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 Chin...

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 expe...

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 foreig...

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 ...

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 th...

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 u...

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 ca...

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 d...

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 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 the 7th episode of SwedPod, we meet Mrs. Marie-Claire Swärd Capra, Consul General of Sweden in Shanghai. Grew up in South of Sweden and educated within Law studies in both Sweden, France and UK, Marie-Claire as a Swedish diplomat has been ac...

In 2021's second SwedPod Episode, we meet Mats Harbon, the president at Scania China Group, the former President of the European Chamber and SwedCham China and he is also the honorary member for life of SwedCham.  Mr. Harbon has a long pro...

In 2021's first SwedPod Episode, we meet Korcan Ulgen, Deputy Purchasing and Logistics Area Manager East Asia / Site Manager Shanghai at IKEA. Korcan has more than 15 years experience of working with IKEA not only in one, but three different co...

In this forth episode of SwedPod, you will hear the unique experiences of our guest Tom Xiong's entrepreneurship adventures from his first start up in Sweden to his fifth company in China...

Michel Zhao shares her story of growing up in China, having a career in Swedish organizations, and about Volvo Cars' return to glory. 

In our second episode, we talk to Tom Grimmer, Senior Partner at Kreab China about his sustainable lifestyle in building the first Passive House on Vancouver Island. Then Tom tells us about how he ended up in China in the 80s, why he transited ...

In this first episode, we meet with Shpetim Arifi the Managing Director of Fredrikson's in China. We talk about how he ended up in China, how to manage a company in China, lessons learned, and the future of business in China.