Jacques Thill
Mr Thill became a director on 2 December 2021. Mr Thill currently serves as First Government Advisor to the Luxembourg Prime Minister and Government Delegate to the State Intelligence Service. Mr Thill joined the Luxembourg diplomatic service in 2004. His diplomatic career includes postings to the Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the United Nations in New York and to the Luxembourg Embassy in Moscow, as well as to the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy at the Council of the European Union in Brussels. From 2009 to 2013, Mr Thill served as diplomatic advisor to the Prime Minister. He was then appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Luxembourg Government, before becoming Secretary General of the Government until June 2020 and Coordinator of the Prime Minister’s Office until 2024.
Mr Thill holds a Master in European and International Law from the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and an MA in European Political and Administrative Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges. From 2015 until 2021 and again since December 2023, Mr. Thill is a member of the Board of Directors of LUXGOVSAT S.A.. Mr Thill is a member of the Nomination Committee of SES.
Mr Thill is a Luxembourg national. He is not an independent director because he represents an important shareholder.