Johan Isacson

Johan Isacson

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director of Franchise at AB Lindex | Board member of the Swedish Franchise Association

  • Education

    • Hvitfeldska

      1986 - 1989
      Upper secondary school Economics
    • Hovåsskolan

      1977 - 1985
      Elementary school
    • Berghs school of communication

      1989 - 1990
      RKO

      http://www.berghs.se/en

    • IHM business school

      1992 - 1994
      DIHM INFO

      Certified by NEASC, New England Schools and College's

    • IHM business school

      1996 - 1997
      DIHM MASTER

      Certified by NEASC, New England Schools and College's

  • Experience

    • SEB Head office in Gothenburg

      Jun 1989 - Aug 1989
      Summer substitute

      Worked with foreign payments (Swift) and SEB's internal clearing between Sweden and USA.

    • Hansard International

      Jul 1990 - Jan 1991
      Translator & Customer support

      Hansard is a Public company based in the Isle of Man, specialising in the sale of unit-linked life-assurance products to expatriate clients located in 87 countries around the world, with offices in 67 countries. I worked with translations and as a contact person for Swedish costumers and insurance brokers.

    • Swedish Armed Forces

      Feb 1991 - Jan 1992
      Soldier/Photographer

      Military service at the Swedish Air Command F7 and registered as aerial photographer at the Commander-in-Chief in Stockholm.

    • IMI Isacson Marketing Information AB

      Jan 1992 - Jan 1999
      Project Manager

      Worked in our family business at IMI, one of Sweden’s most profitable marketing agencies at the time. IMI worked with the management teams in companies such as Volvo Penta, Crawford, Stena, Svenska Foder, Gunnebo, Volvo Truck, Ifö, Ericsson MI divisionen, FMM, Benders, Unifoss Kemi, Gusums Bruk, Bergendahls, Wärtsilä Power Plants, Bore, Tylö, Garo, Perstorp, JOAB, Pipelife, Billingsfors, Munksjö, CTC, Nibe etc.

    • Forbo

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2001
      Project Manager

      Project Manager for Forbo Groups international Internet project in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Switzerland and Holland.

    • Lindex

      Mar 2001 - now

      Responsible for Lindex Franchise worldwide, have opened stores in 12 countries, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia, Iceland, Denmark, Kosovo, Albania, Malta, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Croatia & Tunisia. Won two awards within international Franchise for our concept and execution. Got certified by Swedish Franchise Association 2023. Built a network of international business and retail contacts. Responsible for a lot of different areas in the company, with focus on the service functions (staff of about 15 people), was responsible for suppliers regarding leasing agreements for our cars, office equipment, developed the telecommunication in Lindex etc. Handled our offices in Gothenburg, Alingsås, Partille & Stockholm. Was also involved in different project such as the purchase of Twilfit, building our first internal DC (in Partille), moving the Lindex Head office to Gothenburg etc. etc. Responsible at AB Lindex for the Integration between Lindex and Lindex new owner Stockmann Group. Worked closely in cooperation with Lindex- and Stockmann management teams. Head of security, insurance and crisis management for the Lindex Group. Founded Lindex Group Communication department in cooperation with Lindex Management. Contact person for press related issues. Developed and was project leader for Lindex Intranet (Index), official website, Investor Relations website and image database.

      • Director of Franchise

        Jan 2009 - now
      • Manager GSD

        Sept 2003 - Dec 2008
      • Integration Manager

        Dec 2007 - Nov 2008
      • Head of Security

        Jul 2006 - Dec 2006
      • Project Manager at Group Communications

        Mar 2001 - Sept 2003
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Diplomerad ARU (Ansvarig reklamutgivare)

      Reklamförbundet
    • DRA

      Annonsörföreningen
    • Certifiering i styrelsearbete

      Västsvenska Handelskammaren
      Apr 2025
    • Franchisor Excellence Masterclass

      Franchise Relationships Institute
      Oct 2024
    • Remote Pilot Certificate A1/A2/A3

      EASA - European Union Aviation Safety Agency
      Jan 2021
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Johan Isacson
      Highly Commended at the RLI ‘Rising Star’ Retail Award RLI - Retail & Leisure International, London Sep 2020
    • Awarded to Johan Isacson
      Best emerging Franchise in the World Global Franchise Magazine - London Feb 2020 The prize was handed over at the IFA Convention in Orlando Florida, USA (the largest Franchise conference in the world) in February 2020.
    • Awarded to Johan Isacson
      World top Photographers City of Shanghai, China 1999 Invited and awarded at the event "Shanghai in the eyes of the World top Photographers".