Patrizia Luchetta is Director of New Technologies at Ministry of the Economy and of Foreign Trade, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Patrizia has been with the Ministry of Economy since September 2006.

Patrizia began her career in the industrial and financial sectors, primarily in the fields of marketing and public relations.

She joined the Luxembourg social-democratic group as a parliamentary attaché, helping to formulate budgetary, economic and environmental policy. In this function she defended the group’s views in task forces at the European Union level, including fiscal policy and banking legislation

Her experience also includes working with PAM, a California based public affairs group specializing in environmental concerns.

Within the Ministry of the Economy she has been the lead agent in developing the Health Sciences and Technologies Hub, to bring expanded research, business and job opportunities to the Luxembourg economy. Her expertise over a wide range of disciplines has been instrumental in the success of this program. She’s recently been given the responsibility of refining the Ministry’s strategic orientation with regard to clean / green technologies.

Patrizia sits on the Board of the Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg (IBBL) as deputy chairman, and on the Board of Integrated Diagnostics, a Seattle-based start-up.

Patrizia received both her Bachelor of Science degree in Social Science and Masters of Arts degree in Social Science. She is member of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne. Patrizia is currently enrolled in a specialized Biotech Management Programme at IE Business School (Madrid).