Mikael Kruhsberg

Professional Background

Broad consulting experience from McKinsey&Co, PWC-Consulting and Macklean Strategiutveckling
Operational experience in telecom, IT, and biotech industries
Founded and led Macklean Strategiutveckling AB for five years with clients primarily in the Nordic food and beverage industry
CEO of PortWise, an identity and secure access solution developer with presence in Europe, Asia and Americas. PortWise was acquired by its larger competitor Nexus Technology
6 years at IBM Global Services in areas such as M&A, Strategic Outsourcing and Service Transformation
MBA from INSEAD, MSc, Engineering from Royal Institute of Technology and BSc, Engineering from Dartmouth College
Native Swedish, fluent English and basic French speaker

M&A Expertise

Corporate Strategy development and implementation
Change Management and Post merger integration (PMI)
Non-organic growth strategies and M&A
Profit Improvement and Turn-around projects
Due Diligence management
Sectors: Professional Services, Food and Beverage, IT and IT Services, Media, Telecommunication
Strategy – leading several major strategy development projects for Nordic clients
Scenario development in close client cooperation
Co-operatively owned companies: Led strategy and business development in several co-operatively owned food industry and professional services companies
CEO of both a professional services company and a multi-national IT-product company

Project Highlights

Nordic dairy company – Led the development of new corporate strategy involving company management, board and owners in the project – Food and Beverage Industry
LRF Media – Led the divestiture of LRF Media Magazines to Bonnier Tidskrifter and Svenska Media Docu – Media Industry
IBM Global Services – Co-led the transformation of IBM Integrated Technology Services from a business model based on the skill sets of the individual service engineer to a model that focussed on the client-value of the delivered service and connected to global delivery capabilities (on/near/off-shoring) – IT Industry
Swedish certification company – Led the transformation project to a profitable professional service company – Food and Beverage and Professional services Industries
Swedish Ministry of Industry – Led the development of future scenario for the Swedish food processing industry for policy and regulatory development – Food and Beverage, Government.

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Service expertise

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