Founder and CEO, Future Place Leadership, Sweden

Marcus Andersson is Founder and CEO of Future Place Leadership, a Nordic consultancy helping cities, regions and countries to become more attractive, sustainable and connected. He has advised countries and cities such as Finland, Denmark, Basque Country, Ireland, Sweden, Berlin, Barcelona and Oslo on investment promotion, talent attraction and place branding. He has worked for the Swedish Government and the European Commission, with communications and management in policy areas such as international relations, sustainability and innovation. Marcus holds an MA in Political Science and MSc. in Marketing, Business and Economics, and has published a range of handbooks, books and academic papers on topics such as country branding, digitalisation, talent attraction and FDI attraction.