Michel builds long-term relations of trust by repeatedly and successfully working for clients on local and international assignments ranging from General Management to R&D. He puts a high emphasis on matching hard and soft skills requirements, including for the most complex assignments, taking cultural dimensions into account.

Michel has extensive international experience and lived abroad for many years. Before joining Hoffman in 2004, he had 20 years’ corporate experience in various management and executive roles with the International Labour Office (ILO), Solvay and ABB (Asea Brown Boveri), where he was Vice President Performance Services at global level.

Areas of Expertise

Industry and Energy, Healthcare, Construction and Infrastructure, Public & Not for profit, Non-executive and executive Board searches

Core Competencies

Talent Strategy ● Transition management ● General management ● Executive Assessment & Recruitment ● Compensation and benefits ● Client relationship management ● Networking.

Education

Michel holds a Master of Sciences in Engineering and Architecture from UCL university in Belgium, and a post-graduate degree in Economics and Social Sciences from the IHEID and the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He is fluent in French, Dutch and English.

He is a certified Hogan Practitioner