Robert Govers

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Since 2009 Robert Govers has co-edited and authored four books on the topic of community reputation with Palgrave Macmillan publishers. His award-winning book Imaginative Communities is his first book published under his own imprint and has been translated into Portuguese and Spanish.

Robert Govers is a Senior Partner at Anholt & Co. where he has worked on numerous assignments with the Governments of Chile, Iceland, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan and Qatar. He has also advised many other administrations worldwide including the national and regional governments of Luxembourg, three provinces in the Netherlands, and the cities of Ghent, Ostend and Bruges.

Dr. Govers is founding chairman of the International Place Branding Association and has been an adjunct or visiting scholar in Beijing, Hyderabad, Leuven, Rotterdam, London, Milan, Torino and Dubai.

Robert Govers has held positions in South Africa, the Netherlands, Belgium and Dubai and has a PhD and Master’s degree from Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management.