Cecilie Ditlev-Simonsen new communications consultant with JKL 2008-02-26 Cecilie Ditlev-Simonsen is appointed communications consultant with JKL Group AS. – I am looking forward to joining a strong professional environment and to share my skills and experience with JKL’s interesting clients, says Cecilie Ditlev-Simonsen. Per Høiby new partner in JKL Group 2008-01-21 Per Høiby, communication advisor at JKL, has been appointed partner in JKL Group. Per Høiby is currently the office manager and CEO for JKL Oslo, where he will continue with these responsibilities. As partner, Per Høiby will be responsible for managing and developing JKL’s business in Norway, and for contributing to our Nordic growth and expansion. Åsa Jamal new partner in JKL Group 2007-09-05 Åsa Jamal, strategic communication advisor at JKL, has been appointed partner in the JKL Group. Åsa will continue to hold her current positions as office manager for JKL Stockholm and vice president of JKL AB. As a partner, she will be responsible for further developing JKL’s corporate communication services. Partners of i-kommunikasjon to enter JKL 2007-08-31 JKL Group is strengthening its team considerably: Partner and managing director, Ragnar Sagdahl, and partner Elisabeth Mannsverk at i-kommunikasjon enter JKL Group as advisors of strategic communication 1 September. Former Swedish Prime Minister, Göran Persson, joins JKL 2007-05-08 Göran Persson, Sweden’s Prime Minister from 1996 to 2006, announced today that he will join JKL as Senior Advisor, starting on August 1. JKL operates in the Nordic countries and Brussels, and is an independent brand within Manning Selvage & Lee with more than 40 offices globally. MS&L is part of the Publicis Groupe. JKL named Dream Employer by Swedish Top Students! 2007-02-27 In a recent survey conducted at the Stockholm School of Economics, the highest ranking business school in Sweden, JKL was ranked as the 15th most attractive employer of all companies and organisations. Per Ola Bosson new partner in JKL Group 2007-02-14 Per Ola Bosson, specialist in the areas of public affairs and lobbying, has been appointed partner in the JKL Group. Per Ola is currently responsible for public affairs at JKL’s Stockholm office where he is also a team leader. As partner, he will be deeply involved in further developing JKL’s public affairs services for companies active in the Nordic region JKL Consultant is new Secretary of State with Mats Odell 2006-12-07 Dan Ericsson, a consultant with many years’ experience at JKL, has been appointed as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Finance for Mats Odell, the Minister for Local Government and Financial Markets. Dan Ericsson will assume his new position at the start of 2007. Manning Selvage & Lee establishes Public Affairs in Europe 2006-10-31 Manning Selvage & Lee (MS&L) is forging ahead with its European expansion. Together with the Nordics’ leading communication advisor JKL Group (JKL), MS&L is creating a new Public Affairs division in Europe, and has appointed Peter Steere as Head of Public Affairs for MS&L Europe. Former Prime Minister’s Press Secretary to JKL 2006-10-17 At the end of November, Anna Helsén joins JKL in Stockholm. She comes directly from the Prime Minister’s Office where she has been the former prime minister Göran Persson’s press secretary and coordinator for the government offices’ media contacts. Per Høiby new CEO for JKL Oslo 2006-10-04 (Oslo, October 3, 2006) Per Høiby has been appointed as the new CEO for JKL in Oslo. He will succeed Kjell S. Rakkenes, who is assuming new leadership responsibilities for the Nordic area. JKL Group will expand to Brussels 2006-10-02 In the past few months, JKL/MS&L has been working to develop its offer for EUrelated strategic counsel together with Sebastian Cederschiöld and Henrik Bernitz – a project that has been very successful. This winter, JKL/MS&L will open an office in Brussels under the management of Sebastian Cederschiöld, who will thereby decline to take his newly elected seat in the Swedish Parliament. JKL Group awarded “Nordic Consultancy of the Year” 2006-09-26 The international newsletter, the Holmes Report, has chosen JKL as the 2006 “Nordic Consultancy of the Year” in its ranking of communication consultancies in Europe. Axess publishes JKL insights 2006-09-13 In the summer of 2005, one of the largest Swedish daily papers, Svenska Dagbladet, published an article about the Swedish “social contract” written by two of JKL’s founders, Anders Lindberg and Anders Kempe. Now Axess, a magazine devoted to liberal arts and social sciences, has chosen this subject as a theme for its latest issue. Communication agency JKL Helsinki expands its business 2006-09-13 Communication agency JKL Helsinki, with focus on strategic communication, expands its business again. Petri Vihervuori, Master of Arts, aged 35, has started working as an advisor at the office in Helsinki. International marketing and PR agency sets up in Oslo 2006-03-21 MS&L (Manning Selvage & Lee), one of the world’s leading global public relations firms, opens for business in Oslo on 20 March. New EU expertise at JKL 2006-03-21 JKL has recruited two new consultants to join a new EU team to meet the increasing demand for EU advice from Nordic clients.