Digital Safety in an Interconnected World

Daphne Luchtenberg has more than 20 years’ experience of corporate and marketing communications across Europe. She has held both consultancy roles and in-house management positions, overseeing communications and corporate marketing programmes.

On the agency side, Daphne, started work at the pioneering internal communication consultancy, Smythe Dorward Lambert. She then moved into the field of international public relations, co-ordinating cross-border PR programmes and developing consultancy services for global corporate clients.

Subsequently, Daphne headed up corporate communications and marketing teams in a management consultancy and an early-stage technology and biotech sciences company.

Before joining Visa Europe, Daphne was a Director in a niche brand management consultancy. Her expertise ranges from strategy communications planning, investor relations, public affairs, media relations and strategic brand development.

Daphne has worked in the Visa Europe Corporate Communications team for the last five and half years. She is currently Head of Reputation Management, which includes responsibility for helping the business to anticipate reputational risk, developing an approach for corporate responsibility, and overseeing the public affairs and stakeholder engagement programmes in multiple markets.

Daphne speaks Dutch and English fluently and was educated in Australia, Canada and Belgium. She has a graduate degree in Communications Management from PHITC in Antwerp.