He helps clients raise the bar with storytelling, positioning and how to navigate complex geopolitics, stakeholder relations and reputational risks.
He helps clients raise the bar with storytelling, positioning and how to navigate complex geopolitics, stakeholder relations and reputational risks.
Erik has roughly 20 years of experience in politics, journalism and corporate communications – with a heavy international profile.
Erik’s expertise ranges from storytelling, positioning and visibility, crisis, media and stakeholder relations, strategic changes, policy analysis and international relations. He is also an experienced copywriter, media trainer, motivational speaker and moderator.
Erik has vast experience – both as an in-house and consultancy professional – in advising and managing a wide span of industries, opportunities and challenges related to communications and relations.
Prior to joining Kekst CNC, Erik worked in Sweden’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs, where he served as then-Foreign Minister Carl Bildt’s Press Secretary and Spokesperson. Before that, he was Global Head of Media Relations at Electrolux. He has also been Program Director and Editor at the think-tank Timbro, and a writer at the monthly Moderna Tider and the daily Svenska Dagbladet.
He is the author of books Popvänstern (2004) and Hejdå Östeuropa! (2007), along with many essays, reports and several hundred articles in different topics, mainly related to politics and culture. He is also a recurring columnist in the Swedish national daily Svenska Dagbladet.
Erik holds an MSc in Marketing from the Stockholm School of Economics, a BA in Ethnology from Stockholm University and has studied Law at Lund University.
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Stockholm
Kekst CNC
P.O. Box 1405
Sveavägen 24-26
SE-111 84 Stockholm
Sweden