Karl Wikström is a senior strategist and occasional copywriter at Åkestam Holst, AdWeek's International Agency of the Year 2017 and ADC's Boutique Agency of The Year 2018, and has spent more than a decade championing creative strategy at agencies like Lowe Brindfors, DDB Stockholm, Volt, TBWA Stockholm and now Åkestam Holst.

Wikstrom is one of the architects of Åkestam Holst’s new vision and rebranding, and is the agency's representative in Google’s global creative council. His name has through the years shown up in the small print at the bottom of credit lists for various golden lions, cubes, pencils, eggs and notably a Grand Prix.

He lives with his wife, French bulldog and two cats in Stockholm