Kompetenzfelder: Public Affairs, Corporate Communications, Brand PR and Positioning.

Expertise: Severin ist Gründer der Chapter 4 Gruppe und hat jahrzehntelange Erfahrung in diversen Management- und Senior-Beratungspositionen in der österreichischen und internationalen PR-Branche. Seine Kunden waren u.a. Henkel, IBM, Silicon Graphics, Autodesk und andere. Er verfügt über 15 Jahre Erfahrung als Projektleiter für internationale PR-Projekte und ist als Buchautor und Journalist tätig.

Hintergrund: Severin hat einen Doktortitel in Philosophie (PhD) an der Universität Salzburg und war Lektor an mehreren österreichischen und deutschen Universitäten. Er hat u.a. Vorträge über integriertes Kommunikations- und Projektmanagement, am Universitätslehrgang Donauuniversität Krems, gehalten und war Gründungsdirektor des Karikaturmuseums Krems.

Kompetenzfelder: Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate PR, Krisenkommunikation.

Expertise: Ausgezeichnete Sprachkenntnisse in Deutsch, Englisch, Ungarisch, Bosnisch / Kroatisch / Serbisch und anderen slawischen Sprachen; interkulturelles Management und Organisation; Public Speaking; strategische Beratung. Boris Beker war bei mehreren führenden österreichischen PR-Unternehmen als Berater tätig. Seine bisherigen Erfahrungen umfassen Senior Beraterpositionen in Österreich und CEE, sowie Erfahrungen im Bereich Corporate Communications für verschiedene Organisationen in CEE/SEE. Zusätzlich leitete Beker die PR-Abteilungen von einigen NGOs in der Region.

Hintergrund: Er studierte Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaften an der Universität Wien, an welcher er heute noch als Tutor unterrichtet. Boris Beker ist zudem Vorstandsmitglied des Österreich-Serbischen Wirtschaftsforums.

Fields of expertise: Strategic Consultancy, Corporate Communication, Employer Branding, Brand PR.

Relevant experiences: Raluca Ene is a public relations specialist with over 12 years of professional experience. She is focused on strategic consultancy, corporate communication and employer branding, as well as brand PR, while developing excellent contacts with top-level media and opinion leaders in the current business and economic sectors. She has in her portfolio large clients in industries such as IT&C, home&garden, retail and FMCG, among which there are the Romanian subsidiaries of Xerox, Stihl, Schneider Electric, Roca, bauMax, Muller, Lactalis, Intermarche, Ericsson, HP, Ubisoft, Plaut, Ixia, Lufthansa, Gedeon Richter, as well as local companies such as Farmec and NGOs.

Background: Raluca is currently enrolled in an EMBA program at Maastricht School of Management. She has a Master’s degree in Strategic Marketing from the Romanian Academy of Economic Science, as well as a BA in Public Communication from the Bucharest University. She has also attended several management and marketing courses and is a certified trainer.

Fields of expertise: Public Relations and Event Management.

Relevant experiences: Todor Stojcevski has worked for many newspapers and magazines as a jounalist and gained PR experiences in several Public Relations agencies. Todor is the establisher of the Macedonian web site Zurnal, the top-media platform for information about politics, economics, culture, health, local governments, etc.

He is a Management Board member and co-founder of the first Macedonian PR non-government organization PRAM (Public Relations Association in Macedonia) as well as a member of MABA (Macedonian-Austrian Business Association).
He is the author of the master thesis "The media and post-conflict peace building”: the role of the newspapers in the actions for disarmament“, the research "Romany media" - Research for Foundation, Open Society Institute (SOROS), "Peace journalism - the value-oriented profession" - a paper published in the Proceedings of the Faculty of Law – Skopje as well as the editor and author of "Annual bulletin of the Civic Platform of Macedonia". He had been awarded with three different journalist awards from the United Nations, in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Background: He holds a master of science in peace media development from the University of Skopje.

Fields of expertise: Corporate Communications, Integrated Communications and Positioning, with a special focus on ICT industry.

Relevant experiences: Senior PR Consultant at Media Plan Institute, PR&Consulting Department; journalist and editor-in-chief in various printed media, TV and Radio stations (Daily newspaper Dnevni avaz, TV OBN, Radio Sarajevo), Rich experience as Marketing assistant (Marketing Agency SV-RSA), Brand Manager (Sinalco) and Executive TV Producer (UFA Media).

Key qualifications: Good language skills across, English, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and to a lesser degree Slovenian; intercultural management and organization; presentation and public speaking skills; reliability and adaptability.

Background: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Sarajevo University; Pregraduate-Student of Faculty of Political Science (Business Communication), Sarajevo University and various trainigs, lectures and courses in PR, marketing and management area.

Fields of expertise: Fields of Expertise: Corporate Communications, Integrated Communications and Positioning, with a special focus on ICT industry.

Relevant experiences: Milena held several management and senior consultancy positions in Serbia and has unrivaled communication experience in the fields of information technology and telecommunications, in the Serbian market.

Her forceful practice and know how includes project management with top international and Serbian organizations, as well as close cooperation with clients such as HP, Ericsson, SAP, RATEL, Telenor, Intracom, Samsung, Ministry of Economy and Regional Development, Swiss Agency for Development and Reconstruction, Whirlpool, Lufthansa, etc.

Her prior work engagements included years of experience in graphic design, pre-press and engineering positions as a tools constructor and product technologist.

Background: Milena holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Belgrade University and has been a regular participant in key European and regional communication conferences, as well as those hosted in Serbia. She is an active member of the Female Business Association and the Serbian PR Society, as well as the pioneer in its Online Section, being a part of it from its creation.

Fields of expertise: Corporate Communications, Financial PR, Brand PR and Positioning.

Key qualifications: Excellent language skills across English, intercultural project management; presentation and public speaking skills; reliability and adaptability.

Relevant experiences: Tamara has a decade of dynamic management consultancy and communication experience primarily in the Serbian PR industry, but also in the region. She holds management and senior positions for years with a proven track record of establishing and positioning strong PR teams in the market and winning a number of prestigious awards.

Tamara has a strong background in financial PR projects such as acquisitions (e.g. take-overs, privatizations, capital increase), crisis management and IT industry over the years, with clients like Citigroup, Danone, Dr.Oetker, HP, Lufthansa, Ministry of Finance, Raiffeisen Investment, SAP, Telekom Serbia, Telenor, Vip mobile, Wiener Städtische, etc. In addition, her work experience includes NGOs and teaching and communication trainings.

Background: Tamara graduated at the Belgrade University (Faculty of Philology, Anglistics) , possesses Cambridge Proficiency in English, as well as a number of communication and management certificates and diplomas from Serbia, Slovenia and Croatia. She is a member of the Serbian PR Association and the Lobbyists’ Society.

Fields of expertise: Marketing, Public Relations, Corporate Communications and Event Management

Key qualifications: Excellent language skills across English, intercultural project management and organization; presentation skills; reliability and adaptability. 

Relevant experiences: Anelia has vast experience in the sphere of Marketing and development of PR and Branding Strategies for multinational companies such as Aurubis Bulgaria, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Bulgaria, AbbVie, Lufthansa, HP, Siemens, Phoenix Pharma Bulgaria, DB Cargo Bulgaria, Axxon, Melexis, etc. She works actively on strategic consulting and planning, new customers acquisition and strategy development. Through the years, Anelia has demonstrated a very good understanding of all stakeholders and decision-making process and strong analytical capacity.

Over the past four years as a result of the management of Anelia and the hard and purposeful work of the whole team, Chapter 4 Bulgaria enjoys a well-deserved recognition, winning numerous awards at prestigious competitions for PR and communications, such as European Excellence Awards, Eventex awards, Gold SABRE Awards and PR PRIZE (the most prestigious recognition in Bulgaria, awarded by the Bulgarian Public Relations Society).

Background: Anelia holds MSc in Industrial Management from the Technical University Sofia and a Diploma from London PR School.