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Communications consultant

Work Experience

CALM – Solutions Zemst - Hofstade June 2003

Managing Director: freelance work in the communications area; e.g. consultancy, interim management, copywriting & journalism

Clients: Proximus (interim management internal communications; Beluga Advertising & Communications (consultancy); Cambre Associates (consultancy), Janssen Cilag (copywriting), Base (copywriting), Centre Europeen des Silicones (consultancy)

Colipa (The European Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association) Brussels February 2002 – May 2003

Communications & Website Manager: member & media communications, political communication and information management

Responsibilities:
• Media relations: develop media plan; draft and distribute press releases; act as industry spokesperson; develop close relationships with targeted media; build and maintain press database; coaching
• Responsible for crisis preparedness and crisis management co-ordination
• Issue communications: streamline, co-ordinate and manage communication processes with all departments and members involved; guide development of stand-by statements
• Liaison with EU institutions
• Event organisation: General Assembly, science fora, international workshops/conferences
• Publication management: writing, editing, production
• Internet: strategy, architecture, content development
• Extranet: strategy, architecture, testing, content development & management
• IT management: Manage existing system; supervise maintenance


Working languages: English, French



Cefic (European Chemical Industry Council) 1996 – 2002
Brussels

Communications Manager Science & Research: issue communications & information management

Projects:
• Long-range Research Initiative (LRI): research into long-term effects of chemicals on human health, wildlife and the environment
• Endocrine Modulators Study Group (EMSG): research & issue management of the endocrine disruption issue (potential disruption of hormonal balance of humans and wildlife through chemical substances)
• Sustainable Technologies (SUSTECH): collaborative RTD in sustainable technologies for the process industries
• The Alliance for Chemical Science & Technologies in Europe (AllChemE): co-ordination of scientific networks

Responsibilities:
• Budget management: $500 000/year
• Strategy development & preparation of work plans per project
• Responsible for crisis preparedness and crisis management co-ordination
• Global co-ordination of communication strategies and activities
• Media relations
• Publication management: writing, editing, production
• Internet: content development & management of web pages
• Intranet: strategy, architecture, testing, content development & management
• Management of communications and public affairs consultants
• Event organisation, including speechwriting: WHO, European policy dialogue, EP Public Hearing on Endocrine Disruption

Corporate projects:
Involved in the restructuring and rebranding of CEFIC:
• Change management; cultural change
• Building of corporate Knowledge Management system
• Redesign of corporate website

Working language: English


CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation) 1994 – 1996
Brussels

Information Officer - member & media communications

Responsibilities
• Media relations
• Internal communication
• Speechwriting and preparation of presentations
• Publication management: writing, editing, production
• Event organisation: trade fairs, conferences


Working languages: English, French, German


Coopers & Lybrand – EU Office 1991 – 1994 Brussels

Seconded to European Commission's Euro Info Centre Network: business information for small and medium-sized enterprises (European Commission, Enterprise DG)

Training Team (1992 – 1994): Planning and programming of training courses, conferences and seminars on EU policy, management and marketing seminars
Responsibilities
• Organisation of EU policy seminars and skills training


Audit Team (1991 – 1992): quality assessment and strategy planning
Responsibilities
• Quarterly assessment of the Euro Info Centres
Achievements
• Streamlined assessment procedures

Working languages: English, French, German


Independent business journalist/researcher 1988 – 1991
Brussels

EU Monitoring Service
• Wrote EU policy digests for IT, pharmaceutical and market research companies
• Conducted research projects for IT and automotive companies, and the European Commission (dairy producers)

Working languages: English, Dutch

Education

• Continuous professional skills training
• Licenciaat Communicatiewetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1984 – 1988
• Certificate of Proficiency in German, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), 1984
• Law, KUL, 1982 – 1984
• High School Diploma, Kaneland High School, Elburn, Illinois, USA, 1981 – 1982
• Secondary School Diploma, Economic Sciences, H.- Hart Instituut, Heverlee, 1975– 1981

Skills

PROFILE
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT WITH EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION; EXPERIENCED IN WRITING, ISSUE & PROJECT MANAGEMENT, POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND INTERIM COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
• Microsoft Office packages, including FrontPage

Languages

Dutch: mother tongue; English: excellent; French & German: fluent; Spanish: basic

Other

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Board member of the National Union of Journalists, Brussels Chapter

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