About us

Our Collective Experience

+ 80 years of general management

As general managers we have successfully led fast-growing start-ups and billion-plus global organizations spanning diverse markets and industries. Driven by a passion for business, we have gathered a wealth of best practices and experiences from top performing leaders.

+ 50 years of trusted advisors

As partners in global leading firms, we have worked on business strategy and corporate transformations with many entrepreneurs and companies of different sizes and industries.

We have held general management, partner or director responsibilities in the following companies

Benoît Degrève

CEO & Founder - Creator of the program

Professional Background

Benoît has a unique set of experiences. He has been successful during close to 40 years in the information technology and business consultant industries. He has been holding multiple general management functions and responsibilities at global, European and at country level. He has been working closely with multiple industries and companies of different sizes, from small ones to global players. He has been in his homeland chairman of the federation of business consultants & board member of the federation of enterprises.

Academic

Benoît owns a master in commercial engineer from the ULB, an MBA from the KUL and did attend multiple leadership development programs, like at Harvard university.

Give Back

While sharing his experience together with other leaders trough this education program, he is giving back to several organizations that are providing high level education & development to people from low social and economic environments or with mental diseases.

Marc Dutrieux

Co-founder

Professional Background

Marc has a diverse set of knowledge built over 35 years of professional career. His experience is spanning various industries, different company sizes and cultures. He has been holding CEO, COO and CIO/CTO positions and is passionate about driving change, promoting technological and process innovation, and developing high-performance teams.

Academic

Marc has graduated from ULB as a Civil Engineer in Telecommunications and holds an MBA of the Solvay Business School.

Give Back

Marc has been active at service organizations and is especially caring for people with physical and mental disabilities.

François Gabriel

Co-founder

Professional Background

François has been successful during close to 40 years as labor law attorney and partner of a worldwide leading business law firm. He has been advising leaders of numerous companies in their operations restructurings, mergers and acquisitions and HR responsibilities.

As managing partner he developed the activity of the local office in a very important way.

Academic

François holds a Master’s Degree in law from ULg and a LL.M degree from the University of Georgia, School of Law, USA.

Give Back

François is a board member in primary and secondary schools in sensitive locations.

Alain Deneef

Co-founder

Professional Background

Alain has, over a 38-year career, pursued different activities, first at the helm of large private and public corporations in media, telecom and transport, then as an independent board member in different industries and as an expert and consultant on urban matters, advising both the private and public sectors.

He has more recently embarked on a political career, being elected as a member of the Brussels parliament.

Academic

Alain owns a master in commercial engineering from the Solvay Business School (ULB), as well as a master in Law and a master in History of the same university.

Give Back

Deeply involved in community service and member of several high-end international networks, he is serving in several boards of organizations related to refugees and migrants and is chairing two think tanks active on Brussels and Europe-related issues. He is also the founder of an institution of secondary education.