Dallas, Texas – July 11, 2007 — PMForum, Inc. announced today that Louis Mercken, former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), has joined the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau recently created by PMForum. Mr. Mercken is one of the most respected and best known project management leaders in Europe, an experienced executive and a project management expert in a wide range of applications and industries. PMForum announced the formation of the PM Ambassadors™
According to PMForum president David L. Pells, “Louis Mercken is well known throughout Europe and globally as a leader in the project management professional world. He is the head of one of Europe’s leading project management consultancies and is well connected in European industrial and professional circles. His participation as a PM Ambassador™ and his availability to speak at events and meetings worldwide should be of interest to many organizations, and especially in Asia, Europe and North America.”
Louis J. Mercken, MBA, PMP is an International Partner and Chairman of the Threon Group, a leading international Project Management Services organization based in Belgium, with facilities in most major countries in Europe. Threon specializes in delivering worldwide Project Management Excellence Education and Coaching to large international companies. His organization also provides Executive Consulting in Portfolio, Program and Project Management to the Boards of major companies. Formed in 2001, Threon is now one of the leading European companies in the field of Project Management.
During the last 20 years, Louis Mercken has worked as a senior executive with large multinationals such as Computer Science Corporation in Europe, and La Général de Belgique, the largest Belgian industrial and banking group. Louis began his career with Ford, after which he worked for Exxon Corporation where he held several managerial and executive positions in IT and Finance. In his last assignment from 1988 through 1991, he was the European IT Executive responsible for all cross-business group Shared Services and European Coach for Employee Development for all IT individuals.
Louis has been a PMI member since 1995 and was a founder, vice president and president of the PMI Benelux chapter, a chapter covering 3 countries. He served as a Director at large and Member of the PMI Board of Directors during 2002-2006 and was elected Chair of the PMI Board in 2005, the first non-North American to fill that position. Louis is a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and holds degrees of Bachelor in Economics, MBA in Finance/Accountancy, MBA in Operational Research and an additional degree in Computer Sciences. In 1982 he followed the INSEAD Management Program and the IMEDE (Switzerland)
Louis is prepared to provide keynote speeches and seminars on the following topics, among others: Project Management for executives and boards of directors; Project management in the banking and IT sectors; Project management in energy & petrochemicals industries; PMI certifications, trends & news; and Project management trends and practices in Europe. He is prepared to travel anywhere in the world to speak and support the ongoing development of professional project management. For information, contact ambassadors@
On 26 June 2007, PMForum announced the formation of the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau, a new global service for project management leaders and meeting planners worldwide. The program offers and promotes leading project management authorities, experts and professional leaders who are available to speak at conferences, meetings and seminars worldwide. PM AmbassadorsTM include globally-recognized project management professional experts; authors of PM textbooks; former presidents and chairs of PM professional societies; experienced project managers and PM professionals;
