Luc Sterckx

Luc Sterckx holds a MSc and a PhD in Chemical Engineering, as well as a post-graduate in Business Administration from Solvay business school and several other training certificates. He is equally a certified International Director from Insead.
He started his career with several years at Exxon, then became the start-up CEO of Indaver before joining for a decade the executive committee of PetroFina (now Total) in which capacity he served as Managing Director of Fina Holding Deutschland and as Group Senior Vice President for all HSEQ matters worldwide. As the CEO he completed subsequently the MBO of Oleon and held after that the position of CEO of EDF-Luminus, the second largest power & gas company in Belgium.
He is actually an active Board member/president and company consultant in well over a dozen of companies. He has sat on over 35 different Boards of Directors of various nature, structure and origin – including listed companies, international boards, federations and charity work and this over a period of more than 30 years. His director and counseling work focuses on the fields of energy & chemicals, environment and corporate governance and he is involved in several start-ups as well as structured foundations and funds. He is a part-time Professor at the KULeuven and an expert on internal corporate governance. He was a judge in corporate cases and remains a Fellow of the International Academy of Management.
Luc Sterckx combines general management expertise in a very wide range of companies and complexities / sizes, including mergers & acquisitions, startups and turnarounds with a hands on practical approach. He has particular strengths in corporate governance, both locally and internationally in a variety of Boards.