Sven Clement

Sven Clement

Founder & CEO of Nova Lux Orbital · Member of the Luxembourg Parliament · Chair, Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF · NATO PA rapporteur

Luxembourg · hey@sven.lu · sven.lu · LinkedIn

Last updated Sep 2026

I build technology and I help write the rules for it. My work sits where the two meet: digital sovereignty, space, and the institutions that finance development.

Nova Lux Orbital is my current company. We are building a shared AI compute cloud in orbit, so Earth-observation operators can process their data next to their satellites on European hardware instead of downlinking a fraction and discarding the rest. Before that I co-founded taxx.lu and salary.lu.

Since 2018 I have served in Luxembourg’s Chamber of Deputies, where I lead the Pirate parliamentary group. Internationally I chair the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF and serve as a rapporteur on the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Science and Technology Committee.

Member of Parliament since
2018
written parliamentary questions since 2018
1,279
NATO PA reports, 2021–2026
7
tax savings claimed by taxx.lu customers
€100M+

Current roles

  • Founder & CEO, Nova Lux Orbital
  • Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg (Centre), president of the Pirate parliamentary group
  • Chair of the Board, Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF (2025–2027)
  • Rapporteur, NATO Parliamentary Assembly Science and Technology Committee
  • Member, UN Development Cooperation Forum Advisory Group
  • CEO, AccountTech
  • Honorary President and co-founder, Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg

Parliament

  1. Oct 2018 – present

    Member of Parliament, Centre constituency

    Chambre des Députés, Luxembourg

    Elected in 2018 with the Pirates’ first two seats and re-elected in 2023. President of the Pirate parliamentary group (technical group 2018–2019, political sensibility since). 1,279 written parliamentary questions since 2018 (778 in 2018–2023, 501 since 2023).

  2. Dec 2018 – present

    President, Committee for the Verification of Powers

    Chambre des Députés

    Presiding the committee in both legislatures.

  3. Jul 2019 – present

    Permanent substitute member of the Bureau, observer at the Conference of Presidents

    Chambre des Députés

  4. Dec 2021

    Author of the Chamber’s transparency register

    Chambre des Députés (proposal 7499)

    The Chamber’s first register of interest representatives, adopted on 9 December 2021 and reformed in 2025.

  5. Jan 2021

    “Arrêt Clement” on MPs’ access to government contracts

    Cour administrative, Luxembourg

    Ruling of 26 January 2021 recognising a deputy’s right to access the State–RTL concession contracts, strengthening parliamentary oversight. In May 2025 the Tribunal administratif also ruled in his favour on access to the COVID-19 vaccine purchase contracts.

International

  1. Sep 2026 – present

    Member, Development Cooperation Forum Advisory Group

    United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

    High-level multi-stakeholder group advising the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs on the Development Cooperation Forum and the follow-up to the Sevilla Commitment.

  2. Oct 2025 – present

    Chair of the Board

    Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF

    Elected Chair for the 2025–2027 term after serving on the Board since March 2020, where I also co-chaired the Global Young MP Initiative.

  3. 2019 – present

    Rapporteur, Science and Technology Committee

    NATO Parliamentary Assembly

    Member of the Luxembourg delegation since December 2018. Author of seven committee reports (see below) and contributor to Resolution 495 on the responsible use of AI in the military domain (2024).

  4. 2019 – present

    Member, OECD Global Parliamentary Network

    OECD

  5. 2019 – present

    Member, Luxembourg delegation

    European Interparliamentary Space Conference

  6. Dec 2018 – present

    Member, Luxembourg delegation

    Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU (SECG)

Entrepreneur

  1. 2026 – present

    Founder & CEO

    Nova Lux Orbital

    A shared AI compute cloud in orbit: Earth-observation operators process the data they already collect next to their satellites, on European hardware, and receive insights instead of raw downlinks.

  2. Sep 2020 – present

    Chief Executive Officer

    AccountTech

    Luxembourg group behind taxx.lu and salary.lu, providing digital tax, payroll and compliance services. Brought the companies together and led the group through the sale of taxx.lu to atHome Group.

  3. 2018 – Dec 2024

    Co-founder

    taxx.lu

    Luxembourg’s online tax filing service. Revenue up more than 1,300% and customer base up 200% during my tenure; more than €100M in tax savings claimed by customers. atHome Group took a majority stake in 2021 and acquired the company in 2024.

  4. Jan 2020 – present

    Executive Board Member

    salary.lu

    The first self-service SaaS payroll tool for companies in Luxembourg.

  5. Jun 2014 – present

    Partner

    Clement & Weyer Consulting

    Communication strategy and project management consulting, co-founded with Jerry Weyer.

Pirate Party

  1. Feb 2019 – present

    Honorary President

    Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg

  2. Oct 2009 – Feb 2019

    Co-founder & President

    Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg

    Founded the party in 2009 and led it into Parliament in 2018.

Sport & civil society

  1. 2024 – present

    Vice-President; chair of the Statutes & Regulations Commission

    Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Volleyball (FLVB)

  2. Board mandates

    Volley Club Belair · Guiden a Scouten fir eng Welt ONGD

  3. Mar 2012 – Jul 2014

    Chairman (previously vice-chairman)

    AStA, student body of Saarland University

Education

  1. Jan 2025 – Jul 2026

    Executive MBA

    Quantic School of Business and Technology

  2. Professional Development Certificate in Parliamentary Governance

    McGill University

  3. 2008 – 2012

    BSc Information Systems (Wirtschaftsinformatik)

    Saarland University

  4. 2001 – 2008

    Diplôme de fin d’études secondaires, Mathematics & Computer Science

    Lycée Aline Mayrisch, Luxembourg

Parliamentary committees (2023–2028)

Member

  • Committee for the Verification of Powers (President)
  • Foreign and European Affairs, Cooperation, Foreign Trade and Greater Region
  • Sub-Committee on European Affairs
  • Finance
  • Budget Implementation
  • Justice (except criminal law)
  • Economy, SMEs, Energy, Space and Tourism (Space)
  • Higher Education, Research and Digitalisation (Digitalisation)
  • Sports

Observer

  • Health and Social Security
  • Labour
  • Rules
  • Accounts
  • Institutions
  • Media and Communications
  • National Education, Children and Youth
  • Culture

Reports

  1. 2026

    Financing the Future Force: Unlocking Capital for Defence Innovation

    NATO PA Science and Technology Committee (STCTTS), for the Annual Session

  2. 2025

    Mastering the Future of Uncrewed Warfare

    NATO PA Science and Technology Committee (STCTTS)

  3. 2024

  4. 2023

    Novel Materials and Additive Manufacturing

    NATO PA Science and Technology Committee

  5. 2022

    Strengthening Alliance S&T Resilience

    NATO PA Science and Technology Committee

  6. 2022

  7. 2021

Languages

Luxembourgish · German · French · English