What motivated you to move to Luxembourg?

“I arrived in Luxembourg with my husband who was relocated by his company. At that time, we had both worked in a number of different countries and really didn’t expect to stay more than three years.

My background is communications and I had worked in marketing and in the airline industry. Luxembourg wasn’t ideal in terms of the airlines, as I didn’t speak Luxembourgish.

What personal and professional opportunities/difficulties have you encountered here?

“I arrived in 1994 and I was most shocked that the school system was set up in a way that I perceived as keeping women out of the workforce. Things have changed dramatically since, but my children were in local school, and there was a two-hour lunchbreak, and Tuesday and Thursday afternoons off; but there was no canteen and no after-school care. That was a huge challenge.

After working in corporate for a year, I realised I had to be more flexible, so I started my own business. I found it relatively easy to make business connections and speaking Luxembourgish was also a great personal marketing tool. Once I joined Ara City Radio I felt very much at home in the Luxembourg business community and I have been privileged to meet many interesting people from different walks of life.

In one sentence, how would you define your expatriation in Luxembourg?


“On arrival in Luxembourg I met an American expat who said ‘We’re not here for a long time, we’re here for a good time’; now I would say I’ve been here a long time and I’m still having a good time.”

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