Nina Lindvall

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1 Mission Working to create sustainable businesses with innovation and branding as the driving force. Career summary A creative problem solver with a passion to create new business opportunities. Sixteen-year track record of success in managing and inspiring teams in both business oriented and creative industries. Adept growing creative content, sales and company objectives in a matrixed, cross- functional environment. Professional roles: CEO, Entrepreneur, Board member, Business Developer, Sales & Marketing Manager Platforms: Fashion, Retail, Media and Entertainment (B-2-C) Education: MBA from Stockholm School of Economics/UCLA, Environmental Science from SMC/CA, US. Professional Experience RODEBJER FORM AB / Stockholm, Sweden (Jan, Current) RODEBJER is an International progressive fashion brand offering effortless elegance for women. The company s major shareholder is Carin Rodebjer, creative director and founder, Anders Rodebjer, Michael Storåkers and Patrik Kihlborg. CEO! Currently working as the CEO with the mission to triple the turnover in Sweden and in the US within three years. NINA LINDVALL AB / Stockholm, Sweden (Aug Dec, 2010) Nina Lindvall AB is a consultancy firm aiming to build sustainable and innovative business development and branding for its clients. BUSINESS DEVELOPER AND BRANDING CONSULTANT! Brand strategist consultant at IDENTITY WORKS, a design company.! Teacher for a Strategic Marketing course at BERGHS SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION.! Business development and branding at THE GOOD GUYS AB GANT AB / Stockholm, Sweden (Feb, 2008 May, 2010) Gant is a lifestyle brand founded 1949 on the American east coast. The GANT collection are sold in 600 Gant stores and in over selected retailers in 70 countries around the globe. In 2007, Gant Brand Sales amounted to MSEK. GLOBAL MARKETING & BRAND MANAGER! In charge of all global marketing communication, brand strategies and campaigns.! Guiding and support each local market with local brand strategy and marketing input such as media plans, sponsoring, market research etc.! Managing a marketing team of six people, part of the global management team and board member of GANT Sweden AB, one of GANT AB s subsidiaries.! Composed and implemented GANT s five-year business plan, together with the management group, and created the guiding brand document and platform for the global group.

2 SF Bio AB, Stockholm, Sweden Northern Europe s leading cinema chain, with 209 theatres in Sweden. SF Bio is owned by Bonnier AB, a vertically integrated media group with publishing, TV, film, and music interests in more than 20 countries. MARKETING & PRODUCTION MANAGER (Nov, 2006 Aug, 2007)! Conceived, staffed and developed a new Marketing and Production division.! Served a cost effective market and created advertising solutions for the entire Bonnier conglomerate. ADVERTISING & PRODUCTION MANAGER (Dec, 2005 Nov, 2006)! Managed a sales team of fifteen people! Managed a cross-functional creative team of four people! Doubled sales revenues within the year. ENTERTAINMENT MANAGER (Mar Nov, 2005)! Created consumer events targeting niche movie-concepts such as Baby Movie, Red Carpet, and Senior Movie, which successfully attracted important, new demographic markets and revenue streams for the SF Bio theatres.! Sweeping campaigns included marketing, PR, and advertising funded collaborations with movie studios and advertisers.! Researched, developed and composed The Future of the Cinema Landscape in Scandinavia which included a strategic plan emphasizing marketing, communication and design. This plan has been adopted as SF Bios corporate strategy. Swedish Television (CONTRACT CONSULTANT), Touring Sweden The Swedish public service television company. Melodifestivalen a Swedish televised song contest, one of the largest and most prestigious entertainment TV production in Sweden, the highest rated TV show. PROJECT & PRODUCTION MANAGER (Oct, Mar, 2005)! Legal responsibility for the use of the brand Melodifestivalen 2004 and 2005 (Swedish selection for Eurovision Song Contest) as well as contracting artists, musicians and performers.! In charge of business relations with co sponsors and collaborating partners such as EMA Telstar and Eventum (a Clear Channel Corp.).! Coordinated a multi city tour including travel and facility arrangements for production team, artists and staff. Monopol Film & TV AB / Stockholm, Sweden (Oct, 1996 Sep, 1998) FOUNDER & CEO! Founded a young, urban TV-production company producing youth oriented TV-shows and events.! In a 2-year period I sold 7 productions (each of 8-12 episodes) to ZTV, Sweden s top music channel.! Created and produced one of ZTV s most successful show, Bambola, aimed at a young female audience that aired during three seasons and became their second highest rated show.

3 Modern Times Group, MTG AB / Stockholm, Sweden / Oslo, Norway (Jan-Sep, 2003) An international entertainment-broadcasting group who is the largest Free-TV and Pay-TV, established in of 21 European countries. Strix Television, a prominent production company has sold formats to 73 different countries around the world. MANAGEMENT TRAINEE (1-year program)! Business development with head of Programming for Sweden s most successful commercial TVchannels (TV3, ZTV and TV8), both creative as well as business oriented decision taking.! Start up and managed the TV3 news team of 8 people.! Responsible for all acquisition contracts.! Coordinated all PR and Marketing activities for TV3.! Promoted to Strix in Oslo to establish and expand their Norway-office. Grew market share by 32% and cut fixed office costs by 25%. Meter Film & TV AB ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER / Stockholm, Sweden (Fall 1996) ZTV PRODUCER, RESEARCHER & REPORTER / Stockholm, Sweden (Jun,1995 Sep, 1996) Education Stockholm School of Economics (SSES) (Aug,1999 Dec, 2002) SSES is one of the top Business School in Europe MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)! Specialization in Consumer Marketing, Media and Entertainment. Graduated with distinction. The Anderson School of Management (UCLA) / Los Angeles, USA (Sep Dec, 2002)! Exchange semester as part of my MBA, specialization in Negotiation, Entertainment and Brand Management. Styrelsekraft (Sep, Sep 2010) A program initiated by the Swedish government ( I was one out of two hundred selected by Styrelsekraft to participate in this one yearlong program, with the vision to educate and promote more women into the boardrooms. This program included education, networking sessions, lectures and a mentor program.! Styrelsekvinnor a basic course in board management (Stockholm, Sweden)! Mentor Lena Söderberg, CEO of the Swedish Water & Wastewater Association. Santa Monica College (SMC) / Los Angeles (Aug, 2007 Dec, 2007)! Environmental Science UCLA Extension / Los Angeles, USA (Apr, 2007-Jun, 2007)! English as a Second Language (ESL)! Photographing in the Moment (with the famous LA based photographer Mark Hanuer) and Photo Studio Lighting.

4 Other assignments! Currently I m a board member for a start-up company named THE GOOD GUYS, an communication and innovation agency with the vision to create the greater good. They work with clients such as SCA, Unicef, Berghs School of Communication and Ericsson.! Hatha Vinyasa Flow Yoga Instructor License (200hr) with the famous yogi master Saul David Raye at Exhale, Venice, CA (2007).! Test Pilot, learnt how to fly a fighter plan in four weeks at the Swedish Armed Force Air Combat Training School, when they trained their new fighter plane instructors, F17, Linköping, Sweden (2005).! Created the Business plan for Stockholm Media Week, an annual media event in the Nordic region for Sandberg Starcom, a strategic media broker firm, (2002) Internship K-World BUSINESS DEVELOPER & MARKETING CO-ORDINATIOR / Stockholm, Sweden (Summer, 2001) An Internship initiated by my mentor Annie Wegelius. American Express Financial Advisors Internship as FINANCIAL PLANNING ASSISTANT / Atlanta, USA (Summer, 2000) Special skills Computer skills Languages - MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint/Keynote etc.) Native: Swedish (conversational in - Mac/PC Danish, Norwegian) - Photoshop/ Aperture / InDesign (basic) Second: English References Dirk-jan Stoppelenburg, CEO GANT AB ( ) Contact Nina Lindvall Fridhemsgatan 9 S Stockholm nina@rodebjer.com +46 (0)

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