Baptiste Guionnet joins PwC Luxembourg as partner

PwC Luxembourg has named Baptiste Guionnet as partner. Guionnet will support CEOs, CFOs and other C-level executives on all financial, performance and transformation matters of the finance function.

Until recently he served as partner at Deloitte Luxembourg where he worked for more than six years in the CFO advisory practice. Before joining Deloitte, he worked at Societe Generale and Natixis.

Stephan Schilken joins IntReal as managing director

IntReal Luxembourg SA, a subsidiary of property-focused third-party AIF manager IntReal, has added Stephan Schilken, 48, to its management team as a managing director. He will serve in the position of conducting officer and brings to the job decades of experience in Luxembourg’s investment fund and financial sector.

Benoît van den Hove nouveau CEO Euronext Brussels

Benoît van den Hove nouveau CEO Euronext BrusselsBenoît van den Hove (photo de gauche) succède à Vincent Van Dessel (photo de droite) en tant que CEO d’Euronext Brussels et président et membre du comité exécutif d’Euronext Brussels.

Euronext en a fait état dans un communiqué de presse. Van Dessel atteindra l’âge de la retraite en 2023. 

Katharine Dryer takes up new equity role at Capital Group

Katharine Dryer has been appointed at Capital Group in a new London-based role as equity lead, Europe and Asia client group. 

San Francisco-headquartered Capital Group, with assets under management of approximately 2.2 trillion dollars, said Dryer will focus on expanding the firm’s equity distribution strategy and product development roadmap to better serve institutional and intermediary clients across Europe and Asia. 

Lazard names Alexandre Schmitz to Luxembourg unit

Senior private banker Alexandre Schmitz has left Degroof Petercam Luxembourg to join the Luxembourg operation of Lazard Frères Gestion, a French asset management firm which has offered wealth management services in Luxembourg since 2021.

Schmitz will join Lazare’s Luxembourg team as “director – senior private banker”.

“Alexandre’s arrival marks our desire to strengthen our presence in the local market,” said Julien Thibault-Liger, managing director of the firm in Luxembourg.