Leif Peter Karlsten

Leif Peter Karlsten is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Confiar AB, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Holmbergs Safety System Holding AB, and a Member-Supervisory Board at Nordic Re-Finance AB. Previously, he held positions such as President & Chief Executive Officer at Volvo Trucks North America, Inc., Chief Executive Officer at ABB Flexible Automation AB, Chief Executive Officer at Volvo Do Brasil Veículos Ltda, Independent Director at Prevas AB, Director at Alelion Energy Systems AB, and Director at Real Fastigheter AB. He also served as an Independent Director at Bulten AB from 2015 to 2023.
Additionally, he was the Executive Vice President-Trucks Sales & Marketing at Volvo AB and a Member-Supervisory Board at DEUTZ AG from 2015 to 2018.
Mr. Karlsten started his career as the President & Regional Manager at Munters Brazil Industria Comercio Ltda.
He holds an MBA from the University of Uppsala, which he obtained in 1989, and a graduate degree from the University of Linköping, which he received in 1981.