PMI BeNeLux Day

Louis J. Mercken has more than 25 years of experience as an executive in large multinational companies, and has held positions including European Information Technology Executive for Exxon Chemical, CIO of CSC Europe, and Worldwide CIO of Union Miniere (Suez Group).

Mr. Mercken is a former owner, international partner, and chairman of the board for the Threon Group, an organization that provides services in project management consulting, assessment and training throughout Europe. In this role, he worked with large international organizations to promote and introduce a project management culture, and he has had more than 4,800 participants in his programs since 1997.

Mr. Mercken is a Project Management Professional (PMP®) credential. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and an MBA in Finance/Accountancy, as well as degrees in Operations Research and Computer Sciences. He also followed the INSEAD Management Program (France) and the IMEDE (Switzerland) extended program for executives.

Since 2002, Mr. Mercken has been executive professor in project management at University of Antwerp Management School (UAMS). From mid-1997 through 1999, he a was visiting professor in project management excellence at the International Institute for Project Management at the Leonardo da Vinci University in Paris, France.

Mr. Mercken is a current member of the PMI Board of Directors for 2009-2011. He also was a past member of the PMI Board of Directors from 2002-2006.

During 2002-2005, he was a member of the PMI Governance Committee. He served two years as secretary/treasurer, and one year as PMI vice chair and PMI chair in 2005.

Mr. Mercken was president of the PMI Benelux Chapter, a chapter that grew from its creation in 1998 to be the second largest in Europe by the end of 2001.

He was also honored as a PMI fellow in October 2007.