MERK Vincent

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Born in Strasbourg, Vincent Merk is a French citizen residing in The Netherlands since 1981.

His main affiliation is with Eindho­ven University of Technology (TU/e), a leading European institution, where he teaches intercultural business communi­cati­on and management/negotiation in undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional programmes. He also holds a position at Lille Graduate School of Management/ESC Lille where he teaches similar topics.

In addition, he has been working as an independent trainer and consultant since 1985, including a two-year project at the Philips headquarters in Eindhoven.

His many assignments have ranged from training on “Négociation et culture française” to training and consulting on intercultural business communication, negotiation and management, with a focus on general cultural as well as culture-specific areas, also on professional mobility and expatriation.

Vincent Merk speaks French (mother-tongue), Dutch, English, German and Spanish. He was educated at Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, and Université Stendhal in Grenoble, where he received an MA degree in Business Administration with English and German in 1980. He subsequently carried out postgraduate studies at Amsterdam University.