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26 March 2018 08:30-11:30


A seminar to explore the trade and business impact of Brexit for Sweden and Ireland

The Irish Chamber of Commerce in Sweden in cooperation with the Irish Embassy, Enterprise Ireland, Bord Bia and, supported by Business Sweden and Vinge, kindly invite you to a seminar that will explore the implications for Swedish and Irish businesses in a post-Brexit Europe.

Mr Simon Coveney TD, Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland, and Ms Ann Linde, Sweden’s Minister for EU Affairs and Trade will speak at the seminar and contributions to the discussion will include, experts from the Swedish and Irish trade agencies with a business and agriculture focus, multinational companies and a leading legal perspective.  

For many, the future is full of uncertainty following Britain’s decision to leave the EU, the consequences of which are still unknown and surrounded by much speculation. Ireland has been evaluating the potential risks and opportunities arising from Brexit since the June 2016 referendum, whilst helping Irish internationally-trading companies to prepare for a different, more challenging UK-EU market environment. 

Much can be learned from Sweden’s experience with Norway – its largest trading partner - when exploring Irish and UK trade relations going forward. 

A balanced approach to the implications of Brexit will be presented with a focus on looking to the future in a constructive light.

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Date: Monday 26th March 2018

Time: 08:30 – 11:30

Venue: World Trade Center, ‘New York’ Room, Klarabergsviadukten 70, 111 64 Stockholm

Format: Breakfast / Presentations / Q&A / Networking 

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Agenda


08:30 Registration and breakfast

09:00 Ms Caitriona O’Connor Irish Chamber of Commerce in Sweden - Introduction

09:05 Mr Simon Coveney Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland
– “Brexit is an unprecedented challenge for Ireland. As a committed member of the European Union, we are working to protect our peace process, our economy, and to support our businesses”

09:20 Ms Ann Linde Swedish Minister of EU Affairs and Trade – "Brexit challenges and opportunities – the Swedish perspective"

09:35 Ms Anne Lanigan Manager, Brexit Unit, Enterprise Ireland  – "Preparing Irish Businesses for Brexit"

09:50 Mr Shane Hamill Overseas Trade Manager
– "Responding to Brexit: Strategic Imperatives for the Irish Food & Drinks Sector"

10:05 Ms Lena Sellgren Chief Economist, Business Sweden
– "Sweden’s trading relationship with Norway in light of Brexit and Ireland"

10:20 Mr Erik Lagerlöf Senior Associate, Vinge
– "A legal perspective of Brexit"

10:35 Mr Magnus Wallin Business Director Scandinavia, Kingspan 
– “A successful Irish company in Sweden”

10.45 Ms Anna Malmhake Chairman & CEO of The Absolut Company

10:50 Q&A discussion 

11:30 Seminar ends 


Speakers

Mr Simon Coveney TD
Tánaiste / Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland

Brexit is an unprecedented challenge for Ireland. As a committed member of the European Union, we are working to protect our peace process and our economy and to support our businesses.

Simon Coveney is Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Brexit in the Irish government. He has previously served as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government; Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food; and Minister for Defence. He is a TD (Member of Parliament) for Cork South-Central and is married with three young daughters.

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Ms Ann Linde
Minister for EU Affairs and Trade of Sweden

Brexit challenges and opportunities – the Swedish perspective

Ann Linde was appointed Minister for EU Affairs and Trade in 2016. Prior to this she was State Secretary to Minister for Home Affairs Anders Ygeman (2014 to 2016), head of the International Unit of the European Socialist Party in Brussels (2013-2014) and International Secretary of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (2000 to 2013). She has also served as Vice Chair of the board of the Olof Palme International Centre. 

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Ms Anne Lanigan
Manager, Brexit Unit, Enterprise Ireland

Preparing Irish Businesses for Brexit

A mechanical engineer by training, Anne has over 30 years’ business experience, including 12 years in Japan, in the private and government sectors working across a wide range of industries and stages of corporate development. Since joining Enterprise Ireland Anne has held a number of positions including Manager of the Tokyo office, Senior Adviser in the Change unit, and Manager of the HPSU Start Department. Appointed to establish the Brexit Unit in September 2016, Anne is leading Enterprise Ireland’s response to Brexit.

Anne passionately believes in the role that the indigenous sector can and must play in Ireland’s future.



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Mr Shane Hamill
Overseas Trade Manager

Responding to Brexit: Strategic Imperatives for the Irish Food & Drinks Sector

Shane Hamill joined Bord Bia in 2016 as its Brexit Trade Specialist. Prior to this he worked as an agribusiness consultant for the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome. Previously, Shane spent three years at Landmark Public Affairs, a Brussels-based firm where he advised leading food & drink multinationals on EU policy and regulation.

Through Bord Bia’s Origin Green Programme, Shane worked on supply chain sustainability projects in a number of organisations during 2013 – 2015 including the World Bank (Washington DC), Starbucks (Seattle) and Fair Oaks Farms (Chicago).

Past experience includes work at the European Commission's DG Environment and the United Nations in New York, at the UN Global Compact. 

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Ms Lena Sellgren
Business Sweden Chief Economist

Sweden’s trading relationship with Norway in light of Brexit and Ireland

Chief economist at Business Sweden, the Swedish Trade and Invest Council. Owned by the Swedish Government and the industry, Business Sweden’s purpose is to help every Swedish company to grow their international sales and international companies to invest and expand in Sweden.

Prior to Business Sweden, Mrs. Sellgren served as Chief Analyst at Nordea Markets. She has served as Head of Public Finances at the National Institute of Economic Research in Stockholm and has more than ten years’ experience working at the Swedish Ministry of Finance, including Deputy Head of Tax Policy Analysis. She has been an expert in numerous public inquiries and has participated in several working groups and negotiations in the EU and the OECD. She has also served as a board member on the Research Council of Norway and expert to the “Productivity Commission” at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Southern Sweden.

In addition, she is member of the Advisory Board for Economic Statistics at Statistics Sweden, the Advisory Board to Forum for Global Business and the Economic Policy Forum at the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum.

Mrs. Sellgren is an economist from Lund University and Stockholm School of Economics (PhD student). She also has a degree in Civil Engineering in Urban Planning.

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Mr Erik Lagerlöf
Senior Associate - Vinge

A legal perspective of Brexit

Adjunct Professor Erik Lagerlof has been involved with EU Law as an academic, practitioner and EU civil servant for over 10 years.  With an academic background from Cambridge University, EUI and Harvard Law school. Professor Lagerlof is also a barrister and he has worked as legal secretary to both the Swedish and British judge at the European Court of Justice.

He is currently a senior associate a Vinge law firm and Adjunct Professor of law at the Stockholm School of Economics as well as a Visiting Fellow at St Edmund’s College (Cambridge University).  He publishes and advises on Brexit related issues.

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Mr Magnus Wallin
Business Director Scandinavia for Kingspan

A successful Irish company in Sweden

Magnus Wallin joined Kingspan Insulation December 2013 as the first employee in Sweden. Magnus has been working with high performance insulations since 2008 and building insulation since 2003. In the nineties Magnus worked for ABB, where he learned about the global and local nature of large international companies. 

Magnus has a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

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Ms Anna Malmhake
Chairman & CEO of The Absolut Company


Anna Malmhake is Chairman and CEO of The Absolut Company since July 2016.  Previously, Anna held a number of senior management roles within Pernod Ricard. She joined the Absolut Company in 2007 as Global Brand Director, Absolut Vodka, and was appointed Vice President Global Marketing in September 2009.

In 2011, Anna moved to Dublin and joined Irish Distillers as Chairman & CEO. With her strategic management and marketing skills, as well as her commercial understanding, she continued the rapid development of Jameson Irish Whiske as an icon of the global spirits industry.

Anna holds a Bachelor degree of Social Science, Business and Law from the Sweden and then joined the Coca-Cola company in Stockholm in 1996, where she held various marketing positions.

From 2001 to 2003, Anna worked for Motorola in Sweden, London and Chicago. Returning to Sweden at the end of 2003, she became Managing Director of Temo AB, a Swedish market research firm and then took up the position of Marketing Director of the Coca Cola Swedish bottler. 

Anna Malmhake received the title of CEO of The Year at IMAGE Businesswoman Awards 2015 for her work with Irish Distillers. She is member of the Executive Committee for Pernod Ricard, and sits on the Board of Directors for Oriflame, a beauty company selling direct, founded in Sweden.

Anna enjoys a well-made cocktail and visiting new bars and restaurants. Outside of work Anna enjoys spending time with her family and partner, and an active lifestyle. Some favourites include computer gaming, history, especially vikings, film and fashion.

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Ms Caitriona O’Connor
Head of PR & Communications, Irish Chamber of Commerce in Sweden

Moderator for event

Over the past 8 years, Caitriona has been working at a senior level with some of Sweden’s biggest international corporations helping them connect with their external stakeholders and build their brands. From working in trade development with the Irish government (Enterprise Ireland), to being part of developing the global social media presence for the Ericsson Group, whilst heading Social Media at one of the Nordics leading Content Agency’s. More recently she then joined Saab to develop their global digital brand. In her current role at Skanska she is responsible for leading the development of social media across the Skanska Group, a global project development and construction company with over 41,000 employees worldwide. She also a founding member of the recently established Irish Chamber of Commerce in Sweden, an organization created to foster the exchange and development of business ties between Ireland and Sweden. Born in the USA and raised in Ireland, she holds a degree in Business, Economics and Social Studies from Trinity College Dublin.

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