Christian ter Maat

profile Christian ter Maat MCC, MMC, CMC:

Christian (1964) holds two post-graduate master degrees: Master of Corporate Communication (MCC) from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and Master Management Consultant (MMC) from the Free University Amsterdam. In 2007, Christian became a Certified Management Consultant (CMC). The CMC is the internationally recognised mark of excellence in management consultancy and is recognised directly in the countries covered by the 46 Members of ICMCI.

Christian participated in the non-executive board members programme (Nyenrode Commissarissencyclus) at Nyenrode Business University. In 2011, he expects to graduate at the executive Master of Business Valuation programme (finance, valuation and M&A) at the Tilburg TiasNimbas Business School.

Christian has worked in various European countries and has North American experience as well and worked with different cultures. He is a linguist, speaking currently five languages fluent.

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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