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Business Breakfast: How Swedish Scaleups Shift Consumers

18 March, 08:30 - 10:30

Swedish scaleups have a distinctive ability to influence how people live, connect and consume. At this Business Breakfast, we explore how leading Swedish challenger brands drive behavioural change across markets and borders. Through success stories and lessons learned, we will unpack the strategies, storytelling, and product decisions that make consumers choose something new over something familiar. How do you build credibility when challenging long-standing habits? What makes a new proposition feel safe, exciting, or culturally relevant?


Why join?

To gain practical, immediately applicable insights into consumer psychology, challenger positioning and behaviour-led innovation – valuable for anyone looking to grow, differentiate or scale internationally.


The breakfast will take place in the lounge area of the exclusive karaoke bar Moyagi in London, a creative and inspiring setting for conversation and networking.


About SCC UK Business Breakfasts

SCC UK Business Breakfasts bring together tailored, carefully curated groups in an intimate setting for high-quality discussion and insight. The format can range from interactive roundtable conversations to mini-theatre style sessions featuring strong speakers and focused themes. Always informal and conducted under the Chatham House Rule, these breakfasts encourage open dialogue, meaningful exchange, and valuable connections.


Booking information

Please register your interest to attend this event. Participant lists are curated with the theme of each Business Breakfast in mind, for all attendees to get the most out of the discussions. You will be notified if your participation has been confirmed. Payment will be made upon confirmation.

Speakers

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce

Jonathan Merlo Sjöö

Co-founder & CEO

Moyagi Okoku ltd

Featured Speaker

Jonathan Merlo Sjöö is the co-founder and CEO of Moyagi Group, a high-end and internationally acclaimed private-room karaoke concept with venues in Stockholm, Malmö and London. Before becoming an entrepreneur, he worked in the financial industry as a portfolio manager focused on investments. Since founding Moyagi in 2019, he has led the company from idea to international expansion, shaping a modern hospitality experience inspired by Japanese origins and built around privacy, design and high energy. 

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce

Gavin O’Dowd

CEO

Haypp

Featured Speaker

A chartered management accountant who trained in Accenture and PwC. Has spent 11 years in the nicotine industry, at BAT, in Group Corporate Finance, CFO Iberia and General Manager for Sweden and Norway.

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce

Moa Gürbüzer

Founder

Oddbird

Featured Speaker

Moa Gürbüzer is a Swedish entrepreneur, visionary and the founder & CEO of Oddbird International, the world’s leading producer of premium dealcoholized wines. Before becoming a winemaker, Moa spent over two decades as a social worker and family therapist, where she witnessed firsthand the deep and lasting harms alcohol can have on individuals, families and especially children. This experience shaped her mission: to change society’s relationship with alcohol by offering a compelling alternative that doesn’t compromise on taste or social ritual.

Moderator

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce

Thomas Heneker

Head of Content Operations

Readly UK

Moderator

Thomas Heneker works at Readly, where he partners with publishers across international markets on digital growth and new ways of reaching readers. He enjoys exploring how challenger brands change habits, earn trust, and make new ideas feel exciting rather than risky.

Host Partner

whitecase

In Collaboration With

whitecase

Location

Moyagi

5 Cavendish Pl, London W1G 0QA, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Delegate

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce

Jan Ståhlberg

Founder & Managing Partner

Trill Impact

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce

Emmie Jones

Partner

White & Case

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce

David Samuelson

Partner

Nordic Capital

Register interest to attend

SCC UK Member
£0.00
Non-Member
£30.00

Terms & Conditions

Bookings are non-refundable, but at the discretion of the organiser, you can change the name of the person attending. For this, please contact events@scc.org.uk.

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