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
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
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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).
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Dec 2018 – present
President, Committee for the Verification of Powers
Chambre des Députés
Presiding the committee in both legislatures.
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Jul 2019 – present
Permanent substitute member of the Bureau, observer at the Conference of Presidents
Chambre des Députés
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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2019 – present
Rapporteur, Science and Technology Committee
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).
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2019 – present
Member, OECD Global Parliamentary Network
OECD
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2019 – present
Member, Luxembourg delegation
European Interparliamentary Space Conference
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Dec 2018 – present
Member, Luxembourg delegation
Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU (SECG)
Entrepreneur
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2026 – present
Founder & CEO
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.
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Sep 2020 – present
Chief Executive Officer
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.
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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.
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Jan 2020 – present
Executive Board Member
The first self-service SaaS payroll tool for companies in Luxembourg.
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Jun 2014 – present
Partner
Clement & Weyer Consulting
Communication strategy and project management consulting, co-founded with Jerry Weyer.
Pirate Party
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Feb 2019 – present
Honorary President
Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg
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Oct 2009 – Feb 2019
Co-founder & President
Founded the party in 2009 and led it into Parliament in 2018.
Sport & civil society
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2024 – present
Vice-President; chair of the Statutes & Regulations Commission
Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Volleyball (FLVB)
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Board mandates
Volley Club Belair · Guiden a Scouten fir eng Welt ONGD
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Mar 2012 – Jul 2014
Chairman (previously vice-chairman)
AStA, student body of Saarland University
Education
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Jan 2025 – Jul 2026
Executive MBA
Quantic School of Business and Technology
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Professional Development Certificate in Parliamentary Governance
McGill University
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2008 – 2012
BSc Information Systems (Wirtschaftsinformatik)
Saarland University
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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
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2026
Financing the Future Force: Unlocking Capital for Defence Innovation
NATO PA Science and Technology Committee (STCTTS), for the Annual Session
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2025
Mastering the Future of Uncrewed Warfare
NATO PA Science and Technology Committee (STCTTS)
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2024
NATO and Artificial Intelligence: Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities
NATO PA Science and Technology Committee
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2023
Novel Materials and Additive Manufacturing
NATO PA Science and Technology Committee
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2022
Strengthening Alliance S&T Resilience
NATO PA Science and Technology Committee
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2022
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The Role of Technology
NATO PA Science and Technology Committee
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2021
Biological Threats: Technological Progress and the Spectre of Bioterrorism in the Post-COVID-19 Era
NATO PA Science and Technology Committee
Languages
Luxembourgish · German · French · English