Management

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Charlotte Gutman

Founder & Managing Director

Charlotte has more than 20 years experience, on a European level, in all aspects of marketing communication including advertising, sales promotion activities and public relations.

Prior to founding CGP Europe in March 1991, Charlotte was PR Manager at Scitex Europe (now Kodak and HP). Prior to this, Charlotte gained several years of experience in advertising agencies. Whilst employed at Scitex, Charlotte became a real – European- in the way she thinks and works. All CGP Europe’s proposals and activities are aimed at various countries in Western and Eastern Europe. Charlotte is proud that her team of multilingual professionals has contributed to the successful European campaigns of a number of companies that are now well-known in their respective markets. Charlotte is a native French speaker and fluent in English, Dutch and German. She has degrees in marketing, advertising and journalism and is a regular speaker on the ethics of the profession of Public Relations, Public Relations vs Propaganda and Entrepreneurship:

  • XIX Economic Forum Panel on « Ethics of Public Relations & Public Affairs » Krynica – Poland – September 10, 2009
  • Students of MGIMO Moscow and ICN Nancy Business School visiting CGP Europe in Brussels – Presentation of « Public Relations and Lobbying » – May 20, 2009
  • Contact J magazine « Le Centre National Israélien de Simulation Médicale (428K) » – May 2009
  • EPHEC – Superior School for Communication « How to organize a press conference » Louvain-la-Neuve – Belgium – April 27, 2009
  • PUB MagazineQuestion de taille – Belgium – May 2008
  • IVC Journal – « The border between business and politics is very thin, almost non-existent » (PDF, 2.5 MB) – Q1, 2008
  • Magazine Regards – « Israël, un grand de ce monde » – February 2008
  • Fax de Jerusalem – L’Europe vs Israël, Israël vs l’Europe
    « La frontière entre le monde des affaires et la politique est très étroite … presque inexistante » (PDF, 2.2 MB) – Belgium – December 2007
  • IVC Journal – « Have new Internet tools changed the public relations profession? » – Q4, 2007
  • Tachkemoni High school – « Public Relations vs Propaganda » – Antwerp – Belgium – May 2007
  • Maïmonide High School – « Public Relations vs Propaganda » – Brussels – Belgium – March 2007
  • Entreprendre 2007 – Employee or Entrepreneur? – Institut Saint-Vincent de Paul – Forest – Belgium – February 2007
  • Entreprendre 2006 – Employee or Entrepreneur? – Centre scolaire du Sacré-Cœur – Jette – Belgium – March 2006
  • World ORT International – Public Relations, Moral Values and Ethics- – London – UK – February 2006
  • XV Economic Forum – Public Relations, Advertising and Moral Values – Krynica – Poland – September 2005
  • IJWC – Public Relations vs Propaganda – Brussels – Belgium – September 2005
  • Technion’s Alumni – Negative Image and Sensitivity of the European Business. Why the Israeli Business World Should Wake Up Immediately. – Tel Aviv – Israel – June 2004
  • « Business Today » – weekly programme – Radio Judaica – Belgium & online – September 2003 – June 2004
  • CBG – « Reinformation, we are all responsible » – Brussels – Belgium – June 2003
  • CBG – « The strategy behind a communication campaign » – Brussels – Belgium – June 2002
  • ICHEC – Institut Catholique des Hautes Etudes Commerciales – Employee or Entrepreneur? – Woluwé-Saint-Pierre – Belgium – February 2001
  • Marcom Conference – « Public Relations in Europe » – Tel Aviv – Israel – May 2000
  • The Belgian Economic Journal – « CGP : a dynamic bridge to Europe » – Belgium March 1999 (PDF, 798KB)

charlotte@cgpeurope.com