SwedPod

In this episode, we sit down with Pontus Erntell, President and Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA China, to listen to his inspiring journey with the company’ and their ambitious vision for China - with a goal of bringing IKEA into every Chinese home. Pontus shares how he’s leading IKEA to adapt to the evolving needs of Chinese consumers, integrating sustainability into daily

In this episode, we are happy to meet and interview: Juliette Xue Lascoux, General Manager at SEB Shanghai Branch. Originally from China, Juliette has been living in Sweden and also in the U.S.A for many years, and Juliette has 27 years of experience at SEB within corporate banking, trade and export finance and correspondent banking. Juliette took the role as General Manager of SEB

In the 15th episode of the SwedCham podcast, Curt Bergstrom is the Founder and President of Sino Matters, the Educational Consulting Company he founded in 2007. Sino Matters with offices in Beijing and Shanghai teaches spoken Mandarin to foreign senior executives using a proprietary, in-house developed verbal method.The recording was conducted in Hanwei Plaza Beijing where Curt has

From a Swedish Security Police to an entrepreneur in corporate risk management in China: Insights from Lars-Åke Severin, CEO of PSU China "Some of the risks are generated due to a lack of interest, a lack of understanding, a lack of knowledge, and a lack of involvement..." quoting from Lars-Åke Severin. In the 14th episode of the SwedCham podcast, Lars-Åke Severin, Founder and C

In the 13th Swedpod episode we meet with Mr. Martin Poxton, Executive Vice President of ASSA ABLOY Group and Head of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions - Greater China & Southeast Asia. Originally from the UK and having lived in China for more than 25 years, Martin shares his story of how he ended up at Assa Abloy, the global leader of access solutions, as well as his insight regardi

Welcome to the 12th episode of Swedpod, the podcast of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China. In this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Aiying Wang, President & CEO at Envac Greater China, SEA & India. Aiying shares with us her experiences studying and living in the USA, her career and life insights, and her journey in China working for a Swedish company: Enva

In the 11th Swedpod episode, we meet Eva Biorck, an executive coach and entrepreneur and a mother of three kids. Eva started her adventures in China working at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) in Beijing as sales and marketing manager and she has called Beijing home since 1996. By following her heart for China and her entrepreneurial calling, she devoted herself into an interior design

In the 10th SwedPod episode, we meet Mr. Peter Ling-Vannerus, the Chief Representative at SEB Beijing office. Started his career in Peru, Peter has more than 16 years exotic and splendid experinece of working with SEB in seven different countries on five continents. “ The whole expeirence has been challenging and rewarding. The more you move, the more you know the tricks how to i

In the 9th episode of SwedPod we meet Alec Van Gelder, Head of Corporate Affairs International at AstraZeneca. Alec will share with us AstraZeneca’s journey from the start of the pandemic to what the company is working on today, how they have manufactured and distributed over 2 billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed together with the University of Oxford , and how they m

In the 8th episode of SwedPod, we meet our podcast guest Joakim Abeleen, Trade and Invest Commissioner and Market Area Director Greater China at Business Sweden. Joakim has strong background in international trade and logistics, as well as in management consulting, with several years of experience living and working in Asia. He has been based in Beijing, Shenzhen and Chengdu in Chi