BCC Lunch with Paulette Lenert

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BCC Lunch with Paulette Lenert

February 06 2020 at 12:00

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The British Chamber of Commerce is pleased to invite you to join us for a lunch with special guest speaker, Mrs Paulette Lenert, Minister for Consumer Protection, Minister of Health & Minister Delegate of Social Security. This will take place on Thursday 06 February 2020 at 12:00 at Hotel Parc Belair, Luxembourg.

After a long career as a lawyer and public servant, Paulette Lenert has only recently decided to get actively engaged in political liffe. We are looking forward to discover her motivations and experiences after her first year in the Government. Mrs Lenert will share with us her views on the challenges of consumer protection and the need to create an independent Ministry that is able to cope with them. She will describe current priorities linked to the Luxembourg development aid and address the topic of her announced move to the Ministry of Health.

Following the legislative elections of 14 October 2018, Paulette Lenert joined the government as Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs and as Minister for Consumer Protection on 5 December 2018 in the coalition government formed by the Democratic Party (DP), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) and the Green Party (déi gréng).

Paulett Lenert began her career as a lawyer at the Luxembourg Bar in 1992. She joined the Ministry of Justice in 1994 in the function of justice attaché. In 1997, she was appointed First Judge of the Administrative Tribunal and served as vice president until 2010. From 2010 to 2013, she was senior government advisor to the Minister Delegate of Solidarity Economy.

In 2013 she was the head of the newly founded Facilitation Unit for Urban Planning and Environment attached to the Ministry of State. Following the reshuffle of the ministerial departments in 2013, she joined the Ministry of the Civil Service and Administrative Reform in the function of senior government advisor and was in charge of the general coordination as of 2014. Furthermore, in January 2017, she was nominated executive director of the National Institute for Public Administration. Paulette Lenert resigned from her functions upon joining the government.

We shall be meeting at 12:00 noon and lunching at 12:30 at Hotel Parc Belair, Luxembourg. The cost of the event is: BCC Members: Euros 45, Non-Members: Euros 55 payable online. If you wish to attend this event please complete the reservation form.

CANCELLATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED IN WRITING NO LATER THAN 12:00 NOON TUESDAY 04 FEBRUARY 2020. WHERE NO WRITTEN CANCELLATION IS RECEIVED WE WILL REGRETTABLY HAVE TO INVOICE FOR THE COST OF THE EVENT.

Please let us know if you have any particular dietary requirements