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Tom Hedelius
Member of the Remuneration Committee
Born 1939, Master of Business Administration, Hon.
Dr. of Economics. Board Chairman: AB Indus-
trivärden, B&B Tools AB, Anders Sandrews Stiftelse
and Jan Wallanders and Tom Hedelius Stiftelse.
Honorary Chairman: Svenska Handelsbanken. Vice
Chairman: Addtech AB and Lagercrantz Group AB.
Board member: Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA
and Lundbergs AB. Member of the Volvo Board since
1994. Holdings in Volvo, own and related parties:
13,465 shares, including 3,465 Series B shares.
Principal work experience: AB Industrikredit; numerous
positions with Svenska Handelsbanken (Credit Director,
Executive Vice President, President and CEO, Chairman).
Ying Yeh
Member of the Audit Committee
Born 1948, BA, Literature & International Relations.
President and Chairman of Kodak North Asia Region.
Member of the Volvo Board since 2006.
Holdings in Volvo: None.
Principal work experience: Journalist NBC, New York.
Numerous positions with the U S Government Foreign
Service in Burma, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Beijing.
Various positions with Eastman Kodak in China.
Finn Johnsson
Chairman of the Board,
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Born 1946, Master of Business Administration.
Board Chairman: Luvata Oy, Thomas Concrete Group
AB, Unomedical A/S, KappAhl AB, City Airline and
EFG European Furniture Group AB.
Board member: Skanska AB and AB Industrivärden.
Member of the Volvo Board since 1998. Chairman
since 2004. Holdings in Volvo: Through related parties
30,000 shares including 15,000 Series B shares.
Principal work experience: Machine Division at Swed-
ish Match; President Arenco Machine Co., USA; Presi-
dent Swedish Match Europe and Swedish Match Asia;
President Tarkett AB; Executive Vice President Stora
AB; President Industri AB Euroc; President United
Destillers, UK; CEO of Mölnlycke Health Care AB.
Leif Johansson
Born 1951, Master of Engineering. President of AB Volvo
and Chief Executive Offi cer of the Volvo Group since 1997.
Board member: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Svenska
Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA, Confederation of Swedish
Enterprise and The Association of Swedish Engineering
Industries. Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of
Engineering Sciences. Member of the Volvo Board
since 1997. Holdings in Volvo, own and related par-
ties: 292,810 shares, including 257,690 Series B
shares, and 50,000 employee stock options.
Principal work experience: Project consultant Indevo;
Assistant to President Centro Maskin Morgårdshammar;
President Husqvarna Motorcyklar; Division Manager
Offi ce Machines Facit Sweden; President Facit; Division
Manager AB Electrolux Major Appliances; Division
President AB Electrolux Major Appliances; Executive
Vice President AB Electrolux; President AB Electrolux;
CEO Electrolux Group.
Philippe Klein
Born 1957. Senior Vice President, CEO/COO Offi ce
and Corporate Administration, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Member of the Volvo Board since 2006
Holdings in Volvo: 2,250 Series B shares.
Principal work experience: Various positions within
Renault (from Engine Engineer to Senior Vice Presi-
dent CEO’s Offi ce Renault SA and member of the
Renault Management Committee); Vice President,
CEO’s Offi ce at Nissan.
Per-Olof Eriksson
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Born 1938, Master of Engineering, Hon. Dr. of Technology.
Board Chairman: Callans Trä AB, Corss Country
Systems AB, Odlander, Fredriksson & Co and OFP V
Advisor AB.
Board member: Assa Abloy AB, Biotage AB, Elkem AS,
Investment AB Öresund, Kamstrup-Senea AB and
Södersjukhuset AB. Member of the Royal Swedish Acad-
emy of Engineering Sciences.
Member of Volvo Board since 1994.
Holdings in Volvo, own and related parties: 31,000
Series A shares.
Principal work experience: Engineer Uddeholms AB;
numerous positions with Sandvik Group (in Sweden,
Germany and the UK), President and CEO Seco Tools
AB; President and CEO Sandvik AB.
Board members elected by the Annual General Meeting
Peter Bijur
Member of the Audit Committee
Born 1942, MBA Marketing, BA Political Science.
Board member: Gulfmark Offshore Inc. Member of
the Volvo Board since 2006. Holdings in Volvo: 3,000
Series B shares.
Principal work experience: Numerous positions with
Texaco Inc, retired as Chairman and Chief Executive
Offi cer in 2001.
Louis Schweitzer
Member of the Remuneration Committee
Born 1942. Bachelor of Laws.
Board Chairman: Renault and AstraZeneca Plc.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board Le Monde.
Board member: Electricité de France, BNP-Paribas,
Véolia, L´Oréal and Vice President of the Philips
Supervisory Board. Member of the Volvo Board
since 2001.
Holdings in Volvo: 10,000 Series B shares.
Principal work experience: Offi cial at French Budget
Department; Chief of Staff of Mr Laurent Fabius
(Minister of Budget, then Minister for Industry and
Research, and Prime Minister), Chairman, French
Commission for Equality (since 2005); numerous
positions with Renault SA (Chief Financial Offi cer
and Executive Vice President Finance and Planning,
President and Chief Operating Offi cer, Chairman and
Chief Executive Offi cer).
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