Shaping the future generation account managers

Welcome to the Future of Account Management Education, a new and inspiring education program, designed by ACC for accountmanagers/directors with 4 to 6 years experience.

More than ever, account people need a very diverse skill set to fulfil their role. This is why this unique program offers 8 sessions that will help them stay relevant in today’s agency landscape. 

Given by real experts in their domain and complemented by senior advertising executives, this course program will help accounts grow and create more value for their role. 

Key benefits for participating account people:

• Not only sharpen your hard but also your soft skills. 
• Theory put into practice through cases and workshops. 
• Evolve from great project leaders into great business leaders.

Ruben Goots, Executive Producer and Co-Founder at HAMLET, has played a leading role in the international advertising film production industry for many years. At the age of 24, he co-founded production company Czar in Brussels which thrived under his leadership during a decade, becoming one of the most awarded production companies in Belgium. In 2012, he went on to become a managing partner and executive producer at Caviar, a leading Belgian production company with offices across Europe and the US. In 2015 he co-founded production company HAMLET with partner Jason Felstead. HAMLET took the market by storm and has worked for national and international clients such as Nike, Lexus, Apple and Adidas to name but a few.

SideKick

Peter Ampe - FamousGrey

Hakim is Managing Partner at InSites Consulting and an ‘opinion on 2 legs’. He has been active in market research & marketing since 1998. He thrives on the discovery of consumer insights based on so-called ‘hybrid’ methodologies (combining qualitative, ethnographic and quantitative approaches). He currently leads the Ghent & Paris FMCG business at InSites Consulting. He has a master’s degree in Communication Sciences and as an experienced marketeer he finds the world of advertising, branding and strategic positioning an inexhaustible source of inspiration to advise clients.

Sidekick

 Vincent D'Halluin - Mortierbrigade

Frederik Delaplace

Frederik Delaplace (1970) started his career as a journalist in financial markets and banking sector at De Tijd in 1994. Five years later he became the chief editor of Finances and in 2005 he was the head editor of the newspaper. In April 2007 Delaplace became the editorial director of Mediafin, which gave him the ultimate editorial responsibility of De Tijd and L'Echo. In January 2017 Frederik became the CEO of Mediafin. Mediafin was the first publisher in Belgium to use a multimedia revenue model. With a turnover of 65 million euros, Mediafin was in relative terms the most profitable media company in the country. Since August 1, 2020 Frederik is the CEO of VRT.

Sidekick

Nathalie L'Hoir - Mediabrands

Tim Vermeire was born on December 23, 1977 in Kindu, RD Congo. After his Physical Education studies, Tim worked for SCORE in South Africa. Afterwards, further studies followed within his interest domains Sports management, Marketing, Product management, Neurosciences, Sustainable Employability and Innovative Work Organization. In 2005 he founded Still Movin '. A concept around the development of human potential and well-being within organizations. In 2012 Attentia took over Still Movin '. There he was, among others, Business Unit Manager, Lead Consultant, Senior Product and business developer.
In the meantime, Tim continues to work on adaptability, collective leadership, sustainable employability and cultural issues within organizations. Tim's mission is to make people and organizations stronger and more agile. 

SideKick

Veerle De Vos - Publicis Groupe

Daan is Visiting Professor Leadership & Teams at the VUB and AMS, aiming at postgraduates and professionals who want to learn more about political skills and change management skills. He is co-author of the book “Leading … organization”. In 2015, he started Gingko Consulting, a consultancy that helps organizations transform according to innovative work organization principles.

Their goal is to create sustainable and pleasant working environments through organizational and leadership development, change management and strategic HRM.

Sidekick

 Evert Vermeire - Mortierbrigade