Carlo Yvon HOUBLIE
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Summary
Dynamic Senior Advisor with extensive experience at Luxembourg Stock Exchange SA, excelling in business development and strategic planning. Proven track record in driving organic growth, enhancing client engagement, and leading innovative financial services initiatives.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Advisor Primary Market
Luxembourg Stock Exchange SA
06.2025 - Current
Act as the CCO's strategic thought partner and subject matter expert on all matters linked to the development, promotion and commercial success of LuxSE's international primary market franchise.
Commercial Director
Luxembourg Stock Exchange S.A.
06.2019 - 05.2025
Reporting to ExCo.
Heading relationship management and business development teams.
Responsible for a portfolio of 1800+ issuers, 150+ law firms and 60 investment banks, acquisition of 90-120 new issuers a year.
Budget responsibility for all listing and issuer services
Strategy owner for organic growth of listing and issuer services business
Developing commercial focus on LuxSE USPs : "Gateway to Europe", "Sustainable Finance"; setting up partnerships and cooperations with other exchanges ("INX", "BVC", "BRVM", "ADX")
Dealing with government and international entities on the subject of sustainable finance, represented the exchange in many international events
Co-development and roll out of new offerings in the listing area ("FastLane" / "SOL" / "EM3S"), regulatory services ("FIRST", "PLUSLink"), data provision ("LGX datahub") and DLT (guidelines for admission of virtual assets on the official list).
Developing new geographic areas and sectors in the debt listing space (India / South Korea / US municipal issuers / Shipping). LuxSE overall market share grew to 34% of issued and listed volumes in international debt markets (13000 new listings and USD 1.4 trn of new issuance in 2024)
Executive Vice President
CETREL Securities S.A.
04.2006 - 06.2019
Subsidiary of SIX Group AG, then ATOS Worldline.
Co-heading the company from its beginnings, responsible for business development, R&D, service portfolio definition and relations with the local market authority (CSSF)
Provision of enterprise data management solutions to international banking clients (e.g. ABN Amro Group and Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL)) and to the Swiss headquarter (e.g. "Sanctioned Securities Monitoring Service")
Back office outsourcing services and solutions
Provision of regTech services to the Luxembourg financial market ("Sofie") with more than 300 clients.
Managed the transition of ownership and integration with the new organization.
Sales Director
Telekurs (Luxembourg) S.A.
05.2000 - 04.2006
Telekurs AG transformed into SIX Group AG
Responsibility for financial data sales to a portfolio of 120 banks in Luxembourg and Belgium, heading the BELUX sales team Development and roll out of data consultancy and integration services
Contribution to new product developments ("Valordata Feed", "FinVEST", "FinXS", "SIX iD" display services)
Contribution to definition of USP and core targets
Numerous commercial missions to US and Asia; represented the data business at many industry events.
Sales Manager
Telekurs (Deutschland) GmbH
04.1998 - 06.2000
Development of financial data sales to German savings banks' technical distribution centers in Eastern Germany
Key account management for Swedish clients and client discovery in the Baltic Republics
Provided product and sales trainings to new joiners in the Frankfurt regional headquarters
Year 2000 project responsibility for regional clients and key accounts.
Data Analyst
Telekurs (Luxembourg) S.A.
09.1994 - 04.1998
Responsible for acquisition and production of Luxembourg investment funds data
Development and implementation of data maintenance processes
Co-development of new data model for investment funds Having built a strong data expertise, I was requested to move into the data sales department.
Education
Certificate - Cultural Management
ICART
Paris, France01-1994
Skills
- Organizational development
- Relationship building and management
- Data analytics
- Policy analysis
- Financial services
- Business development
- Innovation management
- Presentations and public speaking
- Relationship building
- Client engagement
- Strategic planning
- Problem-solving
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
German
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Senior Advisor Primary Market
Luxembourg Stock Exchange SA
06.2025 - Current
Commercial Director
Luxembourg Stock Exchange S.A.
06.2019 - 05.2025
Executive Vice President
CETREL Securities S.A.
04.2006 - 06.2019
Sales Director
Telekurs (Luxembourg) S.A.
05.2000 - 04.2006
Sales Manager
Telekurs (Deutschland) GmbH
04.1998 - 06.2000
Data Analyst
Telekurs (Luxembourg) S.A.
09.1994 - 04.1998
Certificate - Cultural Management
ICART
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