Eric Busch, founder, Nexten.io & IKE. Library photo: Guy Wolff (2022)

Eric Busch, founder, Nexten.io & IKE. Library photo: Guy Wolff (2022)

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

Eric Busch

He launched his first startup in France, a web agency named Net-architect, in 1997, which he then sold to a London-listed outfit. Since then, back in Luxembourg, he’s founded the staffing firm Lancelot, media company Makana, and his current firms, the digital consultancy IKE and tech recruitment platform Nexten.io. In-between, he was head of digital economy at the economic development agency Luxinnovation and worked at Telindus. studied at Skema Business School and Western Carolina University.

Anthony Cannella

Anthony Cannella, technology, media and telecom (TMT) leader, EY. Photo: EY

Anthony Cannella, technology, media and telecom (TMT) leader, EY. Photo: EY

Anthony Cannella was promoted to partner at EY in 2019, having joined the big four consultancy 12 years earlier. “He provides audit services to large international and local TMT groups but also to commercial and products companies across Europe, the US and emerging markets,” his bio states. In addition, he leads the Luxembourg branch of EYnovation, a support programme for startup founders and entrepreneurs. He is a statutory auditor authorised in the grand duchy. He attended HEC Liège Management School.

Olivier Cardinal

Olivier Cardinal, chief information officer, PWC. Photos: PWC, Nader Ghavami

Olivier Cardinal, chief information officer, PWC. Photos: PWC, Nader Ghavami

“I don’t tell you what you should do, I do it with you,” he writes on his Linkedin profile. Olivier Cardinal took up the top IT job at PWC in 2019, having previously been managing director and head of IT delivery at the big four consultancy. Before that, in Belgium, he was head of IT strategic planning and then head of IT transversal activities and deputy head of IT development at BNP Paribas Fortis, and an enterprise architect at BNP Paribas Fortis and ING. He studied at the Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège.

Amal Choury

Amal Choury, chair, ICTLuxembourg. Library picture: Patricia Pitsch/Maison Moderne (2019)

Amal Choury, chair, ICTLuxembourg. Library picture: Patricia Pitsch/Maison Moderne (2019)

After working as an SAP consultant in France, IT manager at Ciments luxembourgeois and CIO at Eurobéton, founded the managed services provider E-Kenz in 2008. She was named ICT Woman of the Year by ITone in 2009 and received the Woman Business Manager of the Year Award from Dexia Bil in 2011. She founded and chaired the Eurocloud Luxembourg industry group in 2009. She joined the board of ICTLuxembourg, an umbrella federation for tech trade associations in 2011, and was named its chair in 2023.

Kaisu Christie

Kaisu Christie, group chief digital officer & CIO, European Investment Bank. Photos: EIB/Caroline Martin, Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne archives

Kaisu Christie, group chief digital officer & CIO, European Investment Bank. Photos: EIB/Caroline Martin, Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne archives

She has led the EU development bank’s digital and IT departments since 2022, when she moved to Luxembourg from Finland. Previously, she held executive positions with OP Financial Group and Cognizant, and was a board member of the digital property transaction platform Dias Oyj, OP Mortgage Bank and Checkout Finland. Kaisu Christie lived in Australia for 13 years, holding IT and project posts with Bank of Queensland, Origin Energy, ING and Optus. She studied at the Turku Institute of Business and Aalto University.

Sergio Coronado

Sergio Coronado, CIO, Nato Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). Library photo: Matic Zorman (2019)

Sergio Coronado, CIO, Nato Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). Library photo: Matic Zorman (2019)

He joined Nato in 2003, taking up his current post in 2020, and is focussed onAI and machine learning, cloud, cybersecurity and other technologies. He is co-founder and lead coach of the Luxem­bourg Tech School, which is “aimed at 12-19 year old students who are passionate about the digital realm and eager to learn and apply technology in a real business context.” He also lectures at the University of Luxembourg. earned a PhD in industrial engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Laurent Couturier

Laurent Couturier, CIO, Armacell. Photo: The Dots

Laurent Couturier, CIO, Armacell. Photo: The Dots

took up the top IT job at Armacell, a maker of insulation and specialised materials, in 2021. Before that, he was a supply chain consultant at Leadersun Consulting, supply chain director at Tarkett and a performance management system consultant. “We want to connect engineers who see how their production lines can be improved with IT experts who can make it happen,” he told Luxinnovation. “There are a lot of ideas in the field, and if we can capture them we can transform them into innovation.”

Fabrice Croiseaux

Fabrice Croiseaux, CEO, Intech. Library picture: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne (2022)

Fabrice Croiseaux, CEO, Intech. Library picture: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne (2022)

“Love to code. Blockchain enthusiast,” he writes on his Linkedin profile. He’s led the IT consultancy since 2011, having joined Intech, a subsidiary of Post Group, in 1998. serves on the boards of Ease, Nexten.io and Tokeny, chairs Infrachain, Lumena Startup Studio and Telecom Nancy, and moderates the blockchain working group at the French trade association Fédération des Tiers de Confiance Numériques. Earlier in his career, he was a podcast host for Nipcast and software architect at BGL BNP Paribas.

Giovanni Cuoco

Giovanni Cuoco, CEO, Anidris. Photos: Anidris, Markus Spiske/Unsplash

Giovanni Cuoco, CEO, Anidris. Photos: Anidris, Markus Spiske/Unsplash

has led Anidris, an IT integrator, since 2010. He says that the firm has a flat structure, with little focus on hierarchy, but rather the spotlight is on knowledge and accomplishments. He also sits on the board of Spoc Luxembourg, an IT services and consulting provider. Earlier in his career, he held sales and sales management positions with Sun Microsystems and Netbuilding (now Simac). He studied at the University of Metz. His hobbies include playing guitar, road cycling and model aircraft making.

Diego De Biasio

Diego De Biasio, CEO, Technoport. Library picture: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne (2022)

Diego De Biasio, CEO, Technoport. Library picture: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne (2022)

In 2012, he took the reins of the 25-year-old Technoport, a technology business incubator in Belval “that supports individuals or small teams to validate and implement their ideas through different support programs.” has been on the board of the European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN) since 2007 and was elected its chair in June 2023. He also is an advisory committee member at the scaleup incubator Tomorrow Street. He studied at the Université Louis Pasteur, in Strasbourg.