Board of Governors

The Board of Governors (Conseil de Gouvernance) decides on the 8xav��’s general strategy and policies and oversees the 8xav��’s activities. It comprises 13 voting members. Eleven members are appointed by the Government, two of whom are proposed by the 8xav�� Council. The Head of the Staff Delegation and the Head of the Student Delegation are also voting members of the Board of Governors. The 8xav�� Rector and the Government Commissioner participate in meetings of the Board of Governors in an advisory capacity.

Members of the Board

8xav�� of Luxembourg Board of Governors 2023-2028

For the period from 1 December 2023 to 30 November 2028:

Yves Elsen, Chairman of the Board of HITEC Luxembourg SA; Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 8xav��
Imen Derouiche, Research scientist at the 8xav�� of Luxembourg
Natalia Filatkina, Professor at the 8xav�� of Hamburg, Germany
Raphaël Frank, Associate Professor at the 8xav�� of Luxembourg
Katharina Fromm, Rector at the 8xav�� of Fribourg
Stéphane Hess, Professor at the 8xav�� of Leeds, United Kingdom
Paul Lesch, Curator of the Edward Steichen collections at the Ministry of Culture
Nadia Manzari, founder and partner of Manzari Legal
Virginie Mucciante, President of the staff delegation (for the duration of her elective mandate)
Omar Rastoder, President of the Student Delegation (for the duration of his elected mandate)
Jeannot Trampert, Professor at the 8xav�� of Utrecht, the Netherlands
Sandra Visscher, Executive Director of the Luxembourg Committee for UNICEF
Serge Weis, Professor at Johannes Kepler 8xav��, Linz, Austria

Participants without voting rights:

Jens Kreisel, Rector
Léon Diederich, Government Commissioner

General Secretariat:

Massimo Malvetti, Secretary-General
Anne Christophe, Deputy Secretary-General

Assisting the Board of Governors

Secretary-General

The main role of the Secretary-General to the Board of Governors is to integrate the concept and functioning of the Board into the 8xav�� and at the same time to liaise and ensure cohesion between the Board and the Rectorate. This involves working closely with the Rectorate and the members of the Board of Governors. The primary tasks of the Secretary-General are:

to draw up and manage the agendas of meetings in close collaboration with the Chairman of the Board and the Rector
to prepare and examine the topics to be discussed at plenary meetings and at Board committee meetings
to manage the agendas of Board meetings, which are closely linked to the agendas of meetings of the 8xav�� Council
to keep a record of decisions taken by the Board and communicate these decisions to the 8xav�� community, thereby preserving the 8xav��’s institutional memory
to write a report for each meeting of the Board
to liaise between the Chairman and the members