About Thomas Barat
- Retired Professor of Communication
- Founder, FIBRACO LLC
- Editor in Chief of CCO Magazine / eCCO Magazine
- Journalist/Photojournalist – Foreign Correspondent / Board Member – Director of Ethics & Compliance of the Association of Foreign Correspondents in the USA
Past:
- Founder, Honorary President of the American Hungarian Chamber of Commerce
- Founding President of the Media Self-regulating Body Hungary
- President of the Ethical Comm. at Association of Hungarian Journalists MÚOSZ,
- Regional Director of Endowment for Democracy of Eastern Europe
- Professor of Corp. Comm. at Budapest College of Management
- International Program Coordinator at TOURO College
- Past Secretary General, Past Executive Vice President, at present: Member Emeritus and of the Hungarian Public Relations Association
- Past Educational Director at the European Media and Communication Institute
- Past Vice President at the European Public Relations Confederation and the CERP EUROPARTNERS
- Past Honorary President of the Radnóti Foundation
Areas of expertise
Experience in journalism, press, and media
O printed and electronic press writing and editing,
(magazines, radio, TV, and online media; editor-in-chief)
O publishing (responsible publisher: printed publications)
and producing (producer: electronic media)
Experience in education
College and university level Professor, visiting lecturer of public relations, corporate communications, and human relations
Education Director of European Media and Communication Institute
Experience in integrated corporate communications
Trading companies, manufacturers, and non-profit institutions
(out of these 18 years in the field of medical and pharmaceutical communication)
O Public Relations
O Marketing communications – publicity
O Human relations – internal communication
O Events organization (exhibitions, seminars, conferences)
O Spokesman of different corporations
Membership:
- The Association of Foreign Correspondents in the USA – Board Member / Director of Ethics & Compliance
- Society of Professional Journalists
- Hungarian Public Relations Association (MPRSZ – HuPRA) Member Emeritus
- Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ)
- Affiliate Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)
- Honorary Member of the Russian Public Relations Association (RPRA)
- Honorary Member of the Ukrainian PR League
- Member of the Viadukt Foundation Hungary (Honorary President)
- Member of the Quatuor Coronati (the premier Lodge of Research), the New York local secretary of QCCC, International secretary of QC Budapest
Some important publications (in English):