Nicolas Demey

About Nicolas Demey

Social impact expert with over 20 years of experience in launching, building, and scaling strategic corporate social responsibility initiatives. Highly skilled at developing, leading, and sustaining high-performant teams and building influential relationships with external stakeholders. A solution-oriented strategist with a focus on long-term goals and cross-functional collaboration. Fluent in English, French, Dutch and I get around in German. Green card holder.Multi-faceted social impact executive with expertise in: Team Management, Project Management, Philanthropy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Communications, Decision-making, Shared Value, Problem-solving.

Experience

1. Head, Private Sector Partnerships, North America

   World Food Programme

   Apr 2019 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Regional lead for Private Sector Partnerships in North America: directing a high performant team based in New York and responsible for strategy setting and creating shared value through partnerships in the US market. • Lead partnerships manager for WFP\'s collaboration with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, worth $130 million +. Responsible to drive, impact and measure these investments that fight hunger and malnutrition and spur innovation and equity.• Spearheaded an employee-engagement campaign with PepsiCo in support of school meals programs in 5 countries where the company has large business units.• Overall focal point for WFP’s relationship with WFP USA, a 501(c)(3) charity that supports the mission of WFP.

Education

• AP Hogeschool Antwerpen

  Post-Baccalaureate, International Communication

  2003 — 2004

• NYU School of Professional Studies

  Certificate, Sustainable Development Management & Marketing

  2012 — 2012

• Harvard Business School Online

  Certificate, Sustainable Business Strategy

  2021 — 2021

• Cornell University

  Certificate, Sustainability

  2023 — 2023

• HOGENT

  Post-Baccalaureate, European Business Management

  2002 — 2003

• Arteveldehogeschool

  Bachelor, Communication Management

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Grants
• Strategic Communications
• Policy
• Global Health
• Press Releases
• Human Rights
• Policy Analysis
• Project Coordination
• Public Relations
• Government Liaison
• Media Relations
• Community Outreach
• Food Security
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Program Management
• Press Conferences
• Strategy
• Civil Society
• Program Development
• Community Relations
• Africa
• Strategy Development
• Capacity Building
• Proposal Writing
• Ngos
• Nonprofits
• Corporate Communications
• Government Relations
• Non-Profits
• Public/Private Partnerships
• International Development
• International Relations