People profiles
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.
Sector expertise
- Agriculture
- Business & Professional Services
- Consumer Products Supply
- Food
- Industrial Manufacturing
- IT Services
- Media & Marketing
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Software
- Telecommunications Hardware
Service expertise
- Integration Due Diligence
- Integration Strategy & Design
- Synergies & Value Creation
- Integration Management Office
- Day 1 & 100 Day Planning
- Work Stream Management
- Culture, Change & Communication
- Organization Design & Leadership Selection
- Joint Ventures
- Carve-out Management Office
- Carve-out Day 1 Planning
- Work Stream Management
- Customized Playbooks
- Pre- & Post-implementation Reviews
Languages
- English
- Swedish
Experience