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The Luxembourg Board of Economic Development, the Goverment's "one stop shop" for investment projects, has announced changes to its key personnel on the United States' West Coast where Georges Schmit has been appointed Executive Director of the BED Trade and Investment Office and Consul General in San Francisco as from October 1st, 2009.
Georges Schmit has been with the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade for almost 30 years where he served as Secretary General of the Ministry and as General Director of the Department for Enterprise, Economic Development and Foreign Trade. During his long career, he was Vice Chairman of the Board and member of the Executive Committee of the National Credit and Investment Corporation (1995-2002) and of the Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications (2001-2008), Luxembourg. Since 1989 he has been a director of several companies including ArcelorMittal, SES, State and Savings Bank Luxembourg and Paul Wurth. Georges Schmit graduated with a degree in economics from the University of Louvain and an MA in Economics from the University of Michigan (1978).
In San Francisco, Georges Schmit replaces Georges Faber who will return to Luxembourg as the new Budget Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
No changes however for the East Coast where Francois Knaff will continue to manage the BED Trade and Investment Office as well as the Consulate General in New York.
The Board of Economic Development promotes Luxembourg's economic interests and companies around the world via its Trade and Investment Offices in New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, Dubai, New Delhi and Taiwan.
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