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DR. VICTOR DEL RIO
Director of Crisis Strategy and Management
“If handled well, a crisis can become an opportunity to make your organisation more resilient by allowing you to demonstrate your ethical, humane and responsible principles to your community/customers while protecting your bottom line.”
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Dr Del Rio is an expert in strategic management, crisis management, business continuity and communication.
His experience includes:
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Ground-breaking crisis management doctoral research (PhD) in Australia & NZ, Melbourne University
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Foreign correspondent for CNN, Televisa Eco, TV Azteca, El Pais Newspaper
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Senior executive of several private, public and community organisations
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Committee Member of Latrobe University Ethics Research Committee and Macquarie University
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Member of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia (IAMA)
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Adjunct Senior Industrial Research Fellow of the RMIT
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Former World Bank (WB) and Latin American Development Bank (CAF) Consultant
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Research Fellow at ILAS Latrobe University
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Higher Degree Supervisor at the RMIT
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Board member of several organisations
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Former member of the Ministerial Advisory Board - Victorian Business Multicultural Council
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Diploma and Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE)
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Holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration (Public Policy and Planning)
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"...While working in executive roles in public, private, academic and non for profit organisations, I realised that organisations did not have the knowledge and tools to manage high profile events. We were at a loss. Later on, working as international and national journalist, I also became aware that most organisations were not prepared to handle these kind of situations. At the time, the academic world did not have much to offer for the Australian and New Zealand crisis organisational landscape. To advance this situation, I decided to study my PhD in Strategy and Crisis Management to fill the methodology and tools Crisis Gaps, which I did..."
Dr. Victor Del Rio