Board of Directors

Jean Martin

Jean Martin is a civil engineer from the Université Catholique of Louvain (UCL).

He started his career as an assistant in the thermodynamics laboratory of the UCL, then turned to IT services and software package publishing at the Centre d’Informatique Générale (part of Société Générale of Belgium) where he contributed to several large projects.

Then he became an independent consultant engineer in 1986. He is involved with the commercial development of companies in Belgium and Luxembourg who are active in the area of IT services and software packages.

In 1995, he joins Michel Isaac and Marc Van Steenwinkel to found BSB. A member of the board in each of the companies in the Group, he has directed large projects as well as BSB’s commercial teams.

He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the BSB Group.

Jean Martin is also deputy director of JM Consulting Ltd and legal representative of JM Consulting Ltd for the carrying out of his directorship at Sportlook 2002 and their  branches, and Amarcom.

An interview with Jean Martin and Miguel Danckers taken by Christophe Lo Giudice has been published in the November issue of Finance Management. To read the full article, click here (only available in French).

Marc Van Steenwinkel

Marc Van Steenwinkel is a civil engineer from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Having dedicated his early career to modelling the calculation of incidents in nuclear power stations, he quickly turned to management IT, mainly in the financial sector. He directed many large projects for various service companies. He set up alone in 1994 and founded BSB in 1995 with Michel Isaac and Jean Martin. A member of the board in each of the companies in the Group, he currently directs the publication of software packages Soliam and Solife, as well as the research and development department. Marc Van Steenwinkel is also a manager of Van Steenwinkel Conseil SPRL.

Michel Isaac

Michel Isaac is a civil engineer and holds a diploma in business administration from Université Catholique of Louvain (UCL). Having started his career with IBM, and then Unilever, he took the direction of IT services and software package publishing, holding several positions at the Centre d’Informatique Générale (part of the Société Générale of Belgium). From 1987, he started developing his own activities and directed several large IT projects. In 1995, he joined forces with Jean Martin and Marc Van Steenwinkel to found BSB. A member of the board in each of the companies in the Group, he has been a director of operations and a financial director. He is currently chairman of the board at BSB. Michel Isaac is also manager of Michel Isaac – Consultant Engineer Ltd, managing director of the “Compagnie du Lac” and director of the “Union Wallonne des Entreprises” as well as of the “Association d’Entreprises” AxE 4.25.

Vincent Werbrouck

Vincent Werbrouck is a civil engineer from the Université Catholique of Louvain and holds a DEA in robotics from the Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc (Montpellier, France) as well as an Executive Master in Management  from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Solvay Business School). He was made a Director of BSB in 2007 as an Independent Director (see infra). He occupied various positions of responsibility at Magotteaux, a Belgian group of founderies expert in the process and mechanics of size reduction of materials, where he is currently Chief Sales & Marketing Officer and member of the Executive Board.

Pierre de Muelenaere

Pierre De Muelenaere is a civil engineer and doctor of applied sciences from the Université Catholique of Louvain (UCL). He was made a Director of BSB in 2007 as an Independent Director (see infra). In 1987, he founded IRIS, an international IT company, specialised in intelligent document scanning, document management and archiving, of which he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Deputy director. He is also a Director of Parc Paradisio, G-Tech, e-Capital and Cio-Club.