Speakers

1. 

   Ellen Onkelinx

   Founder & Managing Director at master the gap

   Ellen Onkelinx is an expert in negotiation, conflict management, emotional intelligence, leadership, and public affairs at master the gap®. She is also a certified mediator in civil and commercial disputes as well as an Emotional Intelligence & Leadership consultant and coach.

   Ellen began her professional career as a lawyer at the Brussels law firm ALTIUS. Before founding master the gap®, she spent over 10 years as Managing Director of the professional association of Flemish film and television producers (VOFTP).

   Since 2017, Ellen Onkelinx has been a founding partner and CEO of master the gap®. master the gap® empowers parties in negotiations, conflict management, emotional intelligence, and advocacy while facilitating mediation processes. master the gap® embodies the art of bringing parties together, overcoming differences, bridging gaps, and reaching decisions that all stakeholders can support.

   Ellen Onkelinx studied law at University College London (UCL), KU Leuven (KUL), and the University of Barcelona (UB). She obtained a master’s degree in business management from the European Media Business School and pursued various training programmes in mediation and negotiation at bMediation, Harvard Law School, and the Erich Pommer Institute in Germany. In late 2020, she achieved certification as an Emotional Intelligence & Leadership coach under the guidance of the internationally renowned Daniel Goleman. In late 2022, she obtained a certification from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Sloan School of Management) for the programme:
   « Interpersonal Communication: Strategies for Executives ».

   Finally, Ellen Onkelinx is also a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of Wit-Gele Kruis Vlaanderen and Vice-President of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund.