JO DETAVERNIER
JO DETAVERNIER CONTACT Address: 1244 Ruddy Duck – New Braunfels, TX 78130 Phone: (210) 803-2097 Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION 2015: People Manegement Skills for Managers certificate (Hemsley Fraser, London) 2014: Accelerated Management Programme certificate (Solvay Brussels School, Brussels) 2004-2005: Postgraduate degree in Marketing Management (VLEKHO business school, Brussels) 1994-1999: Master’s Degree in Criminology, with high honours, awarded prize for best thesis of Law Faculty (Ghent University, Ghent) 1987-1993: High school degree – majors in Latin and Math (Sint-Jozefsinstituut, Brugge)
WORK EXPERIENCE August 2015 – Today Freelance Communications Consultant
Counsels American and Belgian clients Collaborates with other senior corporate communications consultants as Partner in InfiniteLatitude network
December 2011 – August 2015 First I was Senior Consultant, then Managing Consultant with FINN (tier 1 PR agency in Brussels)
Counseled clients on government affairs, corporate communications, public relations, content marketing, community relations, issue and crisis management, conversation management Wrote crisis communications plan for companies in public transportation, food and construction, designed and faciltated crisis communications trainings and workshops Consulted on and managed the innovations corporate comm track of leading chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut Designed and managed, as member of the Management Team, professional evaluation, coaching and feedback processes at FINN
September 2011 – December 2011 Account Manager with Lewis PR Belgium
Managed key accounts as part of a temporary project
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June 2007 – September 2011 Consultant with akkanto (tier 1 PR agency in Brussels)
Developed the firm’s social media capability Designed and implemented a professional monitoring system based on Key Intelligence Topics Assisted the secretary of the Belgian tobacco national manufacturers association with all media and lobby strategy work involved including back-up spokesperson
February 2006 – April 2007 Program manager with ORI (Hawaii based non-profit)
Managed vocational training program Supervised caregivers (compliance with care program, state and federal law)
September 2002 – December 2005 Institutional relations expert with bpost
Helped PA director build a professional public affairs department Contributed to the strategic design and implementation of lobby campaigns towards local, national and European political stakeholders
October 2000 – September 2002 Political analyst for Belgian military intelligence
Reported on threats in extremist movements to military hierarchy Gave directions to agents in the field in their information collecting
February 2000 – April 2000 Research assistant at Belgian Justice Department
LANGUAGE SKILLS English: fluent (written and oral) French: fluent (written and oral) Dutch: native (written and oral) German: basic (oral)
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EDUCATION 2015: People Manegement Skills for Managers certificate (Hemsley Fraser, London) 2014: Accelerated Management Programme certificate (Solvay Brussels School, Brussels) 2004-2005: Postgraduate degree in Marketing Management (VLEKHO business school, Brussels) 1994-1999: Master’s Degree in Criminology, with high honours, awarded prize for best thesis of Law Faculty (Ghent University, Ghent) 1987-1993: High school degree – majors in Latin and Math (Sint-Jozefsinstituut, Brugge)
WORK EXPERIENCE August 2015 – Today Freelance Communications Consultant
Counsels American and Belgian clients Collaborates with other senior corporate communications consultants as Partner in InfiniteLatitude network
December 2011 – August 2015 First I was Senior Consultant, then Managing Consultant with FINN (tier 1 PR agency in Brussels)
Counseled clients on government affairs, corporate communications, public relations, content marketing, community relations, issue and crisis management, conversation management Wrote crisis communications plan for companies in public transportation, food and construction, designed and faciltated crisis communications trainings and workshops Consulted on and managed the innovations corporate comm track of leading chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut Designed and managed, as member of the Management Team, professional evaluation, coaching and feedback processes at FINN
September 2011 – December 2011 Account Manager with Lewis PR Belgium
Managed key accounts as part of a temporary project
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June 2007 – September 2011 Consultant with akkanto (tier 1 PR agency in Brussels)
Developed the firm’s social media capability Designed and implemented a professional monitoring system based on Key Intelligence Topics Assisted the secretary of the Belgian tobacco national manufacturers association with all media and lobby strategy work involved including back-up spokesperson
February 2006 – April 2007 Program manager with ORI (Hawaii based non-profit)
Managed vocational training program Supervised caregivers (compliance with care program, state and federal law)
September 2002 – December 2005 Institutional relations expert with bpost
Helped PA director build a professional public affairs department Contributed to the strategic design and implementation of lobby campaigns towards local, national and European political stakeholders
October 2000 – September 2002 Political analyst for Belgian military intelligence
Reported on threats in extremist movements to military hierarchy Gave directions to agents in the field in their information collecting
February 2000 – April 2000 Research assistant at Belgian Justice Department
LANGUAGE SKILLS English: fluent (written and oral) French: fluent (written and oral) Dutch: native (written and oral) German: basic (oral)
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