Per Meland (born Per Gunnar Meland, March 12, 1972) is a Norwegian businessman and media entrepreneur. Meland has co-founded several companies within media, publishing and technology. He has also directed documentaries, and owns an award-winning restaurant.

Business ventures

In 1999 he founded Face2Face an advertising and communications agency, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. The agency has around 200 employees with offices in Norway and Stockholm.[1][2] Face2Face works with field marketing and creative campaigns.[3] The company works with several leading international brands such as Santander Consumer Bank (Norway),[3] American Express,[4] SAS,[1] Shell,[5] Puma,[5] BlackBerry[5] and Telenor[3] in the Nordic region. The company specializes in strategic communications between businesses and their end users, face to face. Usually through "under the radar"-channels like field marketing, word-of-mouth marketing and social media.[3][1]

In 2007 Meland sold Face2Face to the venture capital company Idékapital AS, where he subsequently joined as one of four equal partners.

Following Meland's entry, Idékapital bought shares in:

In 2012 Meland left Idekapital, bought back Face2Face for an undisclosed amount and rejoined the management of the company.

Boards

As of March 2013 Meland holds directorships on several boards:

In addition Meland owns a stake in Dype Skoger AS [10] which makes documentaries and publishes the Norwegian soccer magazine Josimar.

Media, documentary and restaurant

References

  1. ^ a b c Tjersland, Espen (27 August 2007). "Møter kundene ansikt til ansikt". Dagens Næringsliv. p. 50.
  2. ^ - Hva gjør Face2Face
  3. ^ a b c d Kampanje - Reklamesuksess med klar tale
  4. ^ Face2Face - Møter nye medlemmer i modus
  5. ^ a b c Face2Face - Referanser
  6. ^ E24.no - Casher inn 15mill. på Storm-salg
  7. ^ Lyse kjøper Viken Fibernett
  8. ^ Schlumberger Acquires GeoKnowledge AS
  9. ^ a b c d e f Proff.no - Per Meland
  10. ^ Proff.no - Dype Skoger
  11. ^ Journalisten - Offensiv underdog
  12. ^ Bartnes, Arve (director), Meland, Per (director), Johnsen, Kjetil (narrator) (4 December 2007). Når kildene får betalt [When the sources are paid] (Television production) (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  13. ^ Arneberg, Claire (4 December 2007). "Når kildene får betalt". NRK. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  14. ^ Grosvold, Øyvind; Arneberg, Claire (4 December 2007). "Når kilder får betalt". NRK. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  15. ^ Ravnaas, Niels Ruben (4 December 2007). "- Se og Hør betalte Bach 150.000". Nettavisen. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  16. ^ Gjerstad, Leif (4 December 2007). "Ville skrive Bach-bok". Journalisten. Norsk Journalistlag. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  17. ^ Klungtveit, Harald S. (4 December 2007). "- Fikk 200 000 fra media til å fortsette flukten". Dagbladet. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  18. ^ Dagbladet - Grillgodis på Bislett
  19. ^ VG - St. Lars
  20. ^ Natt&Dag - Årets Beste Oslo 2011
  21. ^ Dagens Næringsliv * St. Lars tåler steken
  22. ^ Aftenposten - Glimrende fra grillen
  23. ^ Dagbladet - Jakten på den hellige grill
  24. ^ Dagens Næringsliv - Grilleres hetestes grilltips
  25. ^ Ditt Oslo - Kjærlighetsbarn på grillen Archived 2013-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
  26. ^ Dagen Næringsliv - Grillpatruljen
  27. ^ Dagbladet - Å starte restaurant gjøres med hjertet, ikke med hodet
  28. ^ NRK - Hestekjøtt er bedre enn sitt rykte, mener ekspertene
  29. ^ Pepperkorn - St. Lars Archived 2013-04-13 at archive.today
  30. ^ Natt&Dag - Vinnerne av Natt&Dag-prisen: Oslo

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