Christian ter Maat
profile Christian ter Maat MCC, MMC, CMC:
Christian (45) holds a post-graduate master degree: Master of Corporate
Communication (MCC) from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and a second
post-graduate master degree; Master Management Consultant (MMC) from the Free
University Amsterdam. In 2007; Christian participated in the non-executive board
members programme (Nyenrode Commissarissencyclus) at Nyenrode Business
University. He is a qualified non-executive board member and provides corporate governance
services.
In the fall of 2008, he commenced with the executive Master of Business
Valuation programme at TiasNimbas Business School, the business school of
Tilburg University and Eindhoven University of Technology.
Christian has worked in various European countries and has North
American experience as well and has worked with different cultures. Developing
and managing six European offices at Showcase Placements Inc. and developing client
relationships in several European countries at Cirque du Soleil has
contributed to this fact. Due to travelling & networking, he became a linguist,
speaking currently four languages fluent: English, Dutch, French, German and
basic Spanish.
In his career,
Christian has had the opportunity to participate as speaker at conferences and
at guest lectures and also published articles in magazines and on blogs ( e.g.
Reply to All - innovation in communication, Gek op Klanten - into customers & Eventbuzz -
about management events) Ter Maat worked at the several leading companies & brands;
e.g. Maison van den Boer, Showcase Placements/WPP & Cirque du Soleil as well as
management consultant for a variety of international companies.
contribution:
Christian ter Maat has had the opportunity to contribute to leading corporate
organisations & brands on their voyage to be visible, transparent, distinctive,
consistent, authentic and successful. These brands share values like: (service)
quality, continuity (build to last), creativity and entrepreneurship. In their
strategies they focussed on rooted corporate identity, open & orchestrated
communications and responsible & sustainable business development. Interesting
was that these brands operated in mutually beneficial and often complementary
industries, such as: entertainment (live, film & television), media
(off/online), creative industries, hospitality, leisure, tourism, wellness, care,
charity, professional services, retail, real-estate and automotive.
He was able with his teams, to achieve major
business improvements and results. He has worked for start-ups as well
as medium seized companies (up to 500 employees). Its clients and business
partners were multinationals, of which Ford Motor Company with nearly 350.000
employees globally was the largest. He has had experience of working on the
agency side as well as the client side.
His skills range from management
consultancy to communication/marketing to business development and strategy. His
personal interests focus on aligning the most appropriate strategy, innovation,
marketing & communication approaches in order to achieve the objectives, while
creating a true consumer/client experience and profound reputation. His career has been
based on developing knowledge of marketing, communication, business development,
management consultancy, strategy and consumer/client relationships.
Always customer & solution focused and strategy & business development driven.
presentation:
View here the presentation of Carevolution and Christian ter Maat.
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However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
[Winston Churchill]
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