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Nicolas Sopel

Nicolas Sopel is Head of Macro Research & Chief Strategist Luxembourg, a key role in the Quintet organisation. He has recently returned to Europe after more than ten years in Singapore. He will help shape our view of the global economy, interest rates, currencies and emerging markets.

Nicolas is also helping to ensure that we communicate our views clearly and convincingly to all our stakeholders. This includes clients, with a particular focus on French speakers, Quintet staff and the media.
Nicolas previously worked at Fitch Solutions, where he was a senior member of the global strategy team responsible for country risk and sector research.

Prior to that, he worked for companies such as RHB Bank, one of Malaysia's largest banking groups, and BBSP, a technical research analysis company. He began his career at Société Générale, where he was a hedge fund manager.
Born and raised in Paris, Nicolas holds a master's degree in financial engineering from ESILV Paris and a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Paris VII Denis Diderot.

Email: nicolas.sopel@quintet.lu

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Nicolas Mackel

Nicolas Mackel is a career diplomat. He has graduated with a law degree from the University of Aix-en-Provence and holds two post-graduate diplomas in European law from the Sorbonne University, respectively the College of Europe in Bruges where he then also served as a teaching assistant in the Law Department. He worked as a legal clerk at the European Court of Justice before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1999. His assignments focused on the successive EU Treaty negotiations (Amsterdam, Nice, Constitution, Lisbon).

Nicolas was consecutively posted at Luxembourg's Permanent Representation to the EU (2002-07), as Deputy Chief of Mission at Luxembourg's Embassy in Washington DC (2007-11) and as Consul General in Shanghai (2011-13) where he was in charge of promoting Luxembourg's economic interests throughout China as the Executive Director of the Luxembourg Trade and Investment Office. Since July 2013, Nicolas is CEO of Luxembourg for Finance, the Agency for the Development of the Luxembourg Financial Centre.

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Jerry Grbic

After studying finance in Brussels, Jerry Grbic started his career in the banking sector by joining Banque Internationale à Luxembourg in 1996. He stayed there for 12 years, holding various positions. He then joined Banque Degroof, where he developed the Luxembourg market. In 2012, he took over Fortuna Banque, first as director and then as managing director.

In April 2022, Jerry Grbic became CEO of the Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL).

Morgan Mével

Morgan graduated in law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and the University of Luxembourg. She was admitted to the Luxembourg bar in 2016, and first praticed as a litigation and real estate lawyer. Working in renowned law firms such as Dentons and Luther, Morgan represented both sellers and purchasers in major real estate transactions.

Morgan currently works in the Capital Markets team of INOWAI as Investment Advisor with a strong focus on residential and commercial transactions.  

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Jean-Paul Scheuren

After studying administration and management at the Université Catholique de Louvain-la- Neuve (IAG) and specialising in human resources, Jean-Paul Scheuren began his professional career with the Fédération des Artisans.

Since 2002, he has worked in the world of property and construction, and since 2005 as a director of the Claude Konrath Group.

He joined the CIGDL committee in 2008 and became its chairman on 1 January 2012. In this role, he focuses on professionalism, improving the image of professionals and digitalising the real estate industry.

2019 saw the creation of VIVI SA, a cooperative society for members of the real estate chamber and a spearhead for the digitisation of the sector: real estate bouse, real estate portal, valuation, e-registration are just the first projects.

In 2021, he created BlocHome and LetzToken - two real estate tokenisation structures based on blockchain technology.

• BlocHome is the first company in Europe to have tokenised an entire residential building, the Clapton residence comprising 8 flats, and has just launched the second Flora residence in Howald.
• LetzToken is a one-stop shop for tokenising property projects. Alongside BlocHome, it has launched the LEA - Affordable Housing Project and is working on several innovative co-living concepts.

Alongside his property business, he is also involved in the biohealth sector. Since 2012, it has been a sponsor and co-investor in the House of Biohealth project, a host facility for innovative companies active in the fields of biotechnology and health technology. The House of Biohealth offers some 10,000 m2 of laboratory space and 8,000 m2 of office space for rent, with the aim of supporting the sector's development. In 2022, together with its partners, it is launching the next phase - the HE:AL Campus dedicated to Health Tech and the medicine of tomorrow, which will offer a private Campus covering some 130,000m2.