Paperjam + Delano Club Insights

How to effectively manage incrediby diverse teams? How to enable your creative team members whilst operating within a framwoek of regulations. Noel Fessef, CEO of European Fund Administration shares from his wealth of experiences.

Combining a busy family life with a demanding job is tough, irrespective of gender. In the month of February we are speaking to some of Luxembourgs leading business women on their experience of how to manage expectations from colleaguges and children while having enough time to breathe and enjoy life.

The Luxembourg space sector is continuing to rapidy expand. One of the new players in this market is Kleos which collects data from remote locations to identify human presence. The environmental, social and defence applications are potentially significant.

The topic of Cybersecurity and how firms can proactively protect themselves continues to grow as we approach 2022. As the number of hacks and scams continue to increase  we spoke to two experts in this field from The Blockhouse Technology limited.

Rajaa Mekouar is a well-known figure in the Luxembourg PE Ecosystem. She has broad experience both as a director and board member of PE Entities as well as previoulsy being the CEO of the LPEA. More recently her focus has been on providing insights and services to single family offices which are a growing segment in the Grand Duchy.

Listening to Christos is a powerful experience. In comfortable Luxembourg it can be easy to forget that we have global responsiblities. He encapsulates the chalenges of providing emergency care in a way that is hard not to be moved by.

Asset managers are on a journey as the remifications of ESG regulations continue to unfold. As ManCos get to grips with the implications, we ask Daniela on her views on this evolution within the Funds sector.

Gert Rautenberg, Chief Commerical officer of the ACOLIN Group & CEO of GFA, provides his insights into the benefits of the Luxembourg jurisdiction and the changing role of the ManCo.

The Luxembourg Chambre de Commerce is a central player enabling Luxembourg businesses to export more goods and services. There is renewed impetus for Luxembourg to grow its non-financial service base, to include space, fintech and regtech sectors but which will blossom into significance. We spoke with Cindy Tereba, the Director of International Affairs for the Chambre de Commerce.

Expo 2020 starts on the 1st of October 2021 and provides a gateway for Luxembourg to communicate with the world. But with the pandemic frustrating some travellers, will it achieve its objectes. The General Commissioner of the Luxembourg stand, Maggy Nagel says YES!

In a digital world is there still space for physical dating? Yes! But why do singles find it so hard to connect with each other? Claudia Neimester, the CEO of LuxDates highlights 6 reasons as well as practical steps that both men and women can implment to find their ideal match. Tune in for more insights.

Innovation and growth are on the agenda for many companies and a key way to do this is to merge or acquire other market actors. Hear from the Senior Managing Director of State Street (Luxembourg) Vincent Georgel O'reilly, with his insights as to what is driving the market and what can a Bank like State Street provide to help.

Being a media star in a country that only has one TV station has its limits, perhaps not surprising that Tanja also turned her hand to running restaurants, nightclubs and bars. The road of being an entrepreneur also has had its ups and downs. Hear an honest appraisal of the Luxembourg media sector and Tanja's own personal story as a business owner. 

Tune in to Employability coach, Cherry Kent as she challenges the conclusions about home working. “We haven't really raised enough of a debate about hybrid working”. She says, “We‘ve sort of fallen into hybrid working as the new normal. I think this is driven by demands employees but what about the business?”

A new way of thinking   Sinead chats about the impact of COVID both on her own health and the impact it has had on the recruitment sector in Luxembourg.    She also shares her advice on managing a team in both remote and physical settings. Will the new ways of working remain with us going forward? Tune in to find out.  

Hear from Stanislas Dutreil, Managing Director of Belgium and Luxembourg at Badenoch+Clark which is part of the Adecco group on his views on the new ways of working that will come out of the pandemic.

It has never been harder for professionals to filter the noise of fake news, nevertheless this is what David Schieberg is committed to offer with his media monitoring service. ESG is hot topic as consumers have to seperate facts from fiction, meanwhile how does the USA make progress on social values whilst Trump supporters remain adamant.

(Part 2) Investment Funds have a key role to pay in bringing about meaningful change in ESG. We spoke to Revel Wood, Founding Partner of One Group solutions one of the newest and fastest growing ManCos in Luxembourg on his views on what these changes could mean.

Investment Funds have a key role to pay in bringing about meaningful change in ESG. We spoke to Revel Wood, Founding Partner of One Group solutions one of the newest and fastest growing ManCos in Luxembourg on his views on what these changes could mean.

“Luxembourg people are number one in Europe, but access to property is heavy, it is so, so difficult to live here.” We spoke to Steve Krack who is an instinctive innovator challenging conservative ideas of construction and has been consistently ahead of his time.

Kicking off our new series of Club insights Podcast. Nadine Gutenstein talks; innovation, environment and the need for more green spaces as she provides her insights into the Luxembourg real estate market. She thinks we will see taller residential buildings in the future and the trend to shop, live and work locally will continue. Tune in for the latest insights on Luxembourg real estate as we get ready for the Paperjam and Delano Business Club 10*6 New ways of living on the 21st of April.