Board of Directors
Jean Louis-Schiltz

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of RTL Group and Independent Director, Tech Law Advisor, Professor (hon.)

Jean-Louis Schiltz, born in 1964, holds a post-graduate degree (DEA) in business law from the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne. He also taught at his alma mater in the early 1990s.

From 2004 to 2009, Jean-Louis Schiltz was a cabinet minister in Luxembourg. His portfolios included media, telecommunications, technology (IT and internet in particular), international development, and defence.

Jean-Louis Schiltz is a tech law advisor, a senior partner at Schiltz & Schiltz (avocats) and a professor (hon.) at the University of Luxembourg. His work focuses on technology, regulatory, mergers and acquisitions, and finance. He is a regular speaker at tech law conferences and has authored and co-authored a number of articles and reports in this field.

Jean-Louis Schiltz serves on the boards of a limited number of other companies.

With effect from 27 April 2022, Jean-Louis Schiltz was appointed Vice-Chairman of the RTL Group Board of Directors.

Nationality: Luxembourgish
First appointed: 19 April 2017
Re-elected: 24 April 2024
Committee membership: Audit

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