Focus on Compliance & Risk Management

Andrew McDougall is Head of Geopolitical Risk for Barclays and advises Barclays Board and executive leadership on global affairs.

He joined Barclays from the UK Foreign Office, where he gained extensive experience working on some of the most important global issues over the past two decades. His particular expertise is Europe, Russia, and China, but also worked closely on Iran and South Asia (India/Pakistan/Afghanistan) earlier in his career.  Andrew’s final posting was in Brussels (Political Counsellor in the UK Mission to the EU and NATO) but also served in Switzerland, India, and the Middle East.

As a British Army officer, he served in Northern Ireland, the Balkans, and Iraq, before joining the Foreign Office. He read Law and International Relations at university.

Sandrine Labro is Director of Investor Services Compliance globally and the Chief Compliance Officer, Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Data Protection Officer and Anti-Fraud Officer for BBH Luxembourg.

Sandrine has over 20 years of experience in the fund industry, with 13 of these years at BBH. Sandrine regularly engages with industry bodies such as ABBL, ALFI and ALCO alongside dedicated working groups led by Luxembourgish authorities. Sandrine has worked in various roles, including Compliance at JPMorgan Asset Management, Threadneedle and GSAM in Luxembourg and London prior joining BBH.

Karine Laurencin is Deputy CEO and Conducting Officer for Risk, Compliance and Legal at Amundi Luxembourg. She has been Deputy CEO and Conducting Officer for Risk, Compliance and Legal functions since 2024. She is member of Amundi Luxembourg Executive Committee.

From 2013 to 2024, Mrs Laurencin served as Head of Compliance at Amundi Luxembourg. She was a member of the Amundi Group Compliance Management Committee, notably leading the firm’s Distribution compliance control framework.

Ms Laurencin has been Advisor to the Board of the Association of Luxembourg Compliance Officers (ALCO) since 2023 and Board Director since 2025.

Ms Laurencin has been with Amundi since 1998 in a variety of roles, including Institutional Marketing, Pension fund Consultant Relations in the US and Europe, Head of Investment Specialists and Head of Product Development in France.

Ms Laurencin received a Master’s degree in Economics and a postgraduate degree in Finance and Banking with Honors from the University of Paris Panthéon-Assas.

Alexandra Merlino is Head of EU Regulatory Affairs at Bank Pictet (Europe) AG, joining Pictet in 2016. She has extensive international experience, and deep knowledge of European financial regulation from different perspectives: practitioner, advocate, policy maker.  

Before Pictet, Alexandra was a Senior Regulatory Expert within the Risk Department of Groupe BPCE, one of France’s four Globally Systemically Important Banks. She was seconded to the French Banking Federation for two years, leading bank advocacy initiatives.

Prior to that, Alexandra spent seven years in London, holding consulting and policy roles at E&Y and at the UK’s Financial Services Authority. Before that, Alexandra worked as an analyst at the IMF and the World Bank in Washington DC.

Alexandra holds a Master in Law & Accounting from the London School of Economics and an MBA in International Finance from American University in Washington DC.

Alexandra is Chairperson of the ABBL’s Financial Markets Committee and co-chairs ALFI’s Outsourcing Working Group. She is also a member of the ILA’s Bank Committee. Alexandra is a regular panellist at industry events.

Antoine Meyers is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in information security and IT risk management.

Currently serving as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)  at BGL BNP Paribas since October 2019, Antoine has previously held significant roles at BNP Paribas Fortis, including CIO CIB Belgium and Chief Information Security Officer CIB Europe. Antoine’s career began at Reuters as a Sales Manager and included leadership positions at Fortis Bank and Computer Science Corporation.

Education includes an Executive Program in Cybersecurity from Solvay Brussels School and a Master in Engineering-Telecommunications from Université libre de Bruxelles, along with additional qualifications in Economics and IT Service Management.

Luc Neuberg is a founding partner of Fair Cost Index. He is also Chairman of the Board of ALRiM, the Luxembourg Association for Risk Management, and President of GFR, Global Fund Risk Association. Luc is a member of the Advisory Committees of the CSSF and a member of the Technical Committee of ESMA.

In the past, he was CEO, head of risk management, as well as a board member of diverse investment fund management companies and investment funds. He teaches risk management courses at universities and for professional training institutes. Luc has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, and is a co-author of the book Risk Management for Investment Funds published by McGraw Hill in 2023.

He holds a PhD in Management Sciences from the University of Namur and a Civil Engineer degree in Physics from the University of Liege.

Tilo Reichert is Head of Risk and Compliance at Swiss Life Asset Managers Luxembourg as well as Conducting Officer Risk & Compliance and member of the Management Board.

Swiss Life Asset Managers Luxembourg is a Super-Manco managing a variety of Real Asset and Financial Asset strategies and has set up branches in different European locations. Tilo gained more than 20 years of experience in the asset management industry working in various risk, compliance and project management roles in and outside of Luxembourg.

Over the years he developed expertise in asset management strategies, risk management and regulatory compliance dealing with different UCITS and alternative strategies. As an active member of ALFI he is participating and contributing to different risk management and asset class specific working groups as well as the Conducting Officer forum.

He holds a master in applied mathematics and is a CAIA, CFA as well as FRM charterholder.

Lynn Robbroeckx is Secretary General at Luxembourg for Finance (LFF), the agency for the development of the financial centre.

She currently also serves as Secretary General of PROFIL, the Luxembourg Financial Industry Federation, and is a member of the board at the Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI) and LuxFLAG.

She holds a Master Degree in Sinology from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium and studied Chinese at Chengkung University in Taiwan.

Prior to joining LFF, Lynn served as Head of Communication at the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) and SpaceResources.lu initiative. She began her career at the Luxembourg Embassy in Beijing and later on worked for the world’s leading steel and mining company, ArcelorMittal, in China and London.

Anne-Lise Vandevoir is a Counsel in the Investment Funds practice of Clifford Chance’s Luxembourg office. She joined the firm in 2017.

She specialises in financial regulation, focusing in particular on investment funds and asset managers. This includes advising clients on legal, regulatory and organisational aspects of the structuring, management and servicing of both investment funds and asset managers.

Anne-Lise advises a wide range of professionals of the Luxembourg financial sector such as regulated investment funds (UCITS and SIFs), investment fund managers (ManCo’s and AIFMs), investment firms and financial service providers, such as fund administrators and depositaries.

Anne-Lise specialises in regulatory and prudential supervision matters, e.g. regulatory compliance, AML, ESG, Fintech, change of control and M&A transactions and a wide variety of licensing requests.

In addition, Anne-Lise is a member of various working groups focusing in particular on distribution of investment funds of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI).

Murielle Yimgang is the Chief Compliance Officer at Generali Luxembourg, where she acts as a Compliance Key Function Holder under the Solvency II directive. She oversees the Compliance and Internal Control functions, ensuring regulatory alignment and operational integrity across the organization. With over 15 years of experience in financial services—spanning insurance, private equity, and asset management—Murielle has developed strong expertise in AML, governance, risk management, and financial regulation (Solvency II, AML/CTF, UCITS, AIFMD).

Prior to joining Generali, she held senior compliance roles in Luxembourg-based firms, where she led the design and execution of compliance frameworks, managed regulatory reporting, advised management on fund structuring and distribution, and acted as a liaison with supervisory authorities such as the CSSF and CRF.

Murielle is a graduate of Sorbonne University Paris Nord and a committed advocate for pragmatic, business-oriented compliance. She promotes a culture of ethics and accountability, and support the evolving role of compliance professionals in a changing regulatory environment.