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Bruno Verschraegen

69years • Cassina de' Pecchi

Skills

Advanced User Of ExcelAdvanced User Other MS Office ProductsKeen User Of Mindmapping SoftwareEvent Organisation

Experiences

Managing Director, Event Manager (own company)

01-2010 - NowEventsEvent and congress project management = full-service meeting and event management, congress and exhibition support, consultancy for venues, consultancy for client teams and processes, …

Managing Director, Event Manager (own company)

11-2004 - 12-2009 EventsInternational event and congress project management = meeting & event organisation, congress & exhibition support, consultancy for venues, consultancy for client teams and processes, …

Marketing Manager, Event Manager

02-2002 - 10-2004 EventsEvent management agency (focusing on healthcare industry) where I used to be a client before becoming a consultant & employee… Responsibilities included transfer of knowledge and experience to young operational team, managing two important client accounts, handling communication aspects for all events, across accounts – such as presentations to clients, finalisation of written proposals, creating/producing communication materials for use at client events… I was also one of two senior project managers responsible for organisation of a complete congress, with responsibility for contact with client and with participating companies…

Senior Public Relations Manager, Europe

03-2001 - 01-2002 Studies / Statistics / DataManaging PR strategy and actions, together with leading network of European PR agencies, for the market launch of a ground breaking product.

Senior Marketing Communications & Business Communications Manager

12-1994 - 03-2001 Personal servicesEuropean headquarters of Cordis (Miami, USA), a leading manufacturer and marketer of medical devices for interventional and diagnostic cardiology, electrophysiology, radiology and neurology… Marketing and financial coordination centre for Europe, Africa and the Middle-East, mainly operating through wholly-owned subsidiaries… Responsibilities included e.g. managing the teams within my department, running congresses and exhibitions, copywriting (40-50 printed matter projects/year), developing brand identities, budget management, overseeing press relations, and more… Major achievements included introducing more consistent working methods for meetings and congresses, introducing external assistance by an event agency once internal workload became too much (enabling the internal team to become true project managers instead of mere executors), the introduction of a more imaginative and consistent communicative approach, a dramatic improvement of usability of catalogues and availability of communication materials, developing productive working relationships across divisions, departments, and country units…

Education & training

Hibo (Ghent, Belgium - Now Known As Artevelde College)

1974 - 1998 Ghent, Belgium, GhentCommunity management

My soft skills

Flexible
Team player
Thorough
Responsive

Languages spoken

  • English

    Professional

  • Dutch

    Native language

  • Italian

    Professional

  • French

    Professional

  • German

    Basic

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