While the attention put on logistical challenges and supply chains as a result of COVID-19 largely focused on production in the manufacturing industry, the perspective of freight and transportation has not received as much attention. SwedCham is very delighted to invite three companies who all play a different role in the same value chain of transportation, in order to provide a holistic view on topics related to this area.

The webinar will be moderated by Søren Peter Gaarden, Head of Business Development and Sales Management at Scan Global Logistics, while the panelists who will share their views in the discussion are Claes Sundmark, Vice President at Port of Gothenburg, Tero Ahonen, Managing Director Greater China at Greencarrier, and Christian Ulloa, Managing Director at ICA Shanghai.

The topics to be discussed are:

• Trends and maintaining competitiveness with regards to logistics in transportation
• Sustainability within the transportation industry

Agenda

• 16.00 - 16.10: Introduction
• 16.10 - 16.45: Panel discussion
• 16.45 - 17:00 Q&A

About the speakers

Søren Peter Gaarden - Head of Sales for Scan Global Logistics, China

Head of Sales for Scan Global Logistics, China. 10 years in the forwarding industry, the past 5 based in Shanghai working with commercial development and NGO account management.

Claes Sundmark - Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Port of Gothenburg

Mr. Claes Sundmark is 55 years old and has a Bachelor's degree of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Örebro in Sweden. Mr. Sundmark joined the Port of Gothenburg AB in 2000, where he was the Vice President & Sales Director until 2010. During 2010 the Port of Gothenburg changed the structure from an operating Port Authority into the traditional role of a Port Authority. Mr. Sundmark was in January 2011 appointed as Vice President, Sales & Marketing at the new Gothenburg Port Authority AB. In addition to port management, Mr. Sundmark has also been working with rail logistics based in Switzerland for 5 years.

Tero Ahonen - Managing Director Greater China, Greencarrier

Tero Ahonen is the Managing Director, Greater China of Swedish based freight forwarding company Greencarrier and responsible for all company business activities within Hong Kong and China region. He has over 15 years of experience in the shipping and logistics industry from various countries in Europa and Asia.

Christian Ulloa - Managing Director, ICA Shanghai

With over 20 years' experience within FMCG, Christian has held multiple leadership roles within ICA in Asia. Currently he is the Managing Director of ICA Shanghai Trading in China. His areas of expertise are global sourcing and trading, private label development and corporate sustainability compliance.