MSLGROUP are further strengthening their public affairs team with a new competence within media advisory field. To be based in Brussels, Serge Vanbockryck has been recruited as the new director responsible for the PR and Media Practice within the Belgian office.

Serge Vanbockryck är ansvarig för en ny PR & Media Practice i Bryssel från och med 16 januari. Serge Vanbockryck kommer ifrån GM där han de senaste tolv åren varit informationsansvarig för deras internationella motorsportprogram med bas i Benelux. Med denna rekrytering kompletterar JKL sitt redan starka public affairs team med en erfaren rådgivare inom PR och media.

Anna Grönlund Krantz and Sebastian Cederschiöld, both communication advisors at JKL, have been appointed partners in JKL Group. Anna Grönlund Krantz is the new managing director of JKL in Stockholm and Sebastian Cederschiöld started JKL’s EU operations together with Henrik Bernitz.

Anna Grönlund Krantz och Sebastian Cederschiöld, båda kommunikationsrådgivare på JKL, har utsetts till partners i JKL Group. Anna Grönlund Krantz är nytillträdd managing director för JKL i Stockholm och Sebastian Cederschiöld startade JKLs EU-verksamhet tillsammans med Henrik Bernitz.

JKL Group and Nordic Brand Academy (NBA) initiates a co-operation to jointly offer clients advisory services and to develop their offerings in the areas of branding and reputation. Nordic Brand Academy is a science-based education and advisory consultancy.

Julie Margaret Brodtkorb has been appointed Managing Director for JKL in Oslo as of January 1 2012. Brodtkorb has a solid political background within the Norwegian Conservative Party and has held roles including Communications Manager and later as Chief of Staff.

Lars G Nordström – with his many years of executive experience in Nordic trade and industry – will join JKL’s network as Industrial Advisor. Previous positions held by Mr Nordström include CEO of Nordea, 2002-07, and CEO of Posten and Posten Norden, 2008-11.

Ulf Nilsson, Partner and Managing Director at JKL in Gothenburg, is leaving JKL after 10 years to pursue new opportunities. Henrik Nilsson, currently a consultant at JKL, has been appointed new Managing Director as of 1 January 2011.

Tänään on lanseerattu MSLGROUPin uusi brändi 22 maassa ympäri maailmaa. MSLGROUP on yksi maailman viidestä suuresta viestintäverkostosta. Sillä on 2 500 työntekijää.

More internationally anchored offers, growth in the Nordics and continued recruitment of the market’s best advisors. This is the mandate for the new management duo – Maria Grimberg and Peter Steere – that will take over as CEOs of JKL Group, part of the global MS&LGroup, on May 1st 2010. Founders Anders Kempe and Anders Lindberg will continue to be active in the company, but from different platforms.

Mads Christian Esbensen takes over from Ditte Kirstein Brammer as general manager of JKL’s office in Copenhagen. Mr Esbensen is one of Denmark’s leading advisors in the fields of public affairs and strategic communication, and will lead JKL’s continued expansion efforts in Denmark. The Copenhagen office’s management group also includes Malin Petersson and Nikolaj Bøgh.

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As of this date, Cecilie Ditlev-Simonsen is the acting CEO of JKL’s Oslo office. She succeeds Per Høiby, who is leaving JKL.

Lena Smedsaas, commentator on domestic politics at TV4, will join JKL as a consultant at the end of the year. Lena Smedsaas is one of Sweden’s most experienced political journalists and has, among other things, led all of TV4’s party leader debates over the past ten years. She has been with TV4 since its start and previously worked as a journalist for TT (Swedish Central News Agency) and Göteborgsposten.