Eric Vaes Email and Phone Number

Proactive board member namely in charge of sponsorships

Building on over 15 years experience with GE , ABB , Edelman, AB InBev (formerly Interbrew) and Porter Novelli , my " Best Practice Corporate Affairs " consultancy provides hands on advice on how to implement an effective integrated communication & public affairs strategy with action plans tailored to the most relevant EU & international , business and trade association stakeholders.Key areas of expertise are food and alcohol , energy , ITC and pharmaceuticals .

Part time in charge of counseling and supporting Porter Novelli 's new public affairs/lobbying practice in Brussels and within the European Porter Novelli network .Strength : over 15 years hands on experience in building up GE , ABB , Edelman & AB InBev's corporate and public affairs activities at European , Russian , N. American , S. American and Asian level , Prime focus is on public affairs issue management , stakeholder mapping , communication/ messaging , crisis prevention , training and lobbying outreach and qualifying funding at EU Institutional as well as Member State level .Key areas of expertise : food , alcohol , energy , ITC , pharmaceuticals .

Given InBev's rapid global expansion in the beer industry primarily through acquisitions , I was hired to start up and implement a global/local public affairs teamwork in over 30 countries

Joined Edelman (fifth largest worldwide full service PR agency) to reinforce its Brussels based pan European public/government affairs practice.Edelman acquired at the same time Eric's privately owned European Energy & Telecom Consulting (E/E/T/C) company having as main customers Percy Barnevik chairman Investor AB and 6 leading European & US energy companies.

Hired to set up ABB's regional European corporate affairs office in Brussels to expand an integrated communications , government affairs , EU financing and investor relations teamwork across the enlarged Europe.

Joined initially GE in 1981 as managing director of GE Information Services Belgium and Scandinavia , became in 1989 Director Business Development GE International (London) and then started up in 1991 GE International European Affairs office (Brussels).