Johannes Appel

Head of EU Office and Chemical Advisor @ WirtschaftsVereinigung Metalle

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

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Experience

  • Wirtschaftsvereinigung Metalle (4 yrs 3 mos)
    • Head of EU Office / Leiter Europabüro
      Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Chemical & EU Policy Advisor
      Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr

    • EU Policy Advisor
      May 2023 - Jan 2024 · 9 mos

  • Blue Book Trainee at the DG Grow (Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) at European Commission
    Oct 2021 - Feb 2022 · 5 mos

    •Provide support to the preparation of an impact assessment for a revision of the REACH Regulation, including support to the Open Public Consultation and an SME panel • Participation in and support for internal and external meetings to discuss specific proposals to amend the REACH Regulation and their impact on businesses, their contribution to health and environmental protection, administrative simplification, etc. • Support to the organisation and management of workshops • Support to targeted communication activities (e.g. updates of websites) •Support to activities by unit staff (preparation of legislative proposals, screening and summarizing stakeholder contributions etc.)

  • Megaport (Full-time · 1 yr 9 mos)
    • Sales Executive - DACH Region
      Jul 2021 - Sep 2021 · 3 mos

    • Business Development Associate
      Jan 2020 - Jul 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

      • First point of contact for inbound leads (marketing, website contact form, website search) • Active outreach to the DACH, UK, France and Italy region by telephone, email, LinkedIn and other means • Assisting with follow up from events and other marketing activity (Events, Podcasts, Marketing Initiatives)

  • Internship at Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. (VCI)
    Feb 2018 - Jul 2018 · 6 mos

    • Monitoring of the European Parliament plenary sessions and meetings of the Environment, International Trade and Industry, R&D and Energy committees • Research on specific topics relevant to the chemical industry and attending events of interest to the industry • Answering telephone and email enquiries

  • Business Associate at Brudek Unternehmensgruppe GmbH
    Sep 2012 - Jul 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Selling automobile accessories for redesigning purposes online • Customer relationship management • Business development into the Italian and French Market