Steering committee

Diego Manzetti (President) – Head of Legal EMEA, AIG

Diego is Head of Legal EMEA at AIG and has responsibility for the legal department for Europe (ex. UK), Middle East and Africa. Before joining AIG in 2011 he worked for an international law firm in Milan. Diego holds a law degree from the Univerity of Rome, an LL.M. from the University of San Diego and an MBA from the Luxembourg School of Business.

Diego is co-founder and President of AIDA Luxembourg Chapter and member of the AIDA Europe In-House Counsel Committee

Marc Gouden – Co-founder and co-managing partner, Philippe & Partners

Marc Gouden is attorney-at-law, member of the Luxembourg and Brussels’s Bars. He is co-founder and co-managing partner of the law firm Philippe & Partners. Over 15 years of close collaboration with the insurance sector, have allowed him to gain detailed expertise in insurance law, as well as good insight into the products, assets and risks of the insurance sector. He is co-founder and member of the Steering Committee of AIDA Luxembourg, and member of the Belgian Insurance lawyers’ association (AJA)

Marco Sasso – Senior Legal and Tax Advisor, SoGeLife SA

Marco Sasso is a multilingual senior law professional specialized in legal and tax matters of insurance and banking. Holding a master degree in Law (LLM), he initially started in international law firms in Italy and worked for some period of time at EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg as
lawyer translator. He then moved to financial field and obtained extensive experience in leading life insurance companies. Marco holds a postgraduate Master in Lobbying and EU Affairs and another Executive Master in “International finance, audit & control” from IFBL. With
specialization in all areas of Insurance law, national and international tax law, banking law he is also fascinated by compliance and wealth management aspects. Marco covers the role as Senior Legal and Tax advisor at SoGeLife SA and managing a small team. He is in charge of legal and tax matters covering UK, Spain, Italy and Check Republic. Marco has a role of IDD Directive leader for 9 core markets and Brexit leader as well. During his 15 years career experience he matured deep knowledge of legal and tax matters for the EU markets such us Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, UK,
Belgium, but also France, Swiss, Czech Republic, Poland, New Caledonia and Mexico. He is a member of AILO, IFA and AJBL Associations. Finally, Marco is co-founder and member of the Steering Committee of AIDA Luxembourg and Chair of Italy Technical Working Group of ACA.

Peter Vermeulen – Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Group Foyer

Peter Vermeulen is an independent attorney-at-law specializing in the insurance sector, providing legal, compliance and governance services.
He graduated in law from the Universities of Ghent (Belgium) and Tübingen (Germany) in 1996. Peter began his career at international law firms in Brussels, Frankfurt and Luxembourg, where he worked until 2008. He then transitioned to serve as in-house legal counsel for a private bank in Luxembourg until 2012.
From 2013 to 2024, Peter held the position of Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Secretary to the Board at the largest insurance group in Luxembourg where he focused on both the non-life and life insurance markets.
In addition to his legal practice, Peter is an active member of the board of the Luxembourg Banking & Financial Law Association (ALJB) and a member of the Steering Committee of the Luxembourg chapter of AIDA.
He is fluent in English, French, German, Dutch and Luxembourgish.

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