SCHWEIGER Michael

Michael Schweiger is the Chief Compliance Officer, Payments, EEA at Airbnb and leads compliance programs throughout the region as well as regulatory engagement strategy. Prior to that, he served as CCO of Amazon Payments Europe and was also previously a partner at Loyens & Loeff where he built and lead the financial regulatory practice. Michael also spent over a decade at Royal Bank of Canada’s European subsidiary in Luxembourg where he was a member of the Executive Committee with direct accountability to the European Central Bank and responsible for legal and corporate governance.

In 2021, he was elected as an Associate of the Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland and is a Chartered Secretary, having served as secretary to multiple group companies within RBC. An expert in corporate governance in financial institutions, he is often engaged by corporations and public institutions to advise on board liability, the role of the chair, and corporate governance regulation.

Michael is actively involved in the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL) and the Luxembourg Institute of Directors (ILA), where he has dedicated significant time to enhancing corporate governance. Prior to relocating to Luxembourg in 2008, Michael practised corporate, commercial, and insolvency law in Canada. He qualified as a lawyer in Canada, England, and Luxembourg and speaks English, French, and German.