Robert Scharfe

Robert Scharfe was born on 26 November 1953 and is the Chief Executive Officer of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange^[1] (Bourse de Luxembourg), a post he has held since 18 April 2012.

He is also chairman of the board^[2] of Fundsquare, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Career

He began his career in 1977 at Banque Générale du Luxembourg (now BGL BNP Paribas) and up to 2012 held a variety of positions in the bank. These included terms as the head of financial markets from 1985 to 1994, head of private banking from 1994 to 1998 and CEO of the global markets business line from 2004 to 2007. He finished his time at this bank as a member of the management board in charge of corporate and investment banking.

He was a member of the board of directors of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange from April 2001^[3] and in 2004 was elected vice-chairman, a mandate he held until his appointment as CEO.

He was also chairman of the board^[4] of Finesti, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, from April 2012 until its integration in July 2013 into Fundsquare.

Personal

Robert Scharfe holds a master's degree in economics from the University of Nancy, France. He is married and has three children.

Footnotes

1. "Bourse de Luxembourg press release". Retrieved 2012-11-23.
2. "Fundsquare "Company structure and history" page". Retrieved 2014-04-27.
3. "PaperJam magazine article". Retrieved 2012-04-18.
4. "Finesti press release" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-02.