Gerda Van Den Bergh Email & Phone Number

Basel, Bs, Ch

Bern, Berne, Switzerland

Driving funding to the Swiss Cancer League through defining and implementing a Corporate Partnership Strategy. Growing the Portfolio of Corporate Partners.

Basel, Basel-Town, Switzerland

• Project Manager of Roche Arts & Culture Partnership, notably with Lucerne Festival • Project Lead support to the department's Dow Jones Sustainability Report diliverables• Project Lead support to Roche's Children's Walk, the annual global employee fundraiser

Basel Area, Switzerland

MCH’s Collectors Events Group include Art Basel, Design Miami, Masterpiece, Baselworld. This newly created role, Global Head of Partnerships, has been created to develop and capitalize on group and community synergies in the area of sponsorship. - In collaboration with the teams, defining partnership strategies; - Driving acquisition strategies and resulting commercial and legal negotiations with partners;- Promoting a culture of collaboration and synergy across the business units.

Basel, Switzerland

Art Basel’s engagement has expanded beyond art fairs with the launch of Art Basel Cities in March 2016. This initiative develops cultural partnerships with cities worldwide, deploying Art Basel’s expertise, global networks and communication capacity to impact and support the partner city’s art scene development. September 2016 saw the inauguration of “Art Basel Cities: Buenos Aires”, a three-year collaborative program with the local government to celebrate the city’s cultural ecosystem.As Head of Management, in charge of:- Developing a new business model outside of the fairs;- Forging partnerships with city governments;- Delivery of a five-day «Cultural Immersion Program» in Buenos Aires;- Creating and leading a global expert team;- Serving as primary liaison for all Art Basel Cities key stakeholders

Basel Area, Switzerland

As Sponsorship Manager I was in-charge of:- Acquiring multiple high-end brands and renewing existing ones, growing the revenue of the sponsor portfolio;

Basel Area, Switzerland

As Innovation Manager, I was in-charge of:- Spearheading the conceptualization and development of new products keeping the pipeline filled and supplying markets with new launches by leading multinational and multifunctional teams;- Developing and launching of Pomegranate Body Care Series;- Setting-up the Fragrance Competence Centre in collaboration with R&D.

Milan, Italy

As Marketing Director, I was in-charge of:- Developing Acqua di Parma from a local fragrance into an international lifestyle brand;- Driving the internationalization and strategic global development of the brand following its acquisition in 2001 by the luxury giant LVMH;- Leading ideation, creation, development and launch of multiple new fine fragrance, men's and Spa lines.

New York City

As Marketing Director Creative Studio, New York, I was in-charge of:- Trend Spotting, forging contacts and partnerships with key opinion leaders;- Leading design and art universities/academies in order to acquire competitive advantage and wins in new client acquisition

Paris Area, France And Bedford, Uk

Various roles includingMarketing Manager Unipath Diagnostics, Bedford, UKInnovation Manager European Cheese Competence Center Unilever, Paris, FranceSenior Product Manager Boursin, Unilever, Paris FranceSales Representative, Unilever, Paris France

Mba, Entrepreneurship & International Finance

Awarded Leendert Reuvers Scholarship 2019 Ranked #1 "Masters in Global Management" (Times Higher Education/Wall Street Journal) 2014.

Ba With Honours, Accounting And Economics