Trainers
Profile Ernst van Kogelenberg
Ernst van Kogelenberg is Director of Presence Human Drives PHD) S.A. involved in advising the management of international companies especially during the preparation of projects of cross-border restructuring, mergers and acquisitions.
Ernst has studied business-economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam (Netherlands) and human resources management at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor- U.S.).
He has worked as board-member of Unilever Personal Products Europe, as Vice President Human Resources of Nissan Europe and project director of the Renault-Nissan alliance; as member of the executive team of Essent (the market leading energy company in the Netherlands) and as Senior vice President HR of SHV Holdings (international retail and gas& oil-company)
Ernst has extensive experience in setting up European Works councils (EWC) especially in dealing with EWC’s (and local employee-representation-bodies) during major restructuring-, merger- and integration programs.
Ernst has developed structured approaches how to optimize employee-involvement in major restructuring (EWC; national and local employee-representation), based on which he recommends programs for improvement, beneficial for the management and the employees of the company. As a program-manager he also supports the implementation of these programs.
Profile Tanja Haak
Tanja is working for Haak-O’Riordan Consulting b.v.b.a. (@hoc), a company specialised in European Industrial Relations and European Social Affairs.
Tanja Haak developed a specialisation on European Works Councils (Directive 94/45/EC), in particular as regards assisting companies (management and employee representatives) in their preparations for setting up and working with such Works Councils, including providing appropriate training for management and/or employee representatives. She has also participated as mediator/facilitator in various seminars/in-house workshops concerning transnational information and consultation of employees (EWCs).
