Michel THIRY, MSc, FAPM, PMI Fellow

Michel Thiry is Managing Partner of Valense Ltd.? He has over 30 years worldwide professional experience and has worked in many cultural environments.? He graduated as an architect and has worked on a number of major construction projects for over 20 years.? Following a fruitful career in construction, he has now focused on combining his Value, Project and Program Management expertise to organizational issues.? He is recognized as a worldwide authority in strategic applications of project, program and value and has supported the development and implementation of a number of strategic programs for large multinational organizations.

Michel is a regular Keynote Speaker for major International events and Seminar Leader for PMIR SeminarsWorld since 2001. He is Adjunct Professor with the Lille Graduate School of Management (France), visiting professor at UTS in Sydney (Australia) and Polyfinance Business School in Casablanca (Morocco). He provides his expertise to major organizations, in various fields, including construction, financial, pharmaceutical, IT and IS, telecom, water treatment, transportation (air and rail), local government and others.

He has written and lectured widely in International forums, both at the Academic and Practice levels. In addition to his book “Value Management Practice”, published by the PMIR, he has written a number of book chapters on Value, Program and Portfolio Management in prominent PM books like the Gower “Handbook of project management” 3rd and 4th editions and the “Wiley Guide to Managing Projects”, published by Wiley.? He is a regular writer and referee for the International Journal of Project Management and a contributing editor for PM Network.

Michel has obtained an MSc in Organizational Behaviour with the School of Management and Organizational Behaviour at the University of London and is currently pursuing a PhD.

Last year he was awarded PMI Fellowship for his continued contribution to project management and this year he was nominated Fellow of the Association for Project Management.