Ingrid Skogsmo new Vice President of AB Volvo's strategy department

Ingrid Skogsmo new Vice President of AB Volvo's strategy department

Ingrid Skogsmo has been appointed new Vice President of AB Volvo's strategy
department. Skogsmo is currently director of Volvo Car Corporation's Safety
Center and will assume her new position on January 1, 2008.

Ingrid Skogsmo, 46, has worked for many years within Volvo and has been employed
within the automotive industry since she received her degree in engineering
physics from Chalmers University of Technology in 1985. Within Volvo Cars, she
has primarily worked with safety and strategy issues. In the early 2000s, she
worked with similar issues at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan, in
the US.

“Ingrid Skogsmo has a solid background within our industry and brings extensive
experience and valuable knowledge within areas that are key for the Volvo
Group,” says Pär Östberg, Senior Vice President and CFO of the Volvo Group. 

September 17, 2007

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The Volvo Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks, buses and
construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications,
aerospace components and services. The Group also provides complete solutions
for financing and service. The Volvo Group, which employs about 93,000 people,
has production facilities in 18 countries and sells their products in more than
180 markets. Annual sales of the Volvo Group amount to about 27 billion euro.
The Volvo Group is a publicly-held company headquartered in Göteborg, Sweden.
Volvo shares are listed on the Stockholm stock exchange and on NASDAQ in the US.