Career
He is also chairman of the board of Fundsquare, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. He began his career in 1977 at Banque Générale du Luxembourg (now BGL Banque Nationale de Paris Paribas) and up to 2012 held a variety of positions in the bank. These included terms as the head of financial markets from 1985 to 1994, head of private banking from 1994 to 1998 and Chief Executive Officer of the global markets business line from 2004 to 2007.
He was also chairman of the board of Finesti, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, from April 2012 until its integration in July 2013 into Fundsquare.
Robert Scharfe holds a master"s degree in economics from the University of Nancy, France.