Mr. Lönegård is founder and president of Lönegård Consulting, a political consultant firm specializing in communication strategies and campaign training for political parties and value based organizations. Before he founded his company, Mr. Lönegård served as acting director for the Olof Palme International Center, an organization that annually runs more than 250 projects supporting political parties, trade unions, and NGO∂s in developing countries and in Central and Eastern Europe. Mr. Lönegård has served as political consultant in more than 15 countries around the world, including the Scandinavian countries, the Baltic States, the Czech Republic, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Mozambique. Mr. Lönegård is Vice President of the European Association of Political Consultants.