Per Meland (born Per Gunnar Meland, March 12, 1972) is a Norwegian businessman and media entrepreneur. Meland has co-founded several companies within media, publishing and technology. He has also directed documentaries, and owns an award-winning restaurant.
In 1999 he founded Face2Face an advertising and communications agency, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. The agency has around 200 employees with offices in Norway and Stockholm. Face2Face works with field marketing and creative campaigns. The company works with several leading international brands such as Santander Consumer Bank (Norway), American Express, SAS, Shell, Puma, BlackBerry and Telenor in the Nordic region. The company specializes in strategic communications between businesses and their end users, face to face. Usually through "under the radar"-channels like field marketing, word-of-mouth marketing and social media.
In 2007 Meland sold Face2Face to the venture capital company Idékapital AS, where he subsequently joined as one of four equal partners.
Following Meland's entry, Idékapital bought shares in:
In 2012 Meland left Idekapital, bought back Face2Face for an undisclosed amount and rejoined the management of the company.
As of March 2013 Meland holds directorships on several boards:
In addition Meland owns a stake in Dype Skoger AS which makes documentaries and publishes the Norwegian soccer magazine Josimar.
