Irene Mäkelä-Brunnekreef will speak at the “Expat Rockstars” event. Photo: Eva Krins / Maison Moderne

Irene Mäkelä-Brunnekreef will speak at the “Expat Rockstars” event. Photo: Eva Krins / Maison Moderne

Meet the ten speakers of the Paperjam Club’s “Expat Rockstars” event on 19 September 2024. Up today: Irene Mäkelä-Brunnekreef, founder of the Finland Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg and marketing director at SkyinQ.

“I moved here from Finland in 2011 for personal reasons but also to gain international experience. I’d never worked abroad and was hungry for new opportunities. The beginning wasn’t as smooth as I’d hoped, and it took me a couple of years to rediscover myself professionally. But during that process I realised how I should see and do things differently. I realised I wasn’t alone, that I had an opportunity to make valuable changes, also for others, and that this quickly turns into a positive cycle. Luxembourg has taught me the power of building bridges.”

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