SwedenBIO CEO enters SACC San Francisco Advisory board

The Swedish American Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco has recently appointed SwedenBIOs CEO Helena Strigård to take part in their advisory board, where she will join leading representatives of Swedish and Californian industry and academia.

– I am thrilled to be able to build the connections between Swedish and Californian life sciences even stronger and honored to join this group of driven individuals, says Helena about the appointment.


The links between Swedish and Californian life sciences have grown stronger over the past year, as demonstrated through the increased collaboration between SwedenBIO and US based organizations and companies. The initiatives taken has aimed to promote mobility, facilitate market entry for SE companies in the US as well as forming strategic partnerships in common areas of strength, such as cell and gene therapy and immune-oncology.

Photo: Erik Ekudden, Group CTO Ericsson; Peter Carlsson, Founder & CEO Northvolt and Helena Strigård, CEO SwedenBIO are some of SACC Advisory Board today.

Read more about SACC here.