Veronica started her career in the events industry in Italy, where she was involved in organizing conferences, meetings, and events for a major industrial association called Assindustria Venetocentro. She traveled extensively in Southeast Asia before starting her role as a Project Manager for a DMC based in London focussed on expanding their Spanish market outreach. In the last five years, she was Head of Events and Marketing at the UK-ASEAN Business Council, which included a network of corporate partners and respective government officials. Her focus was on strengthening the brand reputation through consistent comms activities. She has recently joined Insurtech Week and is responsible for promoting the platform to Insurtech companies in Europe and North America.
I have a BA degree in Journalism and Communication Science, and I am certified in Business Analytics by ULB, Université libre de Bruxelles – Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management. I have 15+ years of experience in Business planning and transformation, Project management and communication, event Management and Community Management, and information technology – Digital projects, Business Intelligence and Data architecture, technologies, and visualization.
I deliver purpose-led community strategies, improved business processes, and intelligent operations plans, driving implementation with a focus on your clients, members & employees’ experiences.
Kim L. Smouter Umans joined ENAR in March 2022. Kim previously worked as ESOMAR’s Head of Public Affairs and Professional Standards, having joined ESOMAR in 2012. While there, he headed a small team of professional standards and public affairs experts championing the value of the market, opinion, and social research and data analytics.
Through his former role, he also worked to promote the interests of over 5,000 professionals and 550 companies working in the field of market, opinion, and social research and data analytics, leading ESOMAR’s advocacy efforts on major policy dossiers including the General Data Protection Regulation and the ePrivacy Regulation. Kim also served a stint as Secretary General of the European Network of National Civil Society Associations. As its first Secretary General, Kim laid the foundations for securing its role and its future as one of Europe’s leading bodies defending the interests of the non-profit sector by bringing together over 20 national civil society infrastructure platforms.
He has also served in various policy roles working for the North East England Office in Brussels and in the European Parliament working in the fields of social policy, education, and employment. He holds a master’s degree in European Public Affairs and a bachelor’s degree in European Studies and is a graduate of the University of Maastricht.