The co-founder of ARCTIK and company's Senior Adviser, Ralph is a sixty-year-old serial entrepreneur with a long time vision of clean-technologies and sustainable energies. As the CEO of several companies he has worked on cutting edge technologies with a number of companies, including Osram, Philips, Soitec, APTech, Thales, AXT.

Ralph has been involved with the development of clean-tech projects at major universities and research centres such as the Fraunhofer Institute, CNRS, INSEM, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

In addition to speaking French, English, Spanish and Arabic, Ralph brings 40 years of experience in business development and management and international network.

Bethany joined Arctik in 2016 as a communications intern to support Arctik's projects and programmes. She previously worked at the European Centre for Development Policy Management in Maastricht, the Netherlands, researching conflicts in Africa and EU/Africa relations. Before that, she interned with Amnesty International Australia, supporting the Legal & Governance Director.

Bethany holds a Bachelor's degree from the University College Maastricht in International Politics & Sustainable Development and spent much of her studies researching renewable energy development.

Bethany is Irish-British!

Christophe Thévignot has a wealth of professional experience in the fields of EU policy, communications and knowledge management. 

Between 2010 and 2016, Christophe was responsible for coordinating the EU LIFE Programme external communications team. Other high-profile positions in Christophe’s career portfolio include: Head of communications within the Brussels-based Publicis Consultants firm; Brand Manager at Belgacom; four years as a consultant for the European Commission’s DG Communication; and two years with the French embassy in Brussels, as their European correspondent.

Christophe holds Master’s degree in Linguistics and in Marketing and Communication.

Cédric has over 10 years of experience in the web and printing industry. Continuously balanced between the worlds of print and web, his expertise lies between the roles of graphic designer and web-developer. A bridging expertise that is very much appreciated by Arctik's team and our clients! Cédric is freelance.

Examples:
http://euaffairs.brussels/powerstep
http://euaffairs.brussels/enhance

Laura is Arctik’s in-house designer.

Laura has brought to Arctik a creative vibe when joining us in 2016! She is working closely with Quentin Ketelaers and the rest of our team to design strategic materials in line with the communication objectives.

Laura works on EMAS, IMPREX, EU Ecolabel, DOMINO...

Hi there. I'm Ailuropoda melanoleuca, or in Chinese: 大熊猫 - but you can simply call me Panda. I can be easily recognised by my large, distinctive black patches around my eyes, over my ears, and across my round body (so cute!).

Though I belong to the order Carnivora, my diet is over 99% bamboo (just love it). My wild cousins will occasionally eat wild tubers, or even meat... but I live on coffee, bamboo and the Internet.

At Arctik, I make sure the team stay fit and focus on their important tasks and that they always remember they are working to make our little planet fun, creative, and green!