Kaisa Barkman has been appointed as Communications & Marketing Director and a member of the Management Group at Castrén & Snellman. Barkman previously served as Marketing & Communications Director at the Evidensia veterinary chain and as Deputy Managing Director at media agency Happi Mindshare.
23.10.2017
Kaisa Barkman Appointed as Communications & Marketing Director at Castrén & Snellman
‘Our mission is to help our clients succeed in a rapidly changing world. Kaisa’s solid expertise in using marketing and communications in the development of modern service businesses will help us in this goal’, says Castrén & Snellman’s Managing Partner Sakari Lukinmaa.
Castrén & Snellman is a forerunner of demanding legal services. The firm employs 250 people who service clients in mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution and other specialised fields of business law. This year, Castrén & Snellman has assisted clients, for example, in the planned merger of Ilmarinen and Etera, Spoda’s EUR 1.76 billion public tender offer and in Finland largest shopping centre project, Mall of Tripla.
‘Castrén & Snellman is committed to the best expertise and client experience in its field and to bravely developing its business. It is an honour to have the opportunity to guide this 130-year-old leading Finnish brand towards new horizons’, says Castrén & Snellman’s new Communications & Marketing Director Kaisa Barkman.
Barkman will start work in her new position on 13 November 2017.
For more information, please contact:
Sakari Lukinmaa, managing partner, Castrén & Snellman, tel. +358 (0)40 508 9272
Kaisa Barkman, communications & marketing manager, Castrén & Snellman (as of 13 November), tel. +358 (0)50 590 2147
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