The Charity Incubator

Pascale is the Managing Director of Apollo Strategists. Prior to founding Apollo in 2012, Pascale gained a 12 years’ international experience in corporate and marketing communications and in marketing, market development and sales at the SES Group, one of the world-leading satellite operators. After that, she spent 5 years as head of communications & PR of the City of Luxembourg, which provided her with deep insights into and understanding of the Grand-Duchy’s administrative and political functioning. Pascale has a master’s degree in communications and public relations from Université Libre de Bruxelles. Pascale Kauffman is a Luxembourg national, speaks 5 languages fluently and is an active member of the board of LUCA as well as an expert in financial and industrial communications.

Pascale Kauffman

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Sabrina is a partner in Juridex Law firm. Prior to joining Juridex, Sabrina was a lawyer in an international leading law firm. She has over 18 years of experience in civil and commercial dispute resolution and employment matters. She also advises and assists clients on corporate law, administrative law and real estate. She is a member of professional associations and intervenes regularly at conferences and at the House of training as lecturer in civil and commercial law as well as real estate.

Sabrina Salvador

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After graduating from HEC Liège (Belgium) in commercial and financial sciences, Pascal created his first startup in 1993 when he was 25 and initiated the opening of the newly created Luxembourg maritime registry to megayachts, which further lead him to developing a family office activity in Monaco and Luxembourg. In 2011 Pascal initiated another startup, developing an online tangible luxury asset management platform.After spending 5 years in California, he he settled in New York City in 2017 to developed activities in real estate, entertainment, and business consulting, notably business development and corporate storytelling. In 2020 he returned to Luxembourg and became head of the Jobseekers Department of the Luxembourg employment agency (ADEM), including taking part in the digitalisation of the functioning, as well as new IT tools at ADEM. Early 2022 he emerged into the start-up world once more with Beno Luxembourg. Furthermore, he is a mentor with the incubator of the University of Luxembourg.

Pascal Wiscour-Conter

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Director of Data and Partnerships, B-Medical Systems. Erica combines science and business-related experience. She holds the position of Director of Data and Partnerships. She just joined the company, after 4 years of research, 10 of Marketing, 5 of management consulting, and 8 years of top management experience in a big public institution in Luxembourg. At B-Medical Systems, Erica will drive the strategy and the development of the monitoring devices data business across all customers and geographies. At the UL, Erica managed UL operations across all functions (including finance), all internal processes, and had a team of 260 people approximately. There, she implemented profound and impactful organisational changes, largely contributed to design and boost entrepreneurship programs at the UL, and contributed to the setting up and execution of the UL strategy and priorities. Erica has been a SnT advisory board member for 5 years. As of December 2019, Erica is a board member of the International School of Luxembourg. She is a founding member of the UL Entrepreneurship program and of the MIT sister program ‘UL Venture Mentoring Service’, and of the Charity Incubator of Luxembourg.

Erica Monfardini

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Founder and chief executive of RealCorp, a Luxembourg-based real estate services firm, Michael is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and has over 25 years of experience in commercial real estate investment advisory and asset management. A non-executive director with confirmed board-level experience in private and listed real estate companies, Michael currently serves on the boards of sovereign wealth, investment, and development funds. A social entrepreneur, he is a founding member of Cercle Libanais de Luxembourg asbl and the founder and chair of Alphabetical Order, an education charity established in the UK and Luxembourg that provides tuition aid to underprivileged school children in Lebanon.

Michael Chidiac

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20 Years Anniversary Gala Evening

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20 Years Anniversary Gala Evening

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20 Years Anniversary Gala Evening

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Marco is of the Italian nationality, and he is the founder and chairman of FARAD Group, a B Corp certified financial services company. Marco is a social and impact investor and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the Luxembourg ecosystem.

Marco Caldana

BOD/ExCo

Elisa’s entire professional career has been in humanitarian aid and development cooperation. She is currently in charge of external relations and partnerships at the Luxembourg-based NGO ADA. Previously, she held positions at Oxfam Italia and Altromercato (Fair Trade). She has been a Board Member of FARAD IM since 2021.
Elisa holds a degree in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Padua (Italy) and a Master’s in International Relations and Diplomacy from the College of Europe in Bruges. She is a certified Expert in Microfinance at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and an EFPA ESG Advisor®. Furthermore, Elisa is a certified yoga teacher.

Elisa Dolci

BOD

The last 20 years, as a coach, Serge has accompanied clients on their leadership journey to live ambitious human and business adventures. His engineering background coupled with his therapeutic training have sculpted his practice.

Serge Borg

BOD

Francis Gasparotto, 53, joined Maison Moderne in 2002. He began his career in 1990 at CETREL as an IT developer, then in 2000 at Telindus as a sales consultant. In 2021 he was appointed Country Manager of Ajilon IT Luxembourg, a recruitment company for ICT specialists and decision-makers.
Between 2006 and 2021, he became a shareholder and director of the advertising department of Maison Moderne. He contributed to the development of the commercial teams of the media brands Paperjam, Delano, and the Business Club.
In 2021, he launched Katcho S.A. as a Strategic Business Advisor for the local market. Maison Moderne became his first client.
These last 30 years in Luxembourg have allowed him to build an important network. Above all, he developed a recognised expertise based on a mastery of the B to B markets.

Francis Gasparotto

BOD

I’ve worked within the international media scene for 20 years and have been liaising with many governments. Experience in sales and media communication, and I have worked with the Canadian Embassies in Jakarta (2003-2006) Dakar (2006-2010) and Mumbai (2010-2012) with high-level visitors such as Canadian Governor-General, Ministers and ALP (advanced leadership groups).

During the 2004 Banda Aceh Tsunami response, I was on the Canadian recon team with Canadian Military and specialists.
Later I worked for a year on the Indonesian tsunami reconstruction for Britco with several NGO's such as Save the Children, IFRC, Habitat for Humanity and more, working closely with the Indonesian Government.

Since 2021 I’m managing the corporate partnerships within Médecins Sans frontiers Luxembourg.

I’m a certified clinical hypnotherapist and I have an MBA in Crisis Management.

Michele Jensen Carlen

BOD

Amanda graduated from The Hague with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration with a minor in Sustainability in 2021. She is a young professional that seeks to change business as usual and to incorporate sustainability into every aspect of both professional and personal lives. In 2021, she completed the EFPA ESG Advisor® certification. Amanda was born and raised in Luxembourg, is half Swedish and speaks 5 languages fluently.

Amanda Biver

ExCo

Of Indian origin, born in Mozambique, and of Portuguese nationality, Ana grew up in Luxembourg and studied in Belgium. She started her career in Luxembourg in the reinsurance and yachting sectors, and then she moved to Monaco, where she worked in the cosmetics, fashion and event management sectors. In 2012, she headed to San Diego to work in the restaurant and hotel industry, before moving to New York three years later to use her talent to help European companies set up shop in the US, while remaining active in events.

Ana Wiscour-Conter

ExCo

Open-minded professional with over 7 years management experience in economics, international trade and investment promotion within the government and private sector. Professional project manager and event manager in export promotion and business consulting. Experienced negotiator between Ukrainian and European/American/Asian companies.

Viktoriia Tymtsjas

ExCo