

He has been with Luxembourg’s commercial internet exchange since its inception in 2009, serving as CEO of its operational arm since 2016 and chairing its not-for-profit parent association since 2020. Claude Demuth also is co-founder and co-organiser of the Luxembourg Internet Days conference, sits on the board of Myconnectivity.lu and chairs Luxchat. He previously held positions with Cetrel, Luxconnect and Post Luxembourg. He attended the University of Luxembourg and Université Louis Pasteur, in Strasbourg.

Mohamed Dib

Mohamed Dib, head of procurement, Rakuten Europe Bank. Photos: The Dots, Shutterstock

Mohamed Dib, head of procurement, Rakuten Europe Bank. Photos: The Dots, Shutterstock

He was named head of procurement in 2020, after serving nearly 6 years as head of product at Rakuten Europe Bank, a merchant banking subsidiary of Japan’s largest ecommerce group, which has its European HQ in Luxembourg. Prior to that, he worked--in France, Spain, Mauritius and the UK--as operations manager at John & John, senior consultant at EY, project manager at Bull and business analyst at Atos. Mohamed Dib studied at the Epita computer engineering school and Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, in France.

Loïc Didelot

Loïc Didelot, CEO, Mixvoip. Photo: Mixvoip

Loïc Didelot, CEO, Mixvoip. Photo: Mixvoip

founded the IP-based telecom provider for businesses and professionals Mixvoip in 2008, which today employs nearly 100 staff and has started to expand its client base outside of the grand duchy. Previously he was CTO at MS Networks and Voipgate. Currently he also chairs the HB Mersch 75 handball club, having played handball since a young age and saying the sport helps him remain a team player at the office and to decompress after hectic workdays. He studied at the Ichec Brussels Management School.

Jean Diederich

Jean Diederich, chair, Association des professionnels de la société de l’information (Apsi). Library photo: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne (2019)

Jean Diederich, chair, Association des professionnels de la société de l’information (Apsi). Library photo: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne (2019)

He was named chair of the professional association Apsi in 2010; his day job is partner at the consulting firm Finegan Luxembourg. Previously he was partner at the management consultancies Kurt Salmon and Wavestone. Prior to that, he held management posts at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting, Electronic Data Systems, IBM Global Services and Logica. He started his career as an IT analyst/programmer at Société Marseillaise de Crédit. ’s hobbies include art, music production, wine and cigars.

Jean-Jacques Dubois

Jean-Jacques Dubois, CIO, BGL BNP Paribas. Photos: Maison Moderne archives

Jean-Jacques Dubois, CIO, BGL BNP Paribas. Photos: Maison Moderne archives

Jean-Jacques Dubois joined what was then Banque Générale du Luxembourg, as head of development support, in 1998. Much of his professional life in the late 2000s and early 2010s was spent integrating BGL’s systems into the BNP Paribas group, and then later migrating from mainframes to Linux. He was named Most Valuable Professional of the Year at the ITone gala in 2014. He became the bank’s CIO in 2019. He started his career on the development team at Euroclear, after studying computer science at the University of Liège.

Vincent Eggen

Vincent Eggen, CEO & CIO, Pictet Technologies. Photo: Eva Krins/Maison Moderne

Vincent Eggen, CEO & CIO, Pictet Technologies. Photo: Eva Krins/Maison Moderne

He has led Belval-based Pictet Technologies, the fintech services unit of the Swiss asset management and private banking firm Pictet, since 2016. He was named CIO of the Year at ITnation’s Golden-I gala in 2019. At the time, Vincent Eggen said he “was moved” by the award and the prize was “above all, for all of the company’s employees.” He previously held positions with Champ Cargosystems, KBL European Private Bankers and Odyssey Financial Technologies. He studied computer science at the University of Namur.

Remy Els

Remy Els, IT director, Foyer. Photos: David Angeletti/LCGDP/Uppercut, Foyer

Remy Els, IT director, Foyer. Photos: David Angeletti/LCGDP/Uppercut, Foyer

At last count, he and his team were responsible for keeping roughly 500 applications up and running smoothly for the insurer’s employees, partners and clients. He supervises some 100 staff, ranging from developers to UX designers. Remy Els originally joined Foyer as a project manager in 2009, moving up to deputy director in 2011 and department director in 2014, then being named to the top tech spot in 2015. He started his career at a university software spinoff. He studied applied computing in Saarbrücken.

Genna Elvin

Genna Elvin, co-founder & chief tada officer, Tadaweb. Library picture: Simon Verjus/Maison Moderne (2021)

Genna Elvin, co-founder & chief tada officer, Tadaweb. Library picture: Simon Verjus/Maison Moderne (2021)

“At 17, I was a founding member of my first startup, created to bring solar energy to the impoverished Marshall Islands. Since then I have consistently seen the world through the eyes of an entrepreneur,” states on her Linkedin bio. The New Zealander co-founded Luxembourg-based Tadaweb, an “open source intelligence platform”, in 2011. She is also active in the Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce, Institute of Directors in New Zealand, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and Startups.lu.