09 January 2025
Shanghai
Luxembourg meets Shanghai
Location
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J-Hotel
Shanghai Tower
No. 126 Dong Tai Road
Lujiazui Pudong New District
Shanghai
Luxembourg for Finance has the pleasure of inviting you to its Shanghai networking reception.
Thursday, 9 January 2025
18:00 – 20:00 CST
J-Hotel, Shanghai-Pudong
We are delighted to be joined by H.E. Gilles Roth, Minister of Finance for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, who will open the event.
This event is by invitation only. However, you are welcome to express your interest in participating through the following website.
Luxembourg for Finance will also be exhibiting at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong on 13 and 14 January. If you are planning to attend, please do not hesitate to contact us. We would be pleased to assist you in obtaining a discount code for the access pass.
卢森堡金融推广署诚邀您参加将在上海举办的招待活动。
2025年1月9日周四
北京时间 18:00–20:00
上海浦东上海中心J酒店
我们很荣幸邀请到卢森堡大公国财政大臣吉勒·罗特（Gilles Roth）阁下。他将为本此活动揭幕。
本次活动将采用邀请制。尽管如此，如果您有兴趣参加本次活动，欢迎您通过以下网站告知我们。
卢森堡金融推广署还将参加1月12日至13日在香港举办的亚洲金融论坛。如果您也准备参加，请与我们联系。
For any questions regarding the event or sponsorship opportunities, please contact: Sara Pereira
Speakers
HE Gilles Roth
Luxembourg Minister of Finance
Gilles Roth was born on 1 March 1967 in Luxembourg.
After graduating from the Athénée de Luxembourg in 1986, Gilles Roth studied law at the Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg and the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium, where he obtained a degree in law. He then completed his university studies in 1991 with a degree in business administration and management from the Institut d’Administration et de Gestion of UCL.
Following the legislative elections of 8 October 2023, Gilles Roth was appointed Minister of Finance on 17 November 2023 in the coalition government formed by the Christian Social Party (CSV) and the Democratic Party (DP).
Gilles Roth was elected municipal councillor in 1993 and became mayor of Mamer in 2000. Gilles Roth joined the Parliament in April 2007 and in 2013 he became Chairman of the CSV political group. Successively re-elected to Parliament, he co-chaired this political group from 2021 until he joined the Government. From 1991 to 1994, Gilles Roth practised as a lawyer, then as Avocat à la Cour at the Luxembourg Bar. In 1995, he became a government attaché at the Ministry of Finance, before being seconded to the Luxembourg Court of Auditors and the Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the European Union in Brussels. In 1998, he returned to the Ministry of Finance and became government advisor (Conseiller), then senior government advisor (Premier Conseiller de Gouvernement). He also held the position of Government Delegate to the Administrative Jurisdictions until 2007.
Tom Théobald
CEO, Luxembourg for Finance
Tom Théobald is CEO of Luxembourg for Finance, the Agency for the Development of the Financial Centre.
Previously, he served as Director for the Development of the Financial Centre at the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance. Tom sits on the Advisory Board of the Department of Finance of the University of Luxembourg, is Board member of the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT), and was a member of the Luxembourg Trade & Investment Board, as well as a member of the Management Board of the National Data Exchange Platform (PNED G.I.E.).
Prior to joining the Ministry in March 2019, Tom was Deputy CEO of Luxembourg for Finance from 2014 to 2019. He worked as Adviser at the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL), where he was in charge of Communication and Press Relations. He also held the position of Secretary of the ABBL Board of Directors and served as an attaché to the Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the United Nations in New York.
Tom holds a Doctorate in English Literature from Newcastle University in the UK.