Sasha Baillie

Sasha Baillie is the CEO of Luxinnovation, the Luxembourg National Innovation Agency. As a first Government Advisor at the Luxembourg Ministry of Economy, she has led the Innovation Agency since May 2018.

After a 15-year career as a Luxembourg diplomat, which included postings in Brussels and Moscow, Sasha joined the cabinet office of the Ministry of Economy in 2014 and carried out a reform Luxembourg's economic promotion that led to the creation, in June 2016, of the Luxembourg Trade and Investment Board.

She also co-founded and chaired the Luxembourg Nation Branding Committee from 2012-2019 which created the national brand with the slogan “Let’s make it happen”.

During her tenure in the cabinet office of the Ministry of Economy, Sasha steered the work that led to the creation, in 2015, of LuxGovSat, a public-private joint venture company between the Luxembourg Government and SES which, with its own satellite, provides governmental SATCOM services for security and defence. She was Chair of the LuxGovSat Board until 2020.”