Education and professional experience: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Former CEO of MAN AG. Previous experience from executive management (EVP) at Scania Group. Board member of Volvo Car AB from 2010–2022 and President and CEO of Volvo Car AB from 2012-2022. Previous Chairman of Polestar Automotive Holding UK LLC. Previous Board member of Lynk & Co Investment Co., Ltd., Lynk & Co Europe AB, AB Volvo, China-Euro Vehicle Technology Aktiebolag and Zenuity AB. Previous Board member of Ideella föreningen Teknikarbetsgivarna i Sverige and Ideella föreningen Teknikföretagen i Sverige. Previous senior advisor to Geely Sweden Holdings AB.
Principal activities outside of Volvo Car Group and current board assignments and similar: Board member in ABB E-Mobility, Modular Management Group Stockholm AB and Business Sweden.
Holdings in Volvo Car AB (publ.), own and related parties: 2,186,631 shares and 2,500,000 call options. The call options have been issued by Nordea Bank Abp. The term is 2 years, and each
call option entitles the holder to acquire one B share in Volvo Car AB at an exercise price of SEK 53.
Håkan Samuelsson is as CEO not independent in relation to the company and the Executive Management Team but he is independent in relation to the company’s major shareholders.