Laurence Metzler

She joined Rotarex in September 2023, after, as Laurence Metzler put it on her Linkedin page, “an incredible journey of 31 years” at Guardian Industries. During her time there, she advanced from network administrator to IT supervisor to IT infrastructure supervisor Europe to IT director Europe to IT director EMEA to IT director global plant IT/OT to chief technology officer. “While change can be both challenging and invigorating, I am eager to embrace new opportunities and continue to learn and grow,” she wrote.

Claude Meurisse

He took the top job at the open finance platform Luxhub in May 2023, after 5 years as its COO. Prior to that, he spent 19 years at BGL BNP Paribas, including as IT domain manager, IT technical coordinator, IT solution architect and project manager. Claude Meurisse started his career as a desktop services analyst at Euroclear. He is active in the French standards groups Stet and Collectif API Thinking, and Berlin Group-Open Finance Advisory Group. He attended the University of Liège and Haute École Libre Mosane.

Laurent Moscetti

According to his bio, he has “solid expertise in complex business transformation execution.” He started at the big four in 2020, aiming to bridge the gap between the financial services and technology worlds. Prior to EY, spent 22 years at Accenture, which he joined as a business analyst in 1998 and worked his way up to country managing director, a post he held for the last 6 years with the consulting outfit. He studied at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon and Brunel University London.

Raoul Mulheims

He cofounded Finologee, a compliance-­focused fintech firm, in 2017, but that was not his first startup. He’s cofounded Mpulse and Digicash Payments. He cofounded Nvision, a web agency, in his final year at law school, which was Paris-Pantheon-Assas University. His first entrepreneurial effort was the Luxusbuerg Chat & Community Platform, which had 70,000 users in the late 1990s. Today is an executive council member of the Payments Cluster Luxembourg, part of the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL).

Jesper Nielsen

Jesper Nielsen has been modernising what he called “a very traditional” IT department since he joined the national airline in 2021, including the development of a new mobile app and a website refresh. His efforts have not gone unnoticed: he was named CIO of the Year at ITnation’s Golden-I ceremony in June 2023. Before joining Luxair, he was CIO at Apex Group, a director at Deloitte and management consultant at Verizon. He studied at the Royal Danish Navy Academy, The Open University and Kellogg Executive Education.

Olivier Nosetti

was named head of transformation in January 2023, while keeping his responsibilities as head of IT, a post he’s had since 2010. Other roles at the bank have included Avaloq programme manager and IT project manager. Earlier, he worked at the Société Européenne de Banque and Clearstream. He attended the Centre Européen Universitaire and McGill University. He is a UTMB-ranked mountain ultramarathon runner, in recent years competing in races in France, Italy, Morocco and Switzerland.

Santosh Pandey

He’s been with the steelmaking group since 2007. He took up the post of CIO of ArcelorMittal Europe Long Products in 2022, after turns as head of strategy for its Long Products Europe unit in Luxembourg, head of finance controlling and reporting at ArcelorMittal Ostrava in the Czech Republic, and country head of internal assurance for ArcelorMittal Ostrava in Ukraine and Bosnia. Earlier in his career, Santosh Pandey held finance positions with Philips, Oracle and Daikin. He studied at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Updated, 31 January 2024, to clarify the business unit where Pandey is currently CIO

Alex Panican

He’s been with Lhoft since 2017, first as head of partnerships and ecosystem development, then as deputy CEO since 2022. He’s a board member of the ABBL trade group’s Fintech and Innovation Forum, Romania Luxemburg Business Forum and Unchain Fintech Festival. Before Lhoft, he was an advisor at the consultancy Strategys. Earlier in his career, cofounded Malinshopper.com and worked at Labgroup, FI Press Montreal, the University of Quebec, Bombardier and UBS. He studied at the University of Quebec.

Tahereh Pazouki

Tahereh Pazouki launched the math learning app (Magrid) in 2017 and tutoring programme (Letzmath) in 2020. She’s been recognised with several awards: European Young Leader (top 40, 2023), MIT Solve (top 40, 2022); Creative Young Entrepreneur (second place world, 2022; first place Europe, 2022; and first place Luxembourg, 2021) and World Summit Awards (top 40). Previously she was a software developer and researcher at the University of Luxembourg, after studying computer science and psychology there.

Ruy Pinto

He joined the satellite operator--from its archrival--as deputy chief technology officer in 2017, moving up to CIO and then CTO, before being promoted to the top job in July 2023. That archrival was Inmarsat, where over the course of 16+ years he was group CTO, group COO, VP of satellite and network operations, and director of satellite operations and navigation. previously chaired the UK Space Industry Trade Association and was a board member of Invsat. He attended Rio de Janeiro Catholic University.