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Career:

NOV 05 – ongoing:
Co-owner of start-up company
One department specialises in Merge and Acquisitions as well as corporate reorganisation and management; and a division specializes in New Media, translation services, copywriting, proofreading, web content, etc. The latter falls under my hospices and has started up nicely.

2004 – 31 OCT 05
OMRIX biopharmaceuticals sa
Office Manager/Marketing Support Manager
Duties include full Office Management of the HQ, an office with 8 staff, as well as general support to the CEO and owner of the company. Coordination related to participation at exhibitions, production of marketing material etc. The company is in part relocating to the US, hence the need for change.

2001-2004
Vanguard Investments Europe sa
Marketing Support Manager
Duties included increment of brand awareness of the Vanguard brand in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Nordic Countries, with special emphasis on the German speaking countries. Organisation of financial symposia with key financial leaders in The Netherlands, Belgium and the US, Follow Up, et al. Organisation of press conferences/press breakfasts/press lunches and exclusive interviews with key financial press; organisation and supervision of visits of Vanguard US key crew. Negotiations with suppliers, sub-contractors, best buy research etc. Translations of vital financial documents from English to Dutch and German, negotiations with advertising agencies, creation of ad copy, design, creation and supervision of ad-, marketing- and PR-collateral, design and execution of production of exhibition displays and material, budgeting, mailings, newsletters, fund fact sheets; Hiring/training of support staff, creation of relevant databases; country research; Liaison with headoffices in the US.


1997- 2001
GTS - GLOBAL TELESYSTEMS/EBONE, formerly Hermes, and
VIATEL NV / VIATEL GMBH - Telecommunications
Office Manager, Sales & Marketing Support Manager
Duties included assistance in the putting on the map of the Viatel Broadband Services Office in Düsseldorf, Germany. The function was a dual one: four days in Düsseldorf, Germany and one day in Brussels, Belgium. drafting of business plan and defining key targets; all marketing activities, including creation of marketing collateral and sales presentations, translations, mailings; preparation and execution of participation at specialized trade events as CeBIT, Hanover and Systems, Munich and the respective follow-up on leads from these, and various other trade fairs in Germany and the UK; Public Relations; creation and maintenance of the client database; Teambuilding, hiring, training and supervision of support staff as well as general HR issues; complete office management; liaison with offices in Amsterdam, London, New York and Frankfurt; etc..

1996-1997
THE WORLD BANK - Brussels
Office Manager
Duties included, above all, the 'putting on the map' of the newly established Brussels Office of the World Bank (Official Opening September 1996). Personal Assistance to the Permanent Representative off the Office, overall co-ordination for and administration of the office, establishment and maintenance of Press contacts and conferences, establishment of databases, monthly output of records for events, activities and costs, arrangement of meetings with high level officials of the European Institutions, supervision and management of the Public Information Center, supervision and recruitment of support staff, assistance in determination of the legal - diplomatic - status of the Office, contacts and discussions with Belgian Ministries, travel arrangements, budgeting, accounting, close contacts with HQ, Office Technology, etc. Reason for leaving: due to the vast expansion of the office, the position changed into one focusing exclusively on accounting, leaving no room for Marketing and PR-related activities.

1992-1996
HERCULES CHEMICAL CORP. Inc., Brussels, Belgium
Office Manager, PA to Vice President, Marketing Director, Sales Director
Duties included: agenda and travel arrangements/management, design and production of presentations, arranging and determining venues for Senior Management meetings, organization of sales and marketing events, frequent travel, 'Best Buy'-Research, taxes, translation, monthly outputs and reports, general office management tasks and support, maintenance of contacts with HQ in the USA, etc.

1991-1992
THULE INTERNATIONAL, Brussels, Belgium
Personal Assistant to owner and Marketing Director
Duties included: organisation and attendance of off-site Marketing meetings and Sales events; assistance in organisation of trade fairs; Office accounting, taxes, payroll, desk top publishing, general office management tasks, contacts and maintenance of such with field offices and HQ.




Education

Education:
1994-1995 VUB/ULB Brussels: Economics
1985 VUB/ULB Brussels: Spanish
1983 Trinity University Dublin: EN, Accounting
1982-1984 Universität Hannover: EN/D/Sociology
1981-1982 Inlingua Fremdspracheninstitut:
Fremdsprachenkorrespondentin D/EN/E
1981 Matriculation - Domgymnasium Verden/Aller,
Germany

Extra-Curricular Activities:
2003 ECJ – European Center for Journalism, Maastricht:
Newsletter creation/detail/print/style/Quark
Xpress, etc.
2001 Sales Logix Database Training
1999 Fundamentals of Telecommunication
1999 Access Database Training
1998/99 Berlitz Language Schools: one-to-one French
course: written French
1994 Official Red Cross Certificate
1993 TÜV Rheinland GmbH: Seminar on Office
Maintenance, Sick Building Syndrome, Organization
of and potential budgeting opportunities in Office
Cleaning activities
1993 Financial-Economic Understanding: Kluwers Opleidingen
1983 The Berlitz Schools: total Immersion French
1983-1984 Master Foods Ltd., Dublin, Ireland: Apprentice, in the frame of studies in Hanover: Office Technology, translations, travel
1977-1985 piano teacher


Skills

1984-1992 Consultant – various contracts:

1989-1991 COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Employed in Directorate-General III: Industrial Affairs. Closely involved in the creation and presentation of the Public Affairs Directive. Organisation of Senior Level Meetings with both EU-Officials and the Industrial Sector in order to define correct wording of the Directive.

1988-1989 THE WORLD BANK - Washington DC
Staff Assistant to the Vice President and General Counsellor
Duties included: agenda management, Board meeting preparations and follow-up, handling of correspondence, OT, contacts with high officials of the governments of the members of the World Bank, etc.

1987-1988 EMBASSY OF FINLAND - Washington DC
Consultant
Organisation, execution and follow-up of events related to the 'Finnish-American Year of Friendship'. Special assignment to perform related tasks: press contacts, press conferences, organisation and administration of the 'Journalists' Program', which envisaged to, and succeeded in, inviting the top 100 American journalists to Finland and get their feed back and positive press coverage. In coordination with Finnfacts, the Finnish Industrialists' organisation.

1984-1987 IRELCO - International Relations Consulting Company, Brussels
Junior Consultant
Duties included: Market research, agenda management, travel arrangements, organisation of meetings, contacts with Senior Officials of the European Communities, press contacts and organisation of press conferences, general office management tasks, training of support staff, etc.

Languages

Languages:
Dutch: mother tongue
German: mother tongue - level
English: mother tongue - level
French: very good
Spanish: fair


Other

Office Technology:
All programs under Windows; Email; WYSE; All-in-One; Magnavox; Page Maker, Quark Xpress,
various accounting programs, Sales Logix, Act!


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