CEO of The Skills Group (http://skills.at), one of the leading communications consultancies in Austria. Vice president of the Austrian Public Relations Association – PRVA (http://www.prva.at) responsible for International Affairs and the quality certification “Austrian PR trust seal”. International Board member of the International Communications Consultancy Organisation – ICCO (http://www.iccopr.com). Since 2016 ICCO’s Regional President for Europe.
Juergen specializes in issue management, crisis communications, and high-end strategy consulting. He has written or co-authored several publications on online communications and E-Commerce and has been active as a keynote speaker or lecturer on social media and mass communications all over Europe for many years.
In his over 20 years in Public Relations, he developed and implemented – as a PR industry front-runner – numerous complex, innovative, and successful PR and communications programs for national and international clients in the public and private sectors. Consequently, he won 5 times a SABRE Gold award in the EMEA region and is a multiple winner of the national PR awards in Austria and Germany.
Before joining the professional PR industry some 20 years ago, Juergen was active as a social worker, campaign director, and Youth representative at the Council of Europe, the European Union, and United Nations conferences.
He is married, has two kids, and is a passionate scuba diver and also awarded as an underwater photographer. He speaks German, English, and basic Arabic.
