Archives: Jury

Born in Luxembourg, Sarah Pitt spent some years in her country of origin, England, to live, work and study: English Literature and Philosophy at Manchester University, and later Philosophy at King’s College London. Sarah returned to Luxembourg ten years ago, this time to stay. She has always liked writing and communications, which has led her … Continued

Sebastian Reddeker is from Paderborn in Germany. He has been working in Luxembourg since 2007. After his studies in Romance languages, media sciences and economics in Paderborn and Le Mans, he completed a PhD at the University of Luxembourg on advertising communication in a multicultural space. From 2011 to 2018, he worked at the Luxembourg … Continued

Michel Reckinger studied at ETH Zurich. He is a mechanical engineer and a graduate in business management. In 1993, he joined the family business, Reckinger Alfred SA, a company specialising in heating, sanitary, ventilation and air-conditioning installations since 1911. He took over the management of the company in 2001, which today employs more than 330 … Continued

Léa Linster studied law after obtaining her baccalaureate. In 1982, on the death of her father, she took over his inn in Frisange, which she called “Léa Linster”. She obtained her master’s degree and then trained under Paul Bocuse, Joël Robuchon, Frédy Girardet and Eckart Witzigmann. In 1987, her restaurant received a Michelin star for … Continued

Carlo Thelen holds a master’s degree in economics from the Catholic University of Louvain. In 1996, he joined the Chamber of Commerce, where he successively held the positions of economic advisor, director of economic affairs, director of international affairs and Chief Economist. He became a member of the Management Committee in August 2003 and was … Continued

Mady Lutgen acquired her first radio experience as a teenager at Lycée Weeltzer. She began her media career with RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg at the age of 18 and has since then worked on all stations in the Luxembourg media world. In 2019, Mady founded the first Luxembourgish online magazine for women, called madi.lu.