Claude Marx

Director General, Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)

Claude Marx was appointed Director General of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) by the government in February 2016.

Claude is also a member of the Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) as well as a member of the AMLA General Board.

Prior to his nomination as Director General of the CSSF, Claude Marx was the CEO of Lombard International Assurance S.A., the largest unit-linked life insurance company, owned by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities. He was also the Chairman of the Board of Lombard Intermediation Services S.A. Claude served at Lombard for four years.

Prior to that, Claude worked for HSBC for 17 years and was Deputy CEO of its Private Banking Division. Early in his career, Claude practised as a lawyer with a local firm, now Allen & Overy, as well as at Arthur Andersen.

Claude is a lawyer by training, and he holds a Master of Laws from the University of Paris and a Master of Laws in International Business Law from the University of London. He was admitted to the Luxembourg bar as Avocat à la Cour in 1990.

He is fluent in English, German, French, and Luxembourgish.