Jan-Erik Ander

Jan-Erik Ander is cofounder of Kreab. He has been CEO, Chief Creative Officer and Senior partener of Kreab. He has also been CEO of Lidman Information, Lexivision AB and AB Television. He has over 50 years’ experience in strategic and visual communication.
He is specialiced in explaining complex issues and has supported hundreds of clients with advice and visual aid for presentations, change programmes and training.

Jan-Erik has also long experiene in working with financial isssues and I have produced employee reports, environmental reports, financial prospects and hundreds of annual reports for large corporations.

As consultant he has produced a great number of election-campaigns, referendums, exibitions and management conferences. Jan-Erik has also worked with Corporate Branding and Corporate Identity programmes for both small and large organisations.

He has served as cartoonist and journalist for a great number of Swedish newspapers and have published five books with political cartoons.

He has been President of the Swedish Verbovisual Academy and he is author of the book ”The Third Language – communication using multiple senses” – a handbook in communication using word, images and graphic design.

Jan-Erik holds a post graduate degree in graphic design from the Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. He was also member of the board a number of years.

1946
Born in Norrköping

1963 –
Freelance newspaper cartoonist

1967–1971
Konstfack, University College of Art, Crafts and Design)

1970
Founded Kreab, Kreativ Information AB, together with Peje Emilsson and Peder Olin

1970 – 1973
Designer and Art Director Kreab

1973 – 1985
CEO Kreab

1980 – 1983
CEO Lidman Information

1985 – 1993
Deputy CEO Kreab Group

1993 – 1999
Main Owner and CEO Lexivisionsföretagen AB
– Lexivision AB
– AB Television
– RHR Lexivision (1994)
– CD-Vision AB, Newslink AB,
– INS AB, Informationsprojekt i Bara AB (1997)
– Affärspress AB, Kulan Arrangemang (1998)

1999 –
Owner and CEO,
AB Television –
1999 – 2009
Senior Partner,
Chief Creative Officer Kreab Group

2004 – 2015
Preses, President Bild och Ord Akademin
(The Swedish Verbal Visual Academy)
from 2015 Preses emeritus

2009 – 2013
Senior Partner, Chief Creative Officer Kreab Gavin Anderson worldwide

2013 – 2015
Senior Partner, Kreab Gavin Anderson

2015 –
AB Television

Article and Photo Source:  Jan-Erik Ander Website