Philippe Evrard

He joined Apex Group, a fast-growing fund services provider, in 2021. No doubt his days (and probably some nights) are filled by integrating the firm’s numerous recent acquisitions and managing organic growth. Philippe Evrard formerly was head of IT and strategic change management at Nomura in Luxembourg, director of technology and business solutions at Lombard International Assurance and COO at a mobile pureplay bank. He attended the Isep digital engineering school, University of Sussex and ICN Business School.

Jacques Federspiel

Jacques Federspiel needs to keep confidential information, sensitive medical data and essential applications--used to treat thousands of patients each day--safe, secure and sound. He’s been the head cybersecurity honcho at the major hospital group since 2017. Prior to that, he was IT manager at the group’s Zitha Klinik. Before moving into the health sector, he was head of the IT and organisation department at Dresdner Bank Luxembourg and then Commerzbank Luxemburg. He studied computer science at Universität Trier.

Manuel Fischer

For the past decade, he’s led IT for Amazon operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. “I am passionate about leveraging technology to create value for customers, stakeholders, and society,” Manuel Fischer says in his Linkedin bio. In 2010, while CIO of Six Payment Services, he was named CIO of the Year by both ITone in Luxembourg and the German edition of CIO magazine. He’s also had posts at Accenture, Bull Consulting and Deloitte. He attended the University of Saarland and EM Lyon Business School.

Sébastien Genesca

He first worked in the grand duchy in 1998, when he came for an internship. He has led the data centre operator EBRC since 2022, where aims to “support global transformation projects and enable our clients to derive more value from their data while keeping it safe.” That followed turns at Post Luxembourg, Elgon, SD Worx, CGI and Sogeti. He has been active in Rotary International for the past 16 years. He studied at the IAE management school in France. His hobbies include fine dining and running.

Ludovic Gilles

“My passion is to help clients transform their IT,” states on Linkedin. He took up the top post at the consultancy Elgon in 2022, after holding management roles at Post Luxembourg, as well as at EBRC, Microsoft’s cloud operations in Belgium and Luxembourg, and at IBM in Brussels, Paris and Luxembourg. Earlier in his career, he was an IT manager at the Europe Information Service, a news agency in Brussels. He attended Henley Business School in the UK. His hobbies include golf and trekking.

Tom Goerens

Tom Goerens has spent a quarter of a century working at the state savings bank Spuerkeess. He joined in 1997 and has served as deputy head of IT production, vice president and head of the IT production business unit, and since July 2023 senior vice president and overall head of IT. Before joining the bank, he was a systems engineer at IBM. He is active in the children’s cancer care charity Fondatioun Kriibskrank Kanner, running in the recent Lëtz Go Gold fundraiser. He attended the University of Liège.

Kenneth Graham

He’s led the Vodafone-backed scaleup incubator since 2019. Before taking up the post, Kenneth Graham spent more than 25 years at the global telecom giant, including as head of group supply chain management for Vodafone Business; head of technology planning & performance for Africa, Middle East & Asia-Pacific; and head of new access network technologies & innovation. Earlier in his career, he was a network implementation & optimisation manager at Vodacom in South Africa. He studied at the University of Strathclyde.

Krystina Gray

She took up her current job in 2022 after serving as HSBC’s country CISO and head of resilience risk. Before joining the bank, she was an information security consultant and held cybersecurity positions with Amazon and Scotiabank. sits on the board of the (ISC)² Belux Chapter, a group for certified IT security professionals, and is a founding member of Women Cyber Force and Women4Cyber Luxembourg. “I act to inspire others to believe in themselves,” she says. She studied at Centennial College in Toronto.

Mario Grotz

His day job is to evaluate private sector R&D projects. In addition, chairs the cybersecurity group Incert, economic development agency Luxinnovation, high performance computing outfit Luxprovide and the energy provider Creos, and is an advisor to the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT). Earlier in his career, he was an SME advisor at the Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Skilled Trades and Crafts. He attended the University of Liège.

Jean Hilger

“The Finnovation Hub mission is to orient the university’s research capacities towards financial service industry needs and to encourage the industry to commit to longer-term R&D projects,” says. He also chairs the ABBL trade group’s digital strategy committee and the open banking platform Luxhub, in addition to the NGO Fondation Follereau Luxembourg. Previously, he spent 30 years in the IT department at Spuerkeess, where he still advises the CEO. He studied at the University of Strasbourg.