Volvo appoints former Dyson executive Jim Rowan as new CEO

The board of directors at Volvo cars and trucks has appointed Jim Rowan to prosper Håkan Samuelsson as president as well as chief executive policeman of the Swedish brand. 
Samuelsson, who has stepped down from the function after serving as a Volvo cars and trucks board member considering that 2010 as well as as CEO considering that 2012, will step on to the function of chairperson with sibling brand Polestar when his contract ends. 

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Eric Li, chairperson of the board at Volvo, specified that ‘Volvo cars and trucks is going with a fast improvement of digitalisation, which is why we wished to bring in somebody with worldwide CEO experience from outside the automotive industry. Jim is the ideal person to accelerate Volvo cars and trucks into the future – enabling it to ended up being the fastest transformer in its field as well as a completely electric business with millions of direct consumer relationships’.
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The 56 year-old Scottish executive has served in a number of high-ranking roles, his present being as CEO of Ember Technologies – a maker of heat-controlling kitchenware. He has likewise previously served as CEO of Dyson as well as as chief operating policeman of Blackberry.
Rowan will be accountable for leading the brand as it undergoes the shift to being a fully-electric maker by 2030. The upcoming replacement for Volvo’s flagship SUV, the XC90, will be the very first generation of the brand’s largest cars and truck to offer a fully-electric drivetrain.
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