Robert Scharfe was born on 26 November 1953 and is the Chief Executive Officer of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Bourse de Luxembourg), a post he has held since 18 April 2012.
He is also chairman of the board of Fundsquare, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
In addition, he is a member of the board of directors of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges and the chairman of the nomination committee of the World Federation of Exchanges.