Jean-Louis Schiltz

On 19 April 2017, Jean-Louis Schiltz was appointed Non-Executive Director to RTL Group’s Board of Directors for a term of office of one year, to expire at the end of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders ruling on the 2017 accounts. In April 2018, the Annual General Meeting renewed the appointments of Shiltz for a term of office of three years expiring at the end of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders ruling on the 2020 accounts.

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

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 defense. Jean-Louis Schiltz is a tech law advisor, a partner at Schiltz & Schiltz (avocats) and a Professor (hon.) at the University of Luxembourg. His work focuses on Technology (TMT, FinTech, internet), Regulatory as well as M&A and Finance.

He is a regular speaker at tech law conferences and has authored and co-authored a number of articles and reports in the field over the last years. He continues to do so. Jean-Louis Schiltz serves on the boards of a number of companies and non-profit organisations. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Smart Sustainable Development Model (SSDM) of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).