The Volvo Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, with its headquarters in Gothenburg, employs about 100,000 people, has production facilities in 18 countries and sells its products in more than 190 markets.

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Martha Finn Brooks has held various management positions in [Cummins](/org/cummins) between 1986 and 2002. Between 2002 and 2005 Martha was CEO, Rolled Products and SVP in Alcan Inc. and between 2005 and 2009 she was the President and COO of Novelis Inc. Martha has been a member of the Board in [Harley-Davidson](/org/harley-davidson), [International Paper](/org/international-paper) and privately held Algeco Scotsman.

Martha Finn Brooks

Thomas Bitter has been Senior Vice President, Technology for Volvo CE since April 8th, 2019. Based at the company’s Brussels Administrative & Management office, Thomas, 54, is responsible for leading the development and delivery of Volvo CE's global technology strategy . Reporting to company president Melker Jernberg, Thomas is also a member of Volvo CE’s Executive Management Team (EMT).

Prior to his current role Thomas was Senior Vice-President of Marketing and Product Portfolio, also based in Belgium, and before that spent three years in Singapore, where he was Director of Key Account Customer Business for China, India, South Korea and South East Asia. He has worked for the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) since 1995, joining Renault Trucks as a Product Manager, based in France. This was followed by a posting that saw him spend four years as a Director of Product Strategy & Planning at Mack Trucks, based in the US.

A German national, the married father-of-two is fluent in German, French and English. Thomas holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin and an MBA from the Business School of Lyon, France.

Thomas Bitter

As from October 1st 2019, Ann-Sofie Räftegard takes up the new position on the Executive Management Team (EMT), reporting to company President Melker Jernberg. She will be in charge of driving talent management, compensation and benefits, workforce planning, diversity and engagement of Volvo CE’s global workforce of over 14,000 people.

She joins Volvo having spent more than three years at the Swedish Höganäs Group, where she was Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to that Ann-Sofie has held important roles at IKEA, Daimler/Mercedes Benz, Johns Manville and Perstorp.

Ann-Sophie is bilingual in Swedish and English and holds a degree and diploma as a Gestalt Practitioner in Organisation from the Stockholm Gestalt Academy in Sweden. She also has a degree in Human Resource Management from Växjö University, in Sweden.

Ann-Sophie will be based in Gothenburg, Sweden. She replaces Diana Niu, who took up the role of Executive Vice President of Human Resource Management for the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) from 1stJanuary 2019.

Ann - Sofie Räftegard

With responsibility for realizing the financial aspects of the company’s transformation, in particular the product-and-market profitability governance approach, as well as associated risk management, Philippe Henriette has held the position of Senior Vice President Finance, Processes & IT for Volvo CE since January 1st, 2016. Reporting to company president Melker Jernberg, Philippe is also a member of the Executive Management Team (EMT).

Philippe, 46, began his career at Volvo in 1997. He is now a recognized leader with solid experience in general management and in finance, and a deep knowledge of the commercial vehicles industry. Initially joining Volvo CE, he subsequently held a number of senior management positions in different divisions within the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group). His most recent role prior to rejoining Volvo CE was as Senior Vice President Finance at the Trucks Sales & Marketing organization in EMEA, based in Sweden.

In addition to Sweden, Philippe’s international career at Volvo has also included periods working in France and the US. He spent seven years (2004-2011) as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for Renault Trucks SAS, in Lyon, France, and prior to that was director of Financial Control at Mack Trucks in Allentown, in the US from 2001-2004.

A Belgium national, the married father-of-two holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Mons-Hainault in Belgium and a European Business degree from the University of Twente, in the Netherlands.

Philippe Henriette

Reporting to Melker Jernberg, President of Volvo CE, Carl has held the role of Senior Vice President (SVP) of Sales Region Europe since January 2020. He is responsible for meeting the diverse needs of customers in the strategically important Europe region and strengthening Volvo CE’s market position.

Carl was born and raised in Åbo (Turku) in southwest Finland. He attended [Åbo Akademi](/org/abo-akademi), graduating in 1992 with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance. He then briefly worked for an accountancy firm before joining the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) in 1995. Prior to becoming SVP of Sales Region Europe, Carl held a number of leadership positions at Volvo CE. Most recently, he was President of Sales Region EMEA – a role he had held since October 2016. Before that, Carl was SVP Global Key Accounts and VP of Sales Region EMEA Hub North. Carl has also been Managing Director of Volvo CE Russia (Volvo Vostok ZAO) and Managing Director of Volvo CE Finland OY.

“Throughout my career to date, I would say I’m most proud of being able to lead organizations through change,” he says. “This has occurred several times; the most challenging and professionally rewarding being when, as a young dealer MD, I successfully led a dealership through three ownership changes in four years. Another highlight is when my team and I successfully steered Volvo CE Russia through the economic crisis in 2009, when the market plummeted by 92%.” In his free time, Carl likes to spend time with his family and friends. His hobbies include boating, playing golf and hunting.

Carl Slotte

Stephen Roy has held the role of Senior Vice President (SVP) of Sales Americas since January 2020. He is responsible for meeting the diverse needs of customers in the strategically important North American region and strengthening Volvo CE’s market position. He is also a member of the Volvo CE Executive Management Team, representing both North America and Latin America, reporting to Melker Jernberg, President of Volvo CE.

Prior to this Stephen has, since 2016, been President, Sales Region Americas at Volvo CE) responsible for strengthening Volvo CE’s market position in North and Latin America. He is based at the company’s sales and production facility in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

Before joining Volvo CE, Roy held senior management positions in Volvo Financial Services and the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group)’s North American commercial truck operations. As President of Mack Trucks, he helped drive profitability and increased market share in core segments. While Senior Vice President of Aftermarket and Soft Products, he was in charge of field services and led the development of technology and processes that optimize customer uptime. Roy joined the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) as Vice President of Business Development at Volvo Financial Services in 2007, following sales positions at Cargill Leasing Corp. and [Navistar](/org/navistar).

Stephen Roy has an MBA degree from [Wake Forest University](/org/wake-forest-university), North Carolina, and a bachelor of science and arts degree in Agricultural Mechanization Technology from the [University of Georgia](/org/university-of-georgia).

Stephen Roy

As from October 1st 2018, Peter Jordansson takes up the new position on the Executive Management Team (EMT), reporting to Volvo CE President Melker Jernberg. With more than 20 years of experience in logistics, transport, and purchasing, Peter has worked with some of the biggest names in Sweden including [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group), [Scania](/org/scania) and most recently steel company [SSAB](/org/ssab).

Peter’s first logistics position came in 1994, at AQ Segerström & Svensson – a company based in the same town as Volvo CE’s manufacturing facilities in Eskilstuna. In 2003 Peter joined [Scania](/org/scania) as Production Planning Manager, and later Manager of Logistics for [Scania](/org/scania)’s engine assembly facility in Södertälje. He then spent two years working for Volvo CE as Manager Logistics at the Arvika facility, before re-joining [Scania](/org/scania) as Purchasing Director at the company’s Buses & Coaches division. 

Prior to joining Volvo CE, Peter’s most recent roles have been at [SSAB](/org/ssab), where he has been leading its supply chain and purchasing and sourcing development.

Peter’s role marks his return to Volvo CE, where in his new position as Senior Vice President, he will promote the needs of the supply chain in the company’s strategic discussions.

Peter will be based at Volvo CE’s Gothenburg headquarters.

Peter Jordansson

Signifying the strategic importance of the growing Asia market, Tomas Kuta was appointed Senior Vice President of Sales Asia at Volvo CE from January 2020. The former Senior Vice President of Sales, a global role he has thrived in since 2016, is now based in Shanghai, China, and will oversee all sales functions across Asia. Responsible for developing and driving the sales strategy for the region, Tomas reports to Volvo CE President Melker Jernberg.

As Senior Vice President of Sales from 2016 to 2019, Tomas oversaw the company’s global sales strategy, all sales regions, key customer accounts and retail development. Designed to develop Volvo CE’s profitable market share growth, Tomas has played a vital role in growing the company’s business and distributions across global markets. Prior to this role, he spent five years as President of Volvo CE’s Sales Region EMEA (Europe-Middle East-Africa) organization and four years as head of Volvo CE’s global Customer Solutions organization.

From 2005-2008 Tomas was based in Moscow as President of Volvo CE’s Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian sales organization. This posting coincided with a period of rapid growth in the region, helping deliver consecutive annual growth rates of over 100%. 

Throughout his career at Volvo Tomas has served on several boards, including SDLG Joint Venture Board, Volvo Parts Corporation and Volvo Ukraine. He has also acted as chairman of the Construction Equipment Committee at the Association of European Businesses in Russia.

Prior to Volvo, he was Manager Director of Apple Computer Incorporated in Czech and Slovak Republics, based in Prague. In this role, he was responsible for a complete importer operation.

Tomas was born and grew up in Prague, the Czech Republic. He studied machine engineering at the Technical University of Czechoslovakia before moving to the US in 1986 where his career centered on marketing and sales, both in North America and in Chile. Tomas also completed the University of Michigan School of Business Administration’s Executive Management Program, focusing on sales, finance and the management of managers, from its campus in Paris, France.

Tomas speaks fluent English, Czech, Swedish and Russian. He is an accomplished skier and enjoys travelling and exploring countries and cultures around the world.

Tomas Kuta

As part of the senior Executive Management Team, Bill is responsible for leading the development, coordination and delivery of Volvo CE’s global corporate communication strategy, both internally and externally.

Bill, 50, is based at the company’s global headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is from Scotland and holds a degree in Law. He has experience in senior corporate roles both within the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) and outside the company. 

He originally joined Volvo in 1998, where he held a number of senior positions in Europe, Asia and the Americas including Global Director Internal Communications, Global Director External Communications and Vice President of Corporate Communication in Region Americas.

From 2001 to 2006, Bill also held the position of Global Director External Communications at [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) Trucks Technology. Additionally, during the integration of [UD Trucks](/org/ud-trucks) into the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group), he was responsible for Integration Communication based in Tokyo, Japan. 

Prior to his current role Bill held a position outside the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) where he was Director of Corporate Communications at global fashion retailer C&A.

Bill also sits on a number of Corporate Boards including as a Board member of the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden and the Munktell Museum in Eskilstuna, Sweden.

Bill Law

Nina holds the role as Senior Vice President Legal & Compliance since January 2020, having the overall responsibility for legal and compliance matters within Volvo CE. This includes providing efficient legal support to Volvo CE’s operations globally and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, driving best practices and facilitating execution of business strategies. Reporting to company president Melker Jernberg, Nina is also a member of the Executive Management Team.

Prior to taking up her current position at Volvo CE Nina was since 2014 Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Legal at AB Volvo. Here she was overall responsible for stock market compliance for the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) and for ensuring legal support in merger and acquisition projects and to the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group)’s Real Estate function. She was also responsible for the Group’s legal department in India.

She joined the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) in 2007, as Corporate Legal Counsel at AB Volvo. Nina spent the first five years of her career in private practice at the Vinge Law firm, and two years at property company Wallenstam AB, both in Sweden.

Nina holds a Masters Degree in Law from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Nina Aresund

Lars Ask is the Employee Representative Director at [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group). Lars has held this position since September 2021. 

Lars Ask was previously the Technical Manager at Scania Group from March 2018 to September 2021. 

Before that, they were with ETSI from January 2012 to February 2018 as a Connected Vehicle Technology Specialist. 

Lars Ask was with [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) from September 2009 to March 2011 as a Researcher. 

Lars was also a Doctoral student at Halmstad University from February 2006 to June 2012. 

From February 2002 to May 2005, Lars Ask was a Research Engineer at Halmstad University.

Lars Ask received their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Signals and Systems from Chalmers University of Technology. Prior to that, they received their M Sc in Computer Systems Engineering from Halmstad University, and their B Sc in Computer Systems Engineering from the same school.

Lars Ask

Olle Högblom is currently the Strategic Projects at [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group). Olle has previous experience as the President of Volvo IT North America and as a Consultant at Volvo Data, Goteborg. Olle has been with the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) for over 20 years.

Olle Högblom received a BA in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Gothenburg.

Olle Högblom reports to Jan Gurander, Deputy CEO.

Olle Högblom

Camilla Johansson

Responsible for the smooth running, efficiency, quality and output of Volvo Construction Equipment’s (Volvo CE) global industrial footprint, Jean-Marc des Courieres has held the position of Senior Vice President of Operations since 2011.

His career at Volvo CE began in 1998, when he became Plant Manager of the company’s facility in Belley, France. This was followed by a posting that saw him appointed Director of the entire Volvo CE Compact Excavators Business Line.

Prior to his current role as Senior Vice President of Operations, Jean Marc spent two and a half years as Vice-President of Industrial Strategy at Volvo CE, as well as three and a half years as Vice-President of Strategic Planning.

Jean Marc was born and grew up in France. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the École Centrale de Paris. During his career he has worked for several leading industrial companies, including [Valeo](/org/valeo), Thales and [Alstom](/org/alstom-sa).

Jean Marc Des Courieres

Has held several management positions at Citibank, Chemical Bank New York (now JP Morgan Chase), First Bank Systems and First Data Corporation, Division President General Electric Financial Assurance Partnership Marketing and Division President General Electric Fleet Services, President and CEO of Ceridian Corporation and subsequently also Chairman, Board Chairman, President and CEO of Stream Global Services, Inc. Senior Advisor, Ares Management, LLC. Board Member of Nielsen and [RealPage](/org/realpage), General Motors Co. and MasterCard US.

Kathryn V. Marinello

Credit Analyst Den Norske Creditbank in Luxemburg 1984. Various positions within brand management and controlling within [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble) 1986-1989, Partner McKinsey & Company, Inc. 1989-2002, one of the founders and owners, also Board Chairperson of the global consulting firm and talent pool a-connect (group) ag since 2002.

Hanne De Mora

Executive Vice President [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) and President Volvo Energy.
Member of the Group Executive Board since January 2012. With Volvo since 2005.

Born: 1970.

Holdings in Volvo, own and related parties as per February 25, 2021: 87 Series A shares and 190,143 Series B shares.

Principal work experience: Executive Vice President [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) and President Volvo Energy since 2021. Executive Vice President [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) and Chairman [UD Trucks](/org/ud-trucks) 2016-2021. Executive Vice President Group Trucks Sales 2015-2016. Executive Vice President Group Trucks Sales & Marketing APAC 2012–2014. President [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) Asia Truck Operations 2007–2011. Vice President [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) Alliance Office 2007. Vice President Volvo Powertrain 2005–2007. Consultant with [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company) 1996–2004.

Education: MSc Industrial Engineering and Management, MSc Financial Economics, MSc Business and Economics.

Joachim Rosenberg

Executive Vice President Group Trucks Technology and [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) Chief Technology Officer since October 2016. Head of R&D and CTO at Volkswagen Truck & Bus 2015–2016. Senior Vice President Vehicle Definition R&D at [Scania](/org/scania) 2007–2015. Prior to that various senior positions at [Scania](/org/scania) since 1992.

Lars Stenqvist

President Mack Trucks since 2018. President Volvo Construction Equipment 2014–2017. President & CEO Volvo Financial Services 2010–2014. President Volvo Financial Services Americas 2005–2010. Prior to Volvo, President Woodard LLC, President Great Dane Financial Services and Senior Vice President ORIX.

Martin Weissburg

Deputy CEO & CFO 2016-2018.CFO & Executive Vice President [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group). CFO & Senior Vice President Finance Volvo Car Corporation 2011–2013. CFO MAN Diesel & Turbo SE 2010. CFO MAN Diesel SE 2008–2009. Group Vice President and CFO Scania AB 2001– 2006. President of Business Unit Finance AB Volvo 1999–2001. Senior Vice President & Finance Director Scania AB 1998–1999.

Jan Gurander

CEO and President at Höganäs AB 2014-2017. Executive Vice President, Business Area EMEA at [SSAB](/org/ssab) 2011-2014. Has held various positions at Scania AB since 1989, most recently as Senior Vice President Buses and Coaches at Scania AB 2007-2011.

Melker Jernberg

Jan Carlson has held various positions within the [Autoliv](/org/autoliv) Group since 1999, including President [Autoliv](/org/autoliv) Europe, Vice President Engineering of [Autoliv](/org/autoliv) and President [Autoliv](/org/autoliv) Electronics. President and CEO of [Autoliv](/org/autoliv) Inc. 2007-2018 and Chairman of [Autoliv](/org/autoliv) Inc. since May 2014. President and CEO and Chairman of Veoneer Inc. 2018-2022. Previous positions also include President of Saab Combitech and of Swedish Gate Array.

Jan Carlson

Tina Hultkvist

Adrian Samareanu

After having worked for several companies in the manufacturing, quality and purchasing areas, he joined Renault Trucks Purchasing in 1999. Has held several senior positions over the years until being appointed Senior Vice President of Volvo Group Purchasing. Has also served as Senior Vice President, Group Truck Sales South Europe January 2013–2016.

Bruno Blin

Anna Westerberg has been the President of Volvo Buses since 2021 and with Volvo since 2009. She is also a Board member in Munters Group AB. Prior to her current role, she was the Senior Vice President, Volvo Group Connected Solutions since 2017 and prior to that, she was the President for Volvo Group Venture Capital since 2014 and Vice President, Product Management Industrial, [Volvo Penta](/org/volvo-penta). She has a MSc. Industrial Engineering and Management from Chalmers University of Technology.

Anna Westerberg

Born in 1969, Scott Rafkin has served as President of Volvo Financial Services since 2014. He joined the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) in 2001 and has since held several managerial positions within Volvo Financial Services, including that of Chief Financial Officer. 

Scott Rafkin

Mari Larsson

Mats Henning

Kurt Jofs

Heléne Mellquist

Jens Holtinger

Has held several management positions in the Nokia Group – President of Nokia Telecommunications, President of Nokia Mobile Phones and Chief Strategy Officer of the Nokia Group, President of Kone Corporation between 2005-2014 and between 2006-2014 also CEO.

Matti Alahuhta

Has held various positions at Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) and Securitas AB, President and CEO of Assa Abloy AB, President and CEO of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, member of the External Advisory Board of the Earth Institute at [Columbia University](/org/columbia-university), the Advisory Board of Harvard Kennedy School and Board Chairman BP plc.

Carl-Henric Svanberg

President of Volvo Financial Services Americas since 2015. President of Brazil and Chile for Volvo Financial Services 2011-2014. Vice President Latin America Markets for Volvo Financial Services 2010-2011. Held other senior positions and special assignments across Americas and Europe in the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group), 2001-2010. Prior to 2001, held various leadership positions outside of Volvo in insurance and corporate finance.

Marcio Pedroso

Until January 2015, CEO for Chassis Brakes International. Has, during almost 25 years held various management positions in Robert Bosch GmbH, most recently as Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing in the Chassis System Brakes division combined with responsibility for regions China and Brazil and previously CEO of the subsidiary Bosch Closure Systems, also member of the Board of Management of Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co.

Martina Merz

President and CEO of Volvo and member of the Group Executive Board since October, 2015. President and CEO of [Scania](/org/scania) 2012-2015. Prior to that, various managerial positions at [Scania](/org/scania) since 1992. Co-chairman of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport 2015–2016.

Martin Lundstedt

Born in 1969, Nils Jaeger has served as President Region EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Volvo Financial Services since 2014. Before joining the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) he has held several leading positions at [John Deere](/org/john-deere).  

Nils Jaeger

During his rich career, with inter alia 30 years in the automobile industry (Renault Trucks, Renault, Volvo), Emmanuel has held multiple operational and strategic functions in contact with markets on the five continents. He has also built a solid experience with French and foreign governments, state authorities and public and diplomatic institutions.

Emmanuel Levacher

Joined ABB in 1984 and has held several management positions in the Finance function at ABB in Sweden, Singapore and Switzerland – most recently as Group CFO between 2013 and 2017 and previously as CFO for the Divisions Discrete Automation & Motion and Automation Products and a position as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and New Ventures and also as Head of Corporate Development. Industrial advisor to private equity.

Eric Elzvik

Between 1998­2015, employed by the private equity firm IK Investment Partners (former Industri Kapital) where she held various positions. She was a Partner with responsibility for the Stockholm office. She was also a member of IK’s Executive Committee. Prior to that she worked as a consultant for [Bain & Company](/org/bain).

Helena Stjernholm

Has worked in Quality and Logistic and held various senior positions at Volkswagen’s Purchasing organization since 1992. Head of Purchasing at [Scania](/org/scania) 2012–2016.

Andrea Fuder

Joined [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) in February 2005, with SVP HR jobs in two Business Areas, Trucks Asia Pacific and Volvo Construction Equipment. Worked for [Ericsson](/org/ericsson) from July 1993 to January 2005 in a number of leadership positions.

Diana Niu

Responsible for Group Communications since 2018. With the [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) since 2008, most recently as Senior Vice President Brand, Communication & Marketing Volvo Penta 2016-2017, Senior Vice President External Corporate Communication [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) 2012-2016 and CEO Communication [Volvo Group](/org/volvo-group) 2008-2012. Has held a number of positions in TV4 Group 1998-2008.

Kina Wileke

Senior Vice President Volvo Trucks Europe 2016-2018. Senior Vice President Volvo Group Trucks Northern Europe 2015-2016. President Volvo Group Trucks Latin America 2012-2014. President Volvo Trucks Latin America 2010-2011. Managing Director Volvo Trucks, Region East 2004-2009.

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