Hugo Marynissen

Hugo Marynissen is a lecturer at the Executive Master in Public Management at the Antwerp Management School. He is also a visiting professor at several European universities such as University of Antwerp (Belgium), Campus Vesta (Belgium), Cranfield University (United Kingdom), Hogeschool Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) and Laurea University of Applied Science in Helsinki (Finland). He is managing director and partner at PM Risk-Crisis-Change, an agency specialized in risk and crisis management and communication.

Since 2008, he regularly provides coaching and consultancy services in and outside Belgium. In the Middle East and Central Africa, for example, he coached board members and executives of a global organization in their personal development. At another multinational, he gave workshops on four continents about successfully dealing with change processes. Furthermore, he is also chairman of the CIP Institute, a non-profit organization that brings together scientists and professionals from different disciplines in an inspiring and innovative platform to exchange and develop knowledge related to the Complex and Interactive Processes (CIP) in the field of crisis.

Hugo holds a PhD in Business Administration from Cranfield University School of Management (United Kingdom), and a Masters degree in Change Management from HEC Business School (France). The focus of his research is on the relationship between risk communication and risk perception within so-called High-Reliability Organizations.

Education

• DBA Cranfield University - Cranfield School of Management (2009 — 2013)
• Master Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (2007 — 2008)
• Master HEC Paris (2007 — 2008)

Companies

• Postdoctoral Researcher University of Antwerp - Faculty of Business and Economics (2021)
• Research Lead "Future of Firefighting" Antwerp Management School (2018)
• Associate Professor Antwerp Management School (2015)
• President CIP Institute (2013)
• Managing Partner PM risk-crisis-change (2005)
• Expert to the Special Parliamentary Committee on the COVID-19 Approach Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers Chambre des représentants (2020 — 2021)
• Academic Director Executive PhD Program Antwerp Management School (2015 — 2019)
• Commission Member VLUHR (2013 — 2013)
• Trainer Kluwer Opleidingen (2003 — 2013)