Focus on Tokenisation

Emilie Allaert is the Luxembourg Blockchain Lab Lead and Head of Operations and Projects at the LHoFT –  The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology.

She has an in-depth knowledge of the industry challenges and is convinced technology and innovation are the paths to follow to ensure Luxembourg’s competitivity. Prior to joining the LHoFT, she worked for KPMG, JP Morgan AM and Alpha FMC.

Next to Fintech, she has built an expertise in DLT technology, digital assets and STO, areas where she published various reports and is part of numerous working groups. Notably, she is the co-chair of the ALFI working group on Blockchain and Crypto-Assets.

She believes dissemination of knowledge is key to adoption and gives lectures on digital innovation and DLT technology.

Emilie holds a BSc in Economics and Management from the University of Luxembourg; a MA in Financial Management from the University of Durham Business School and a Certificate in Climate & Renewable Energy Finance from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

Emilie’s contribution to the industry has been widely recognised, including by a nomination in the Women in Fintech Powerlist 2017 and in the 50 Who’s Who in Tech in Luxembourg in 2021.

Natasha Deloge holds a master degree in private law with a specialisation in business law from the University Robert Schuman in Strasbourg.

After a first experience as a lawyer, she has joined the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) in 2002, where she has built a solid background and expertise in payment services, consumer protection, financial technologies and innovation in the broad sense of the term.

Since 2015, she is the Deputy Head of the Innovation, Payments, Markets Infrastructures and Governance Department of the CSSF. She is also the newly appointed Head of the Innovation Hub of the CSSF and the chair of the internal group on sustainable finance.

Luc Falempin is CEO and Founder of Tokeny Solutions and has been immersed in enterprise grade technology ever since he founded his first venture in 2012.

Being in the first generation to learn web technology at school, he graduated with a BA from HEC Montreal, achieved an E-business MBA and received a diploma from the University of San Francisco.

2012 was a seminal year for Luc as he funded his first venture, an AI and technology-driven social shopping platform, which he sold later in 2015 to pivot to another technology platform: A SaaS solution that is widely recognized as one of the most advanced e-commerce platforms for online marketplaces. He successfully exited this business in 2017.

That same year, Luc decided to set up Tokeny Solutions, a technology enabler with the vision of digitising traditional finance to bring more fairness, transparency and inclusivity to capital markets.

Chris Hollifield is head of business development at Luxembourg for Finance, where his work involves advising FinTech and financial companies looking to develop cross-border activity through Luxembourg-based platforms. He also advises on the development of the ecosystem in Luxembourg and on synergy creation with other key financial centres, with a focus on East Asia.

Prior to working at Luxembourg for Finance, Chris worked in the strategy department of Clearstream Banking SA, an International Central Securities Depository that facilitates the settlement of interbank transactions in over 50 markets worldwide. Here, his work focused particularly on strategic projects concerning distributed ledger technology and other FinTech topics.

Nadia Manzari is a Partner at Schiltz & Schiltz.

Before joining the firm in 2018, Nadia was the Head of the Innovation, Payments, Markets Infrastructures and Governance Department at the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), where she started her career in 2001.

She is a regular speaker at national and international conferences covering payment services, financial technologies, remuneration policies and corporate governance.

She graduated in law from the University Robert Schuman in Strasbourg and holds a master degree in private law (maîtrise en droit privé, mention “droit des affaires”) as well as a postgraduate DJCE diploma (Diplôme de Juriste Conseil d’Entreprise) degree with a focus on German-French business law. She holds the Certificate in Corporate Governance of INSEAD and is an ILA certified director.

Guido Stroemer is a financial market veteran with over 30 years of professional work experience in a variety of trading, risk management and senior leadership positions.

Prior to co-founding HQLA^X, Guido was global head of repo trading at UBS.

HQLA^X is a financial technology innovation firm that leverages distributed ledger technology to deliver liquidity management and collateral management solutions for institutional clients in the global secured funding markets.

Alexander Tkachenko is a Managing Partner of 2be.lu VC fund and CEO and founder of VNX.

In 2014, he founded a Luxembourg early-stage venture capital fund 2be.lu. Today, 2be.lu has successful investments in 16 companies focused on the sharing economy, artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies.

In 2018, Alexander Tkachenko founded VNX, a tokenization and digital asset investments platform powered by blockchain. In 2020, VNX successfully completed Europe’s first VC deal on blockchain and helped to attract 1.1mln EUR to South Korean fintech startup Streami.

Alexander is also a co-chair of the VC club at Luxembourg’s PE and VC Association (LPEA) and an Executive Council member at Digital Banking and Fintech Cluster in Luxembourg’s Banks Association (ABBL).

Alexander has an MBA from the London Business School and Columbia University. After graduation, he had twenty years of professional experience in marketing, sales and business development. Business angel, member of the E100 – LBS angel investor network.