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E UROPEAN CURRICULUM VITAE FORMAT PERSONAL INFORMATION Name BERDEN, Dr. Koen Gerard Address Hallerstrasse 6, 3012, Bern Switzerland Telephone +41 31 631 4924 E-mail [email protected] Nationality Dutch Date of birth 3rd of August 1976 WORK EXPERIENCE Present positions • Dates (from – to) 2015 – Present • Name and address of employer WORLD TRADE INSTITUTE, Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland • Type of business or sector Research and policy advice • Occupation or position held Current: Director and Member of the Board of Directors • Main activities and Overall strategic management, responsible for international responsibilities cooperation of the WTI, trainings, and the WTI’s project portfolio • Dates (from – to) 1998 – present • Name and address of employer Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, NL • Type of business or sector Higher Education • Occupation or position held Assistant professor in International Trade, competitiveness and private sector development, economic growth, SMEs and innovation • Main activities and Research, lecturing responsibilities • Dates (from – to) 2005 – PRESENT • Name and address of employer One World Economics (OWE), Buristrasse 49, 3006 Bern, Switzerland • Type of business or sector Education and consultancy • Occupation or position held Owner and director • Main activities and Sharing knowledge, providing holistic approaches to problems, and responsibilities improving quality of education and knowledge institutions through innovation and business model regeneration • Dates (from – to) 2005 – present • Name and address of employer Institute for International & Development Economics (IIDE), Lichtenauerlaan 102, 3062ME, Rotterdam, NL • Type of business or sector Foundation • Occupation or position held Board member • Main activities and Support development economic and trade-related research responsibilities • Dates (from – to) 2010 – 2016 • Name and address of employer Foundation Capacity for Development, Watermanweg 44, 3067GG, Rotterdam, NL • Type of business or sector Non-governmental organisation • Occupation or position held Board member • Main activities and Support economic and social development of countries through non- responsibilities governmental activities and projects Past positions Date (from – to) 2006 - 2015 • Name and address of employer ECORYS Nederland, Watermanweg 44, 3067 GG Rotterdam, The Netherlands (from 2013 – 2014 ECORYS Brussels, Rue Joseph II 9, 1040 Brussels) • Type of business or sector Consultancy • Occupation or position held Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Economist, Senior Partner ECORYS Nederland, Director ECORYS-Academy training institute, Account Manager DG Trade, Managing Director ECORYS Nederland, Commercial Director ECORYS Nederland, ECORYS Group Knowledge Director and Advisor to the CEO, Account Manager DG Enterprise & Industry • Main activities and Overall strategic management, P&L responsible, HR responsible, responsibilities market responsible, strategic business development in EU market, Strategic focus on knowledge development, senior expert on trade, competitiveness, industrial policy, SMEs and innovation Dates (from – to) 2005 - 2007 • Name and address of employer Skarbek Graduate School for Business and Economics, Ul. Nowogrodzka 52, Warsaw, Poland • Type of business or sector Higher Education • Occupation or position held Vice-rector for International Affairs, Market Development and Fundraising • Main activities and Strategic management of the school, international relations and responsibilities student recruitment • Dates (from – to) 2002 – 2006 • Name and address of employer Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, NL • Type of business or sector Higher Education • Occupation or position held Dean International Affairs and General Director International Bachelor Economics & Business • Main activities and Strategic development of international relations; Setting up and responsibilities building the new International Bachelor Economics & Business programme • Dates (from – to) 1996 – 1997 • Name and address of OCfEB, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, employer 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands • Type of business or sector Policy Research Centre • Occupation or position held Researcher in Applied Economics • Main activities and Empirical and theoretical research into privatisation and its efficiency responsibilities and productivity effects EDUCATION AND TRAINING • Dates (from – to) 2015 - 2015 • Name and type of organisation Harvard University, Harvard Business School • Principal subjects/occupational How to lead a professional service firm skills covered • Title of qualification awarded Certificate Dates (from – to) 1998 – 2006 • Name and type of organisation Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam • Principal subjects/occupational Research, lecturing, consultancy, publishing; academic research into skills covered economic growth, technology and the influence of uncertainty • Title of qualification awarded PhD • Dates (from – to) 1994 – 1998 • Name and type of organisation Erasmus University Rotterdam • Principal subjects Specialisations International and Financial Economics: EU integration, institutions and EU law, Trade & Growth, International Economics, Mathematics, International Finance • Title of qualification awarded Double MSc in Economics & Business – international economics and financial economics (with honours) • Dates (from – to) 1992 – 1994 • Name and type of organisation United World College of the Atlantic (UK) • Principal subjects High school courses in economics, mathematics, physics, Dutch, chemistry, English (native) • Title of qualification awarded International Baccalaureate (VWO) PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES MOTHER TONGUE Dutch OTHER LANGUAGES English German Spanish French Russian • Reading skills Excellent Excellent Good Good Basic • Writing skills Excellent Excellent Good Moderate Basic • Verbal skills Excellent Excellent Good Moderate Basic SOCIAL SKILLS 8 years of field hockey – central defender AND COMPETENCES 2-year study at international school in Wales (1992-1994): UWC Founder of the Project International Understanding (PIU) at Erasmus University – students support disadvantaged Youth in Rotterdam Active in swimming, squash Active on linked-in with over 5.500 connections from various networks globally ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS Member of the RSM Speakers Academy – experienced moderator and AND COMPETENCES workshop leader; Extensive experience as FWC Director and Coordinator – with involvement in the management of over 20 Framework Contracts over the past 10 years; Strategic management experience in public and private sector environments: FWC and project management, business development and network building; Set up new Bachelor Programme, International relations programmes at various universities – curriculum building expertise; Member of United World Colleges organisation in The Netherlands – fundraising; Organiser, fundraiser and public relations manager to various conferences, seminars and workshops over the past 18 years Organised over 50 seminars, conferences, training, and high-level meetings with civil society, experts and stakeholder representatives TECHNICAL SKILLS Very high level of knowledge and working expertise with computers, AND COMPETENCES computer programmes (MS Office, Eviews, Mathematica, CGE modelling (GTAP), GSIM, etc.) ARTISTIC SKILLS Writing (for publications mostly), playing electric organ AND COMPETENCES OTHER SKILLS Strong analytical skills, distilling priority information from large AND COMPETENCES documents and information sources in a short time nd Competences not mentioned Graduated as 2 best student of The Netherlands in 1998 above. (Elsevier contest, 1998) Guest lecturing in India, Indonesia, Ukraine, Thailand, Australia, China, Kenya, Poland, Russia, Netherlands Antilles, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, USA. Extensive FWC and project management experience ranging from director, coordinator and team leader to senior expert; Extensive working experience with EU, World Bank, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD, WTO, ITC as well as thorough knowledge of working with various ministries in European countries. DRIVER LICENCE(S) Drivers licence B since 1999 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. KEY QUALIFICATIONS As Director, and former Managing Director and previously Dean . International Affairs and Vice-Rector International Affairs strong project management, leadership, coordination, and networking skills as well as strong commercial skills As assistant professor at Erasmus University, strong methodologically and analytically As Director of the IBEB programme and Vice-Rector of WSHIFM in Poland, acquired ability to build and give sense of vision and direction to an organisation and its employees in difficult times (reorganisations) Extensive experience recognised as member of the RSM speaker’s academy in moderating, workshop leading and lecturing; Three times Erasmus University Lecturer of the Year Experienced motivator of people – get them enthusiastic and driven with a purpose to achieve As former Senior Partner at ECORYS Nederland and as assistant professor at EUR, over 18 years of experience with various large international projects – both from management, commercial and content perspective; Over 20 years of working experience with trade policy, industrial policy, competitiveness, SMEs, value chain analysis, regional integration, customs unions, trade policy modelling, legal and regulatory