Our 2020 Annual General Meeting took place on September 24th, in Henry’s bar at The Sherwood hotel. This was our first physical Chamber event since December 2019 when COVID-19 struck down and it’s safe to say that expectations on this event were high. We saw a record turn-out and we’re very glad that that so many of our members could make it. The event turned out to be a great success with many staying to mingle until late that night. In addition to going through the formal agenda covering previous years activity report, finances and electing this years Board of Directors and board of Supervisors we were treated to a speech by Mr Ben Blanchard from Reuter’s about the upcoming election in the United States, and what effects own trade, political stability and simmering regional tensions this may have on Taiwan.

We also had the great pleasure of having Mr Daniel T.C. Liao visit the AGM as our guest of honor. Mr Liao who was Taiwan’s former representative to Sweden between 2016-2020 was awarded with an honorary lifetime membership in the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Taipei and a warm round of applauds for his efforts, support and very important contributions to the development Taiwan-Sweden relations.

Below are the elected Directors and Supervisors headed up by Mr Hugo Asplund who continues his tenure as Chairman of the Chamber from previous year. We very much look forward to work with you all during this coming year and an especially warm welcome to our two newest Directors; Mr Glenn Lio and Ms Matilda Guthartz Pålsson. Julia and I very much look forward to engage with you all!

Mr. Hugo Asplund (IKEA)

Ms. Emily Wang, 王⽅平 (Ericsson)

Mr. John Demers (Atlas Copco)

Mr. Martin Söderberg (TCO Development)

Mr. Thomas Shaw (HighSpeed Digital Co. Ltd)

Mr. Robin Johansson (Vana Living)

Mr. Per Jansson

Mr. Leo Fan (Höganäs)

Ms. Mathilda Guthartz Pålsson

Mr. Glenn Lio 

Mr. Charles Chang 張峻榮 

Mr. Pi-song Tsai 蔡碧松 

Mr. Hank Lin 林振翰

While we wait out easing of the current pandemic restrictions we will continue to offer our members a mix of physical and virtual events. We have a webinar scheduled for November 2nd with Johan Nylander, author of a newly published book called “The Epic Split – Why ‘Made in China’ is going out of style”, details you can find below.

We have a company showroom event in the making and two other virtual events, which are co-hosted with The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and Philippines are on Purposeful Branding and the Nordic Ambassadors' Forum. More details about that will shortly be with you all.

In closing I would like to wish you all a great health, a fantastic Double Ten Day and a prosperous, joyful and cool autumn!

The Young Professional committee is up and running! On Tuesday, October 6th, the committee will have our first meeting to plan upcoming events, company visits and case studies. If you are interested in connecting with young talents in Taipei, don't hesitate to contact Julia Bergström at admin@swedchamtw.org.