Volvo Car Corporation appoints Tom Johnstone to the Board of Directors

Volvo Car Corporation (Volvo Cars) has appointed Tom Johnstone as a member of its Board of Directors effective January 1, 2015. Johnstone joins the Board of Volvo Cars from Gothenburg-based technology firm SKF, when he finishes his tenure as President and CEO

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Mikael Ohlsson appointed member of the Board of Directors of Volvo Car Corporation

Volvo Car Corporation (Volvo Cars) has appointed Mikael Ohlsson to its Board of Directors effective October 1, 2013. Ohlsson is a former President and CEO of IKEA Group and takes over the position that was vacated last year by Hakan Samuelsson, currently

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Volvo Cars partner of 2013 Fortune Global Forum in Chengdu

Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) will be an official partner of the 2013 Fortune Global Forum, to be held in Chengdu, China from June 6-8. As part of the partnership agreement, Volvo Cars will provide a fleet of Volvo S80L cars to the organisation that will be used as courtesy cars for

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Volvo Cars and Geely cooperate in new R&D Centre in Gothenburg, Sweden

Geely Holding, majority owner of Volvo Car Corporation (Volvo Cars) and Geely, will establish a Research and Development Centre in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Centre will develop a new modular architecture and set of components for future C-segment cars, addressing the needs of both Volvo Cars and Geely. The Centre will be run by Mats Fagerhag, currently Vice-President

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Carl-Peter Forster appointed Member of the Board of Directors of Volvo Car Group

Carl-Peter Forster has been appointed a new member of the Board of Directors of Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars).

Carl-Peter Forster has a long and broad experience in the car industry. He was President of General Motors Europe from 2004 to 2009. In 2010, he was appointed

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Volvo Car Group appoints new President and CEO

The Board of Directors of Volvo Car Group has appointed Hakan Samuelsson, currently Board member, as new President & CEO effective immediately. Stefan Jacoby will leave Volvo Car Group* after an amicable agreement with the Board of Directors.

"I see major

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Volvo Car Corporation welcomes Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to Volvo headquarters in Gothenburg

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of the People's Republic of China visited the Volvo Car Corporation facilities in Gothenburg, Sweden. Attending the Prime Minister's visit were, among others, Volvo Car Corporation CEO & President Stefan Jacoby and Volvo Car Corporation

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Volvo Car Corporation appoints Thomas Ingenlath as new Head of Design

Thomas Ingenlath, 48, has been appointed Vice-President Design at Volvo Car Corporation, arriving from a position as head of the Volkswagen Design Centre in Potsdam, Germany.

Thomas Ingenlath will assume the position as Vice-President Design, Volvo Car

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