Experience

MT/Sprout

• Netherlands
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior editor

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  MT/Sprout is the platform for entrepreneurs behind high-growth startups and scaleups and the leadership talent within serious organizations. My focus: leadership & management, work & life. MT/Sprout is the platform for entrepreneurs behind high-growth startups and scaleups and the leadership talent within serious organizations. My focus: leadership & management, work & life.



More Than Coaching srl

• Belgium
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co Founder

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  Experienced Coaching & Communication professionals for personal or business development. Working on your inside and outside. A powerful combination. Experienced Coaching & Communication professionals for personal or business development. Working on your inside and outside. A powerful combination.



Publicarto

• Belgium
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor-in-Chief van MT.be

  • Oct 2015 - Jun 2022

  Award-winning businessmagazine for leaders. Focus on leadership, management and business. Building the MT brand from scratch in Belgium, a success from day one. 2016 BtoB Press award for best launch in print 2017 BtoB Press award for best online launch 2018 BtoB Press award for best content Managing a diverse team with freelance journalists, columnists and business partners. And all of this working remote. Award-winning businessmagazine for leaders. Focus on leadership, management and business. Building the MT brand from scratch in Belgium, a success from day one. 2016 BtoB Press award for best launch in print 2017 BtoB Press award for best online launch 2018 BtoB Press award for best content Managing a diverse team with freelance journalists, columnists and business partners. And all of this working remote.



De Facto Image Building

• Belgium
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PR Director

  • 2008 - Jan 2018

  Developing a new business unit, focus on PR and Corporate Communications. Design and implement communication strategies, advise with and execute press campaigns, provide interview and media training, Managing Editor of several magazines. Clients in construction, environment, tourism, consultancy, ngo, fmcg... Developing a new business unit, focus on PR and Corporate Communications. Design and implement communication strategies, advise with and execute press campaigns, provide interview and media training, Managing Editor of several magazines. Clients in construction, environment, tourism, consultancy, ngo, fmcg...



Gerimbel

• Photography

• Co Owner

  • Mar 2004 - Dec 2014

  Corporate Communication & Product Communication, PR, Copy writing, Editing, Corporate Photography and a touch of Real Estate Management. Corporate Communication & Product Communication, PR, Copy writing, Editing, Corporate Photography and a touch of Real Estate Management.



De Persgroep Publishing

• Belgium
• Newspaper Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Executive editor Het Laatste Nieuws

  • 2003 - 2008

  The number 1 daily paper in Belgium (1 million readers). Copy Editor on page 1, features and lifestyle magazines. Senior writer for the national and international news desk. The number 1 daily paper in Belgium (1 million readers). Copy Editor on page 1, features and lifestyle magazines. Senior writer for the national and international news desk.



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager Marketing & Communications

  • 2001 - 2003

  Deputy Director of the communications and marketing department in Belgium and Luxemburg, Managing Editor of the award winning employee magazine Allround. Advise general and business unit management on corporate, marketing and employee communications, streamline internal communications, improve the use of the sponsorship of Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin (N°1 tennis players). Deputy Director of the communications and marketing department in Belgium and Luxemburg, Managing Editor of the award winning employee magazine Allround. Advise general and business unit management on corporate, marketing and employee communications, streamline internal communications, improve the use of the sponsorship of Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin (N°1 tennis players).



Philips

• Netherlands
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager Media Relations

  • 1998 - 2001

  Restoring the department that develops, coordinates and organizes PR/communication strategies and activities for Philips (40.000 employees and 33 offices/plants in the Netherlands). Design and implement, in close co-operation with the international business units, communication strategies aimed at launching new products (dvd, flatscreen, mp3, Senseo) in the Netherlands. Press Officer and spokesperson for the general management (millennium bug, closure of Philips Lightning Terneuzen, environmental issues, recalls…). Show less



Sijthoff Pers, Pers Unie, GPD

• The Hague, the Netherlands

• Reporter

  • 1989 - 1998

  I started my career in journalism in 1989 at Sijthoff Pers (Leidse Courant - city desk & politics), joined the senior writers at Pers Unie (features, national and international news). After the merger between Pers Unie and GPD I joined the economic desk. I started my career in journalism in 1989 at Sijthoff Pers (Leidse Courant - city desk & politics), joined the senior writers at Pers Unie (features, national and international news). After the merger between Pers Unie and GPD I joined the economic desk.