Biography

Kim Wijkstrom serves as our SVP/Chief Marketing Officer since August 2019. Prior to joining Vanda, Mr. Wijkstrom served as SVP/CMO at Perry Ellis International (PERY), and most recently at OneMain Financial (OMF). Prior to that, Mr. Wijkstrom held a variety of leadership roles at advertising agencies (TBWA Chiat Day, BBDO, Crispin Porter + Bogusky) developing marketing strategies with clients including Apple, Absolut vodka, Activision/Guitar Hero, Nextel, and Volkswagen. Before this, Mr. Wijkstrom received his BA in Art History from Georgetown University, and his MBA in Marketing from New York University. He is also a recipient of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation fellowship for studies in museum administration at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, and a Marcus Wallenberg Foundation Scholarship for studies in international business.