Shanghai Chapter
Chairman of Shanghai Chapter
Katarina Nilsson - Advokatfirman Vinge
Katarina Nilsson is Resident Partner at Advokatfirman Vinge’s Shanghai office since 1 January 2011. She has been working with Vinge since January 2004. In September 2007 she was made head of Vinge’s Hong Kong office. Ms Nilsson has a Master of Law degree from Lund University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese from London University. She first moved to China in 1992.
Katarina Nilsson has previously worked at the District Court in Helsingborg and at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund.
Director
Barbro Andersson - Celemi
Mrs. Barbro Andersson is the President of Celemi Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd since 2003. Responsible for establishing closer customer relation-ships with partners to grow Asian Pacific Market. Prior to joining Celemi, Mrs. Barbro Andersson worked for Telia, the largest provider of telecom services in Sweden, designing and delivering courses in business administration and development in European, Asian and South American countries.
Mrs. Andersson is a specialist and consultant in the field of Business Administration. She has an extensive experience in using of Celemi’s business simulations. Mrs. Barbro Andersson received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Lund University, Sweden, and her Executive MBA from Uppsala University, Sweden. She also holds a teaching credential from Linköping University in Sweden.
Director
Jonas Alsén (Associate Member)
Jonas Alsén is a partner at Lychee, working with clean & high tech investments in China and M&A Advisory since October 2011.
Mr Alsén has been active in China for 18 years. He set up the Swedish packaging manufacturer Nefab and the Electrical Distributor Elektroskandia's China operations and been country manager for French electrical distributor Sonepar. Mr Alsén has experience of several acquisitions of electrical distributors in China. Mr. Alsén has a Master of Law Degree from Uppsala University and has been studying at Peking University. ( updated 2012-04-23)
Director
Anna Palmqvist - H&M
Anna Palmqvist, Chief Representative/ Production Office Manager at PULS trading/ H&M Far East Ltd. (Responsible for China, Vietnam and Cambodia)
Anna Palmqvist was appointed Chief Representative in July 2010. She has been based in China since 2006, working as Product Manager and Department Manager.
Prior to the posting in China Anna has held various positions in H&M Sweden (1993-2000, 2002-2005) as well as in H&M India (1999-2002).
The different areas of responsibility have been varying from purchasing, sourcing, production, as well as quality related projects.
Director
Fredrik Hähnel - SEB Shanghai Branch
Director
Andreas Engström (Associate Member)
Andreas Engstrom is the managing director of Swegon Indoor Climate Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd since February 2012. He has been working in a number of Swedish, German and Dutch companies in China. Mr. Engstrom has a degree in East and Southeast Asian languages from University in Lund and has been studying in a number of prestigious universities in China. He first moved to China in 1999.
He has been a board-member since 2004.
Director
Erik Carlius - Atlas Copco
Erik Carlius has been working for Atlas Copco in Shanghai since 2000. Holding various Marketing, Business Development and Communication positions he is now Business Development Manager for industrial compressors in East and Southeast Asia. Erik joined the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in 2011. (Uploaded 2012-02-10)
Director
Erik Nelander - SKF
Erik Nelander joined SKF in 1987 and was appointed as President of SKF China with effect from July 1 2010. In addition to this assignment, Erik was also nominated as Head of Industrial Division Asia, overseeing the industrial business in the region. Prior to this, Erik held a number of management positions within the SKF Group, the latest ones as Director, Aerospace & Super Precision Bearings Business Unit, Managing Director for SKF Sweden and Managing Director of SKF Mekan AB. Erik holds an MBA degree from Gothenburg University. (Updated 2012-02-10)