Serge Weyland will lead the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry starting in the new year. Library photo: Matic Zorman

Serge Weyland will lead the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry starting in the new year. Library photo: Matic Zorman

The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry has named Serge Weyland as its new director general.

Serge Weyland will take over as director general of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry starting on 1 January 2024.

Weyland has 25 years in the investment fund sector and is known for being softspokenly outspoken on issues around digitalisation, tokenisation technologies and the democratisation of private asset funds. He is currently CEO of Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management and previously worked at Banque Internationale à Luxembourg and Caceis. He earned a master’s at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management.

Weyland takes over from , who has held the position since January 2007. Delano understands that Thommes will remain with Alfi in an advisory role during a transition period.

“Camille has built an impressive team and has made an invaluable contribution to the success of the Luxembourg fund industry,” Weyland in a press release on 28 November 2023. Weyland said he looked forward to working with the Alfi team to address “the challenges for the fund industry in Luxembourg and beyond.”

Alfi also announced that , currently director of legal and tax, has been appointed deputy director general “with immediate effect.” That post has been vacant since Marc-André Bechet left the association in the spring.