Arendt Services
Benjamin Collette has been appointed new CEO of the business, accountancy and tax services department of Luxembourg-based law firm Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in strategy, regulatory and corporate finance.
Before joining Arendt Services on 1 September, Collette was an advisory & consulting partner at Deloitte. He also worked as an associate at Mc Kinsey, as a director at Moventum and as a currency option trader at Banque Générale du Luxembourg.
KPMG
David Capocci will start as Managing Partner of KPMG Luxembourg for a four-year term on 1 October. The Head of Alternative Investments replaces current Managing Partner Philippe Meyer, after a six-month transition period.
Four new Heads of Sector will join Capocci’s team: Chrystelle Veeckmans (Head of Asset Management), Christophe Diricks (Head of Alternative Investments), Jean-Pascal Nepper (Head of Banking and Insurance) and Thierry Ravasio (Head of Corporates and Public Sector).
EY
EY Luxembourg has appointed 11 new partners. The newl partners are: for Tax, Alexandre Igel and Pierre Kirsch. For Assurance, Amélie Julian, Giuseppe Corsini, Thomas Druant, Nicolas Grillot, Laura Iftime, Brieuc Malherbe, Julien Melotte and Emanuela Sardi. These are in addition to Marco Houscheid, Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, also in Advisory, whose announcement came earlier this year.
ABBL
Ananda Kautz joined the ABBL mid-August 2020 as Head of Innovation, Digital Banking and Payments. She will be in charge of supporting ABBL’ members in achieving digital transformation and strengthening their positions by seizing opportunities related to digitalisation and innovation.
Ananda began her career in Luxembourg in 2006 at PwC. She then joined ING Luxembourg where she worked at the corporate banking division in a sales position in Payments & Cash Management.