Dr. h.c. Tessy Antony de Nassau is a social entrepreneur, business woman, philanthropist, UNAids ambassador, public speaker, activist, medial doctorate and PHD candidate and mother.
Selected career insights:
- Luxembourg military, during which she was deployed in Kosovo as a peacekeeper and only woman of her draft
- Strategic communication supporting governments, institutions and business leaders in impact projects, educational campaigns, women inclusion
- Associate at LSEideas at the London School of Economics
- Ambassador for UNAIDS (Global Advocate for Young Women and Adolescent Girls) and is the patron to UNA-UK along with the creator of the UN Millennial goals Lord Malloch Brown
Tessy graduated from Richmond, The American International University in London with a B.A. in International Relations and earned her master’s degree from SOAS, University of London. Further Tessy received numerous distinctions as honorary doctorate from the Paris College of Arts, NATO Medal of recognition, United Nations Peacekeeping Medal of recognition, Knight of the Order Lafayette by the Order Lafayette/ Switzerland , Pioneer of Growth & Economic Development Award by The Los Angeles City and The Honourable Council of Jamaica in Los Angeles, California, professor honoris causa from the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition in London, Freedom of the City of London as the first female Luxembourgish citizen in all its history.
Tessy is fluent in Luxembourgish, French, English, and German.