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 Margrethe Brodtkorb (tidligere Voldberg) tiltrer den 1.januar 2012 som Managing Director for JKL i Oslo.

Ansættelsen af de nye konsulenter er et led i oprustningen hos JKLs public affairs afdeling, der i dag er Danmarks førende.

Den 12 april gästades JKL av Johan Björkstén från kinesiska Eastwei MSL som liksom JKL och MSL Norden är en del av det världsomspännande kommunikationsnätverket MSL Group.

Lars G Nordström som under lång tid haft ledande befattning i nordiskt näringsliv och bl a varit VD i Nordea 2002-2007 och i Posten och Posten Norden 2008–2011 blir ny Industrial Advisor på JKL

JKL A/S ansætter nu endnu engang en konsulent til vores hastigt voksende public affairs-afdeling, som på kort tid har udviklet sig til at blive en af Danmarks førende.

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.

I dag lanceres MSLGROUPS nye varemærke i 22 lande verden over. MSLGROUP er et af verdens fem største kommunikationsnetværk med over 2500 ansatte.

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 overtager stillingen som administrerende direktør for JKL A/S. efter Ditte Kirstein Brammer. Mads Christian Esbensen er en af Danmarks ledende rådgivere inden for public affairs og strategisk kommunikation og kommer nu til at lede JKLs fortsatte vækst. I ledelsesgruppen indgår også de to erfarne og kompetente rådgivere Malin Pettersson og Nikolaj Bøgh.

Publicis Groupe combines MS&L Worldwide, Publicis Consultants and Publicis Events to create a powerful public relations and events network, MS&L Group

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.