Valentino RAZAFINDRAKOTO

acrozz@r.postjobfree.com

+261-**-**-***-**

Madagascar

** ***** ********** *********** ** Communication/ Journalism;

International Mining group/ TV/ international NGO/ Consulting;

Effective working independently or as a team member

Enthusiastic, dedicated and reliable

Ability to plan and organize;

Team manager

Experience and expertise in journalism, media relation and management;

Experience in communication strategy and governmental relations;

Leadership

Skills:

Internal & External Communication / Media Relations:

briefs, tools development, key messages (Q & A), developing communication strategies, implementing communication plans, project management of communication for stakeholder engagement, multimedia and web management (intranet site development, audio-visual projects, web update), public relations (information centre, events, site visits), government relations (official stakeholder management, establishing network of key decision people), writing press releases and press kits, creation of medias files, press conferences and Medias contact

Journalism, documentary directing:

TV reports, TV presentation in French, producing documentaries and an extractive industry dedicated media program

Languages:

English: advanced read, written and spoken

French: fluently read, written and spoken

 

Career history

Since June 2014

Madagascar Associate

Win Win Solutions 4 Africa consultancy (www.solutions4africa.com ), South Africa-based firm

Clients:

AfricaMatters Consulting (www.africamatters.com ): business intelligence on energy sector in Madagascar

Since September 2014

Founder and manager

SoftPower Solutions Consulting, Madagascar-based firm operating in Africa

Communication, Media, fundraising, advocacy, social entrepreneurship, extractive industry communications.

Team: 5 consultants

Clients:

Institut Pasteur de Madagascar ( www.pasteur.mg ) :

 Developing internal and external communication strategies (communications diagnostic using a range of quantitative and qualititave research techniques, inclusive process)

 Supporting scientific communication projects (new website, Medias relations, public relations, internal communciations new initiatives)

 Developing resource mobilization strategy for scientific projects (national and international partners)

KOLO TV (http://tv.kolo.mg/ ) ;

 Producing with KOLO TV an extractive industry dedicated broadcast program :

3 talk-shows aired involving participation of mining ministry, companies & Chambers, national and local civil society organizations, NGOs & international organizations (GIZ, WWF, EITI, SARW, OSISA, Soros Foundation, NGRI, Institut Africain de l Energie, PACT ), parliament and local governments representatives.

Ocean Company Consulting France (www.ocean-company-consulting.com ) :

 Designing and producing Corporate presentation in French and English

NGO Human Network International Madagascar (http://hni.org/hni-madagascar/ ) :

 Introducing HNI to potential and funding partners and securing partnerships content provider in Ghana about its 3-2-1 services

 Facilitating and moderating the HNI s 2015 strategy planning workshop

Since February 2015

Technical advisor, strategic communications

Ministry of trade and consumptions, Republic of Madagascar (http://www.commerce.gov.mg/ )

 

Feb 2011- August 2013

Communications advisor

Rio Tinto France SA, subsidiary of the Rio Tinto mining group.

International assignment to the Simandou project (SIMFER S.A.) in Conakry-Guinea

Leading the process of updating and sustaining Rio Tinto SIMFER S.A. s website pages (www.riotintosimandou.com );

Project leader of the Intranet program

Updating the internal communication plan and ensuring its implementation;

Print editions: conceptualizing and disseminating new issue of the company s quarterly magazine; Launching and managing the new monthly bulletin of the employees (Simandou Flash) since September 2011;

Supporting the community relations team in the setting up of the company s public information centre and in related community communication strategy

Conducting the elaboration and the implementation of a communication plan related to the resettlement and compensation of families affected by the mining project and the contractor demobilization on site.

Participating to the production and the implementation of the communication plan for the mining project s Social and Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA)

Advising communications manager on media strategy (national and international) and issues: key messages and Q&A, analysis, approaches

Supporting the communications manager in her Business Resilience Team s missions

Carine Gracia, former communications manager at Rio Tinto Simandou in Guinea:

De par sa force de proposition et son sens du travail en quipe, Valentino a t un l ment moteur au sein de l quipe communications. Ses capacit s p dagogiques et sa diplomatie ont galement fait merveille dans un environnement particuli rement complexe et sensible

June 2007- July 2010

Public relations officer then media relations coordinator

QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM), Rio Tinto mining group s subsidiary (www.riotintomadagascar.com ), Fort Dauphin- Madagascar

Developing management standards and procedure of visits in the company s mining sites,

Managing and promoting communication activities within the public Information Centre (FASIMAINTY Centre) of the company

Supporting the managing director and the Communication and External Affairs manager in the corporate representation of the company at the local government level.

Providing necessary support to the Communication and External Affairs manager as regards relation monitoring with local government entities and nongovernmental stakeholders (private sector, NGOs, civil society) for better communication and a good ownership of the company s operational objectives

Interface with the local, national and international media: development and implementation of the Press relations strategy, press officer, QMM Business Resilience Team member (crisis management).

Gary O Brien, Chief Financial & BD officer, Diamonds and Minerals- Rio Tinto Group :

Valentino is enthusiastic, dedicated and reliable person. He is always willing to work as part of team and is a hard working member of staff. I was delighted to work closely with him when I was his managing directo at QMM, the Rio Tinto Group s buisiness unit in Fort Dauphin (Madagascar)

July 2006 to June 2007

Communications and advocacy officer

Risks Integrated Management Support Project (AGIR)

NGO CARE INTERNATIONAL, Antananarivo- Madagascar

Elaborate and coordinate the implementation of communication strategies for an effective integration of the concept Risks and Disasters Management (GRC) in all the interventions of partners (Communes, Regions, NGO, donors and technical partners)

Ensure the technical compliance of the communication tools used by the project in the realization of its activities.

Serve as focal point and liaison officer as regards communication and advocacy between the project and its partners.

May 2006

Communicaton assistant

Independent Anti-Corruption Bureau (BIANCO), Antananarivo, Madagascar

2001 to 2006

Journalist/ presenter and producer

TV PLUS MADAGASCAR (TV station), Antananarivo- Madagascar

Journalist

2nd prize winner of the best TV coverage in Madagascar, in 2003.

Special reporter during international or national events: 2002 political crisis in Madagascar; American presidential campaigns in Washington and Boston in 2004, Indian Ocean Islands Games in Mauritius Island in 2003, special reports in France in 2004

TV news presenter in Malagasy and French versions

Documentary producer: Oil industry in Madagascar (2004); abortion danger in Antananarivo ; 2002 political crisis: retrospective review and testimonies (2003); President and Prime minister in France: criminal liabilities system (2005); US electoral system: DNC and RNC study cases in 2004 (2004)

Onitiana Realy, Minister of population and women (Republic of Madagascar) & former MD of TV PLUS MADAGASCAR :

Valentino sait faire preuve d initiative en cas d al as et a toujours su trouver les bons l ments pour l audience. Autodidacte, fiable, consciencieux et ayant su maintenir de tr s bonne relations avec les diff rentes sources et fid liser nos audiences.

 

Education

University:

2010: Professional Master s degree studies in Information-Communication (bac+4), University of La Reunion (France);

1999: end of Master s degree studies in public law and political sciences, University of Antananarivo (Madagascar);

1998: Bachelor of public law and political science, University of Antananarivo (Madagascar) ;

1995: Baccalaureate A2 -literary studies (High school diploma in French educ. System), Mahajanga (Madagascar);

Professional:

October 2012- June 2013: Frontline Leadership Programme, change management- team coaching and leadership- efficient communications planning and organization performance management- conflict management. Simandou project (Simfer S.A., Rio Tinto Group subsidiary, Guinea)

March 2012 : Web editing techniques, Centre de formation et de perfectionnement des journalistes (CFPJ)- Paris (France)

April- November 2010: Youth Leadership Training Program, Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES-Madagascar), training seminars in leadership, institutional environment (foreign policy, culture and identity, ethics, good governance, global economic stakes), advocacy and public relations and conflict management - Antananarivo, Madagascar.

October 2009: Techniques of negotiations with the government, training seminar of the Rio Tinto group, in Fort Dauphin- Madagascar.

October 2008: Media training, in Johannesburg (South Africa), Rio Tinto group, Africa office.

July 2007: Rio Tinto group s approaches and Policies in community relations and corporate communication, in Johannesburg (SOUTH AFRICA).

May 2007: Advocacy technique CARE INTERNATIONAL, Antananarivo (Madagascar);

February- March 2006: Training on international economic issues and development policies in New Delhi (INDIA) at the R.I.S. (Research and Information System for Developing Countries)

December 2005: Editing of reports relating to human rights organized by the Technical Drafting Committee of the initial and periodic reports relating to human rights, funded by the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in Antananarivo (Madagascar);

July- August 2004: scholar of the US Department of State s TV COOP programme: TV coverage of the presidential campaign in Boston (Democrat convention) and Washington (Republican convention).

July 1996: Madagascar representative at the Youth Olympic Camp in Atlanta (USA) for 2 weeks during the summer Olympic Games of 1996.

Activities

Member of the Youth Leadership Training Program (YLTP) network of the Frieidrich

Ebert foundation, Antananarivo (Madagascar)

Founder and President of the Association of Surfing Amateurs of Q.M.M. in Fort Dauphin- Madagascar: creation of a club (about a hundred members), development of surf promotion project in Fort Dauphin (beach cleaning, celebration of the surf international day, sessions of surf for members, sessions of swimming for members). http://madagascarfr.blog.de/2010/03/22/initiatives-oceanes-le-littoral-a-nettoyer-d-urgence-8220505/ or http://www.initiativesoceanes.org/nettoyage_asqfort-dauphin-samedi-20-mars-2010__587.html and http://www.surfing-day.com/fr/program.aspx?id=276

Founder of the network of former students in law of the Faculty of law, University of Antananarivo: support and advice to the structural setting up of an association.

2005-2006: consultant to the Technical Drafting Committee for human rights initial and periodical reports - MADAGASCAR: resource person and writer.

Interests

Have travelled extensively (France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, UK, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Mauritius island, India, Guinea, South Africa, Brazil,, Canada, USA);

Fan surfing

Referees

1- Ms Onitiana Realy, managing director of TV PLUS MADAGASCAR, acrozz@r.postjobfree.com

2- Mr Gary O Brien, Chief Financial & BD officer, Diamonds & Minerals, Rio Tinto Gary.O'acrozz@r.postjobfree.com

3- Ms Jean Chawapiwa, founder & managing director, Win Win Solutions 4 Africa consulting firm, acrozz@r.postjobfree.com

4- Ms Carine Gracia, former communication manager, Simandou project-SIMFER S.A, Rio Tinto acrozz@r.postjobfree.com

5- Mr Ny Fanja Rakotomalala, Madagascar Chamber of Mine President, acrozz@r.postjobfree.com

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