Katrien Naessens

Experience

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  Belgian Royal Commission of History

  Jun 1985 - Aug 1987

  Scientific Staff Member

  Scientific staff member involved in the project “Electronic treatment of Latin diplomatic texts prior to 1200”, in collaboration with the Centre of Electronic Document Management (CETEDOC) at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve

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  Dun & Bradstreet International

  Aug 1987 - Dec 1989

  Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer
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  Société Générale de Belgique

  Dec 1989 - Dec 2001

  Communications Officer

  Various positions within the Communications Department and experience in the following areas: INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS:- Participated in the internal communications actions of the SGB HQ and Group, through the development and creation of an internal magazine; the annual publication of the Group’s Senior Executives “Who’s Who”; the organisation of internal meetings and events EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS- Maintained relations with individual shareholders in Belgium (SGB until 1998, SUEZ afterwards), through the organisation of thematic meetings and visits of the Group’s industrial sites; the development of a Business School programme; the publication of a newsletter and the management of a toll-free information line for shareholders; the participation in investors’ conferences- Involved in press relations, through follow-up of media requests; editing of press releases; preparation, attendance and follow-up of press interviews with management; press reviews and summariesCORPORATE IMAGE - INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS- Participated in the development and creation of annual reports, brochures, advertisements, websites- Organized VIP events - Selected and followed up sponsoring projects Show less

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  ENGIE

  Jan 2002 - Aug 2018

  Role and responsibilities: - Define the annual communications plan in collaboration with the external communications function and the international communicators’ network- Ensure the internal circulation of strategic messages, business and staff information, through the development of publications (newsletters, activity overview, presentations, directory, …) and tools (videos, intranet, … ); and the organisation of meetings (executives’ and staff meetings) and events (information forums; networking events; team building events).- Secretariat of the Executive Committee, responsible for the organisation and the minutes of the bi-weekly meetings. Show less

  • Senior Internal Communications Manager

    Jan 2016 - Aug 2018

  • Senior Internal Communications Manager

    Jan 2012 - Dec 2015

  • VP Internal communications

    Jan 2002 - Dec 2011
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  Federatie Aluminium Constructeurs

  Sept 2018 - now

  Communicatieverantwoordelijke
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  CommFusion

  Sept 2018 - now

  Freelance Communications Designer & Builder

  Driven communications professional with focus on internal communications, change communications and trilingual copywriting (Dutch, French, English).

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  Contassur Pension Experts

  Jun 2019 - now

  Communications Manager