Marc Giorgetti, CEO of Félix Giorgetti, a construction firm (centre), was named the most influential economic decision-maker in the Grand Duchy during Paperjam magazine’s “Top 100” event on 13 December 2016. He is pictured with Victor Rod, chair of the independent jury that compiled the list (left), and John Parkhouse, head of PwC Luxembourg, who was ranked number 3 in this year’s list. About 800 people attended the ceremony, which took place at the Grand Théâtre in Luxembourg City. Maison Moderne

Marc Giorgetti, CEO of Félix Giorgetti, a construction firm (centre), was named the most influential economic decision-maker in the Grand Duchy during Paperjam magazine’s “Top 100” event on 13 December 2016. He is pictured with Victor Rod, chair of the independent jury that compiled the list (left), and John Parkhouse, head of PwC Luxembourg, who was ranked number 3 in this year’s list. About 800 people attended the ceremony, which took place at the Grand Théâtre in Luxembourg City. Maison Moderne

The 55 year old became CEO of his family’s firm in 1996, and also serves on the boards of several construction and property subsidiaries, as well as two investment firms and his sector’s trade group.

The “Top 100” economic influencers list is released every other year by Paperjam magazine, which is published by the same company as Delano. The rankings were determined by an independent jury and not by Paperjam’s editorial staff.

This year’s honourees were announced during a ceremony on Tuesday evening.

Paperjam’s 2016 ten most influential economic decision-makers were:

10. Georges Bock of KPMG Luxembourg, a consultancy

9. Carlo Thill of BGL BNP Paribas, a bank, and the ABBL, Luxembourg’s banking trade group

8. Fernand Ernster of Ernster, a chain of bookshops, and the CLC, Luxembourg’s trade confederation

7. Jos Sales of Sales-Lentz, a transport operator and travel agency

6. Jean-Louis Schiltz, an attorney and guest professor, and former cabinet minister

5. Françoise Thoma of BCEE, the state savings bank

4. Michèle Detaille of Alipa, a packaging and industrial equipment group

3. John Parkhouse of PwC Luxembourg, a consultancy

2. Paul Mousel and Guy Harles of Arendt & Medernach, a law firm

1. Marc Giorgetti of Félix Giorgetti, a general contractor

The full rankings can be found, in French, in the print edition of Paperjam released this week.