Claude Niedner Appointed Chair of ALFI Regulation Advisory Board

The Board of Directors of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) appointed the new Chair and Vice-Chairs of the ALFI Regulation Advisory Board at its meeting on 3 December 2020.

Claude Niedner, Partner and Chairman of Arendt & Medernach, has been appointed Chair of the ALFI Regulation Advisory Board, whilst Lize Griffiths, Partner at Deloitte Luxembourg, and Gast Juncker, Partner at Elvinger Hoss Prussen S.A., have been appointed Vice-Chairs.

The other board members are as follows: Hermann Beythan, Linklaters LLP; Nathalie Dogniez; PwC, Société Coopérative; Ludovic Hallet, BNP Paribas Asset Management Luxembourg; Ulrich Juchem, DZ PRIVATBANK S.A.; Mathieu Maurier, Société Générale Securities Services Luxembourg; Keith O’Donnell, Atoz S.A.; Mark Phillips, Aviva Investors Luxembourg S.A.; Francesca Prym, UBS Fund Management (Luxembourg) S.A.; Philippe Ringard, JPMorgan Asset Management (Europe) S.à r.l.; Susanne Weismüller, ALFI, Coordinator of the Regulation Advisory Board.

Chair Claude Niedner commented: “The many upcoming initiatives from the European and Luxembourg regulatory bodies will require our full attention. I am confident that we will have plenty of constructive discussions together with the Vice-Chairs and other RegBo members in order to enhance the development of the Luxembourg fund industry.”

The mission of the ALFI Regulation Advisory Board is to: reflect on key priorities within the regulatory landscape to which the Luxembourg fund industry should devote resources; identify, assess and monitor upcoming national and European draft regulations and consultations which will have an impact on the Luxembourg fund industry and which will require ALFI to take a position on; identify the topics which need to be addressed by ALFI and mandate a sub-committee or working group to prepare draft position papers in close cooperation with the respective chairperson of a TC/Forum and the ALFI secretariat or head office; validate draft ALFI position papers prepared by the relevant technical committees or ad-hoc working groups and submit the documents for approval to the board.