Laurence Ponchaut
Biography
- Born in 27/05/1970 in Liège (Belgique)
- Nationality Luxemburgish
Spoken Languages
French (Native or bilingual proficiency)·
English (Full professional proficiency)·
Spanish (Elementary proficiency)·
Dutch (Elementary proficiency)·
Quote
«Nous devons nous soutenir entre femmes, tout comme les hommes le font entre eux. Les femmes peuvent être leur plus grand soutien ou leur plus grand obstacle.»
Career
Professionnal Experience
- Founder
- March 2009 until today
Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I
- Independent Director Non Executive Board Director, Audit Committee Member, Remuneration & Nomination Committee Chair
- 2021 until today
Los Jardines de Abama
- President of the Board
- April 2024 until today
- President
- 2021 until today
- Founding Board Member
- 2017 until today
Merlux
- Independent Director
- 2019 - 2021
- Head of Corporate reputation
- September 2006 to March 2009
- General Manager Corporate Communication
- May 2004 to September 2006
Clearstream SA
- Senior Strategic Planning Manager
- February 2001 to May 2004
- Investment Management Buisness Development Manager
- February 1999 to February 2001
- Marketing & Internal Communication Manager Luxembourg
- February 1999 to February 2001
- Senior Consultant
- 1997 - 1999
Commission européenne
- Economic Expert in Benin
- May 1993 to January 1995
Expertise
- Strategy
- Business Strategy
- Corporate Communications
- Change Management
- Business Development
- Strategic Planning
- Management Consulting
- Business Planning
- Internal Communications
- Management
- Marketing Strategy
- Strategic Communications
- CRM
- Project Management
- Leadership
- Public Relations
- Mergers
- Team Management
- Competitive Analysis
- Entrepreneurship
- Training
- Integrated Marketing
- Marketing
- Strategy Development
- Corporate Reputation
- ESG
- GDPR
Associations
Not professionnal associations
Alumni INSEAD Association Luxembourg
- Président
- 2007 - 2013
Hockey Federation Luxembourg
- Board Member
- 2018 - 2022
Education & Honors
INSEAD
- MBA
- 1996 - 1997
Ecole de commerce de Solvay (Bruxelles)
- Ingénieur Commercial
- 1987 - 1992
HEC Montréal
- 1990 : Exchange Programme, Union des Ingénieurs Commerciaux Scholarship