The 113th SACC AGM followed by networking 29 October Sydney

The Swedish Australian Chamber of Commerce 113th AGM took place on 29 October in Sydney.

We are delighted to present the newly elected SACC Board Directors for 2024-2025:

President of the Board, Jan Gardberg, former INGKA Group (IKEA)

Vice President and Secretary and Public Officer Mikael Dahlgren, CFO Treotham

Vice President of the Board Penny George, Director Corporate Affairs, AstraZeneca, Australia & New Zealand

Treasurer Kristina Melin, Commercial Finance & Logistic Planning Manager, Volvo Bus Australia

Anders Mangen, former SKF, Leica Geosystems, Enerpac

Carin Varverud-Härdin, Vice President, Marketing and Communication, Volvo Group Australia

Carl Wallberg, Head of Consumer Marketing at Electrolux, Sweden

Isabel Wagner, Hitachi Energy, Communications Manager Australia & New Zealand

Jan Gardberg held a thank you speech to the resigning Vice President and former President of the SACC Board, Teresia Fors. Camilla Jennings, General Manager SACC also delivered a special thank you to Teresia, mentioning their long-term work relation and friendship. Teresia who joined the AGM online from her new home in northern Sweden thanked all for the kind words and for the time valuable time she invested in the SACC over the years.

To broaden and further strengthen the SACC all AGM participants welcomed new Board Director, Board Boris Munster, Managing Director Tetra Pak Australia & New Zealand.

Liv Berg, Senior Legal Counsel at Baby Bunting was re-elected as Honorary Solicitor and Grant Thornton as Honorary Auditors.

The AGM was followed by a networking opportunity joined by HE Ambassador Pontus Melander and newly appointed Deputy Head of Mission Nils Hedberg Grimlund, Embassy of Sweden Canberra together with other SACC members.