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Please find page 83 of the 2007 Volvo annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.Stefan Johnsson
Senior Vice President
Born 1959. Master of Business Administration. Senior
Vice President of AB Volvo responsible for business
units and human resources. Senior Vice President of
AB Volvo and CFO of the Volvo Group 1998–2005.
President of Volvo Group Finance Sweden 1994–1998.
Member of the Group Executive Committee since 1998.
With Volvo since 1987. Board member: The Chalmers
University of Technology Foundation. Holdings in
Volvo: 8,375 shares, including 8,000 Series B shares.
Per Löjdquist
Senior Vice President
Born 1949. Senior Vice President of AB Volvo, respon-
sible for corporate communications and brand man-
agement. Member of the Group Executive Committee
since 1997. With Volvo since 1973. Board member:
West Sweden Chamber of Commerce and Industry and
Nilörn gruppen AB. Holdings in Volvo: 53,225 shares,
including 36,445 Series B shares.
Jan-Eric Sundgren
Senior Vice President
Born 1951. M. Sc. Engineering, PhD in solid state
Physics, Professor in materials science. Senior Vice
President of AB Volvo responsible for public and
environmental affairs. Member of the Group Executive
Committee since 2006. With Volvo since 2006. Board
member: Lindholmen Science Park AB, Meritea AB.
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering
Sciences. Holdings in Volvo: 4,535 Series B shares.
Pär Östberg
Senior Vice President
Born 1962. Master of Business Administration. Senior
Vice President of AB Volvo and responsible for the
Group’s Asian truck operations. Pär Östberg has held
various senior positions within the fi nancial areas in the
Volvo Group since 1990, i.a. as CFO of the Volvo Group
2005–2008 and Senior Vice President and CFO of
Renault Trucks 2004–2005. Member of the Group
Executive Committee since 2005. With Volvo since
1990. Holdings in Volvo: 25,000 Series B shares.
Eva Persson
Senior Vice President
Born 1953. Master of Laws. Senior Vice President of
AB Volvo and General Counsel of the Volvo Group.
Responsible for legal, tax and security matters.
Member of the Group Executive Committee since
1997. With Volvo since 1988. Secretary to the Board
of Volvo since 1997. Board member: Handelsbanken
Region Väst, Second Swedish National Pension Fund.
Member of the Swedish Industry and Commerce Stock
Exchange Committee. Holdings in Volvo: 10,000
shares, including 8,740 Series B shares.
Changes in Group Executive Committee
Iwao Nakamura, President of Nissan Diesel through
June 21, 2007, was appointed a new member of the
Group Executive Committee effective April 18, 2007.
Iwao Nakamura retired midway through 2007 and was
replaced on June 21, 2007 by Satoru Takeuchi, who
also joined Volvo’s Group Executive Committee effec-
tive the same date. Satoru Takeuchi came from the
position of Senior Managing Director at Nissan Diesel.
Peter Karlsten became the President of Volvo
Powertrain on December 1, 2007. He replaced Lars-
Göran Moberg, who retired on December 31, 2007.
Peter Karlsten also took over as Senior Vice President
Technology for the Volvo Group and became a new
member of the Group Executive Committee. Peter
Karlsten was President of Volvo Trucks North America
2003–2007 and was head of Volvo Trucks in Brazil
prior to that.
Pär Östberg, CFO of the Volvo Group, has assumed
responsibility for the Group’s Asian truck operations
after Jorma Halonen, Executive Vice President and
deputy CEO, who will retire on April 30, 2008.
On January 15, 2008, Dennis Slagle was
appointed President of Mack Trucks Inc. and member
of the Group Executive Committee as of April 1, 2008.
Dennis Slagle is taking over after Paul Vikner, who will
become Vice Chairman in Mack Trucks Inc. as of April
1, 2008.
Mikael Bratt was appointed the successor to
Pär Östberg on February 11, 2008 as CFO of the
Volvo Group. He assumed the post immediately, also
joining Volvo’s Group Executive Committee. Mikael
Bratt has been President and Head of Corporate
Finance at AB Volvo since 2002 and has worked for
the Volvo Group since 1988. He has held management
positions in units including Volvo Treasury North Amer-
ica and Volvo Trucks’ operations in Brazil.
Mikael Bratt
Senior Vice President and CFO
Born 1967. Senior Vice President of AB Volvo and CFO
of the Volvo Group since February 2008. Member of
the Group Executive Committee since 2008, responsible
for fi nance, strategy and business development. Mikael
Bratt has held various senior positions in the fi nancial
areas in the Volvo Group since 1988, most recently as
Vice President Corporate Finance, AB Volvo (since
2002). Holdings in Volvo: 835 Series A shares
Peter Karlsten
President of Volvo Powertrain
Born 1957. M. Sc. Electrical Engineering. President
of Volvo Powertrain and Technical Director of the
Volvo Group since December 1, Head of Volvo Trucks,
Brazil 2001–2003, Head of Volvo Trucks North
American truck operations 2003–2007. Member of
the Group Executive Committee since December 1,
2007. With Volvo since 2001. Holdings in Volvo: 250
series B shares.
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