Caroline Sapriel    |    Managing Director    |

Caroline Sapriel is the founder and Managing Director of CS&A, a specialist risk and crisis management consulting firm with offices in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Australia, and the United States. With over 15 years experience in crisis management, corporate communications and public affairs, Caroline is recognized as a leader in her profession and acknowledged for her ability to provide customized, results-driven counsel and training at the highest level.

In the field of crisis management, Caroline has advised senior corporate executives in high-risk industries internationally. Her multi-disciplinary background and experience has enabled her to provide clients with an in-depth analysis of their crisis management capability as well as help them develop effective risk and crisis response organizations and stakeholder and reputation management strategies. In Asia, where she originally founded the company, Caroline designed many of the crisis management processes and documentation used by the Asian operations of leading western multinationals today. Over the years, she has been directly involved in helping clients manage crises in the aviation, tobacco and consumer product sectors.

Caroline is an accomplished trainer, facilitator and coach in risk, issues and crisis management as well as in communication skills. As such, she has coached many senior executives and employees at leading multinational corporations internationally.

Caroline is regularly invited to speak at international conferences and seminars on crisis management. She has been a member of The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) since 1987, and serves as Deputy-Director of Personal Development on its Regional Board for Europe and Africa. She is a faculty member of the Management Center Europe in Brussels.

Prior to establishing her own consulting firm, Caroline held various senior management positions with international public relations firms including The Rowland Company and Hill & Knowlton. She has also worked for the Press Office of the Government of Israel.

Caroline is fluent in French, English, Spanish, Hebrew and Mandarin, and holds a BA degree in Chinese Studies and a BSc degree in International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.