Overview
Education and professional experience
EDUCATION
- 1981–1985: Higher-education diploma in history (licencié en histoire), Louvain Catholic University
- 2006: Doctorate in history, Louvain Catholic University. Thesis: "Luxembourg, de l'historicisme au modernisme, de la ville forteresse à la capitale nationale" (Luxembourg: From historicism to modernism; from fortified city to national capital)
- 2008: Quality Coach Management (Europäisches Tourismus Institut)
- 2018: Reconstruction et mise en valeur du patrimoine féodal et fortifié (Reconstruction and development of the feudal fortified heritage), National Institute for Public Administration
- 2021: PROCULTHER Virtual International Training Module on the Protection of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage during Emergency
WORK EXPERIENCE
- 1986–1988: Lecturer at the Institut de Formation Administrative (IFA) and the École de Commerce et de gestion
- 1988–1993: Attaché at the National Tourist Office
- 1993–2015: Director of the National Tourist Office
- 2015–2017: Director and Tourism Ambassador at Luxembourg for Tourism GIE
- 2008–2017: Research contributor at Louvain Catholic University (Institute for the Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies)
- 2017: UNESCO Site Manager and Natural Heritage Coordinator at the Ministry of Culture – Research contributor at the National Museum of History and Art
Political experience
- Member of the Democratic Party (DP)
- 2018: Chair of the Merl-Hollerich-Belair section
- 2020: Vice Chair and Secretary of the "Centre" Constituency Committee
- 2018: Member of the Federation of Democratic Municipal Councillors Committee
- Member of the Democratic Party's National Council
Other actvities/Hobbies
OTHER ACTIVITIES
- Member of the board of directors of the European Institute of Cultural Routes
- Assistant Secretary General of the Fondation du Mérite Européen
- Vice Chair of the Association pour l'Education Permanente
- Member of the Merl-Belair Syndicat des Intérêts Locaux Committee
- Honorary Member of Comité Alstad ASBL (non-profit organisation)
- Expert member of the City of Luxembourg "Funerary Art" working group
- Author of 14 monographs and 280 articles on the historical development of Luxembourg City
- Designer and director of "Promenades architecturales du dimanche" (Sunday Architectural Tours) in collaboration with the Dräi Eechelen Museum and the Musée National um Fëschmart
HOBBIES
- Reading, hiking, cultural trips
