Joachim Ekström

Joachim is currently Head of student recruitment at Uppsala University in Sweden, and a well-known speaker and trainer within the field of international marketing and recruitment. He has 25 years of experience working with strategic communication and marketing both within and outside of the higher education sector. Before joining the university, he worked for several years with B2B marketing for clients in the life science industry. He has been a member of the EAIE since 2007, and in 2012 he was elected into the EAIE leadership as a Steering group member for the Expert Community Marketing and Recruitment. From 2016 to 2018, he served as Chair of the Steering group and, after stepping down, he has continued as a trainer at the EAIE Academy. In 2020, he joined the Professional Development Committee.