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Gustav Carlson is senior vice president & chief marketing and communications officer for The Thomson Corporation. Mr. Carlson is responsible for developing and implementing strategic communications and marketing programs to build awareness and support for Thomson’s business initiatives and accomplishments. He is a member of the company's Management Committee.
Mr. Carlson has more than 25 years of experience as a senior communications executive and as an award-winning national business journalist and author. He previously served as vice president communications for Standard & Poor’s. Before that he was an associate partner in corporate communications at Accenture. He has also held senior communications positions with Barnes & Noble PaineWebber and Hill & Knowlton.
Mr. Carlson is a former business editor for The New York Times and The Miami Herald where he was a member of the editorial staff awarded the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for coverage of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Mr. Carlson began his media career as a newspaper editor and nationally syndicated columnist in Canada and is the author of two books on corporate reputation and culture.
Mr. Carlson is a graduate of Queen's University in Kingston Ontario and the University of California Santa Barbara. He lectures at the college level and is active in a number of professional organizations. | 