Christophe De Hauwer is Chief Development Officer of SES.  He has been with SES since 2003, holding several positions in the areas of Strategic Marketing, Strategic and Business Planning and Corporate Development, as well as Fleet Development and Yield Management. He played an instrumental role in the execution of key business transactions, namely the acquisition of New Skies in 2005, the GE share redemption in 2006 and the investments in O3b Networks from 2009 to 2013. Christophe led since 2017 the SES US C-band spectrum monetization. Prior to joining SES, Christophe worked with Arthur Andersen. He holds an Engineering and a PhD Degree from the Ecole Polytechnique of Brussels. Christophe is a Belgian national.

Consul General of Luxembourg in New York and Executive Director, Luxembourg Trade & Investment Office in New York

On September 1, 2016, Ms. Jeanne Crauser assumed the duties of Consul General of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in New York City, and Executive Director of the Luxembourg Trade & Investment Office covering the Eastern half of North America, facilitating both American investment in Luxembourg as well as supporting commercial expansion of Luxembourg companies to the North American market.

Prior to her most recent appointment, Ms. Crauser held the position of Deputy Representative of Luxembourg to the Political and Security Committee next to the EU. For four years, Ms. Crauser has been closely following and involved in all aspects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy and of the Common Security and Defense Policy within the EU, contributing therefore to preparing Luxembourg’s position within the Foreign Affairs Council at the EU level.

Ms. Crauser has lived in several countries overseas, and possesses a Master of Arts in European Political and Administrative Studies – College of Europe – Institute of Postgraduate European Studies, Bruges (Belgium) – Thesis: “The Transatlantic Business Dialogue: An important milestone in the EU-US relations” as well as a Master in Economic Sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (Belgium).

Thus, she brings unique insights and an internationalist perspective to her dual roles with the Consulate General and the Trade and Investment Office in New York.