Michel Verbiest's Experience
September 2007 - September 2009: Key Account Manager Belgium & The Netherlands at MD Info
MD Info provides desk research, selection and distribution tools, fed by a daily flow of articles based on 700+ journals, trade magazines, websites and newspapers with business news in Dutch about facts, figures, trends and developments on various markets and industries.
Articles can be distributed via personalized e-mail alerts, intranets, newsletters and websites to internal and external target groups.
Ad hoc search is available for free via Profnews.
November 2006 - May 2007: Account Manager Belgium at Callatay & Wouters
- Daily relationship management and coordination of available resources
- Identifying opportunities and developing new business at existing clients
- Maintaining relationships with prospects in Belgium
January 2006 - October 2006: International Business Development Manager at Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing
International Prospecting and Marketing.
March 2000 - December 2005: Account Development Executive - Benelux at Factiva
- Relationship management, exploring new business at existing clients and daily account management
- Training on various business intelligence tools offered by Factiva
- Transferring customers to a new platform and contract renewals during 2002
- Identifying new opportunities within key accounts
December 2000 - March 2001:
Help Desk Collaborator at
Siemens
July - November 1999: Consultant at
Djeeni, an audiovisual company in Brussels.
April - June 1999 : Internship at
Hill & Knowlton, Brussels.
March 1999: Telephone Operator at Sitel, Brussels.
Monday, June 15 - Friday, August 14, 1998 : Internship at Burson-Marsteller, Brussels.
Fall Semester 1997:
Summers of 1995 and 1996: Administrative Clerc for Compagnie Maritime Belge, each time for a month as a job student.
1995 - February 1999: Unique Interim: Various outplacement jobs, mostly manual labour.
Spring and Fall Semester 1997:
- Floor President on the eight floor of Wentz Residence Hall, Stillwater, OK.
- President of the Mass Communication Graduate Student Organization (organizing social and educational activities).
- Contributing columnist for the "Andere Anjer", the newsletter of the tennisclub
Anjelier in Belgium.
- Member of the OSU Soccerclub
Academic year 1995-1996: Contributor to the homepage of the Political and Social Sciences department of the University Institution of Antwerp.
1991-1995: Scouts Chief, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe Groep, Den Twee, Antwerp.
Training
- Sales training, Berlin 2004
- CRM training, Factiva, New York/Princeton, USA
- Sales training, Factiva, Paris 2003
- Sales training, Factiva, Paris 2002
- Sales training, Factiva, London 2001
- Sales training, Factiva, Paris 2000
- MS Office training, Beta, Antwerp 1999
- HTML training, Beta, Antwerp 1999
- First Aid Assistant Reuters Amsterdam 2003 - 2005
Other
- Internal CRM trainer Factiva 2004
- Teaching Assistent, Graphic Communications, Oklahoma State University, USA 1997
- Development website Political and Social Sciences, University of Antwerp 1996
- Scouts Chief, Den Twee, Antwerp 1991-1995
- Secretary CD&V Youth, Boechout 1992-1996
I fluently speak, read and write Dutch, English and French; and have some basic knowledge of German.
Hobbies:
Tennis, Fitness, Travel, Reading, Hiking, Golf.
References available.
