Transatlantic Relations and Business: Navigating Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

Speakers

Speaker: Yves Germeaux
Speaker Yves Germeaux
Yves Germeaux is Head of Trade and International Relations at FEDIL, where he represents the federation’s interests on economic, trade, sustainability, and tax matters at the European and international levels. With over 30 years of experience in corporate finance and aviation, he joined FEDIL in 2025 after leading the Corporate Finance and Aviation …

Yves Germeaux is Head of Trade and International Relations at FEDIL, where he represents the federation’s interests on economic, trade, sustainability, and tax matters at the European and international levels.


With over 30 years of experience in corporate finance and aviation, he joined FEDIL in 2025 after leading the Corporate Finance and Aviation Finance activities at Luxembourg-based advisory firm Atoz.


Over the course of his career, Yves has held several senior finance leadership positions in multinational companies, including Chief
Financial Officer at Luxaviation, Vice President Corporate Finance at Cargolux, and Director Corporate Finance at Arbed — now ArcelorMittal.


A regular speaker at finance and international policy events, Yves also shares his expertise as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg.


He holds a Master of Science in Banking and Finance from HEC Lausanne (in partnership with the University of California, Los Angeles), a Master’s degree in Private Law from the Université Robert Schuman in Strasbourg, and a Master of Science in Economic Sciences from HEC Lausanne.


Yves is fluent in French, German, English, and Luxembourgish.

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Speaker: Moderator: Luc Decker
Speaker Moderator: Luc Decker
Since September 1 st , 2024, Luc Decker is Consul General and Executive Director of the Luxembourg Trade and Investment Office (LTIO) in New York. Between 2013 and 2020, Luc Decker held the same role in Shanghai. From 2018 to 2020, he was the Dean of the Consular Corp in that city. …

Since September 1 st , 2024, Luc Decker is Consul General and Executive Director of the Luxembourg Trade and Investment Office (LTIO) in New York.


Between 2013 and 2020, Luc Decker held the same role in Shanghai. From 2018 to 2020, he was the Dean of the Consular Corp in that city. From 2020 to 2024, Luc was a Senior Advisor at the Ministry of the Economy, where he was Deputy Chief of Staff of the Minister of the Economy, and later piloted the talent attraction program.


Luc Decker joined the Ministry of the Economy in 2005, after obtaining his master’s degree in political science in Paris, at the Sorbonne (Université Paris 1). He is also a passionate swimmer and represented Luxembourg at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Luc is married and has two children.

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