16.04.2014

New president for Hiab

Roland Sundén, 61, has been appointed president of Hiab, effective from the start of May. He will also join the executive board of Cargotec, reporting chief executive Mika Vehviläinen.

Sundén has worked as a consultant since leaving wind turbine blade manufacturer LM Wind in mid-2012, where he was chief executive for six years. Prior to that he was president of Case New Holland’s agricultural business for three years.
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Roland Sundén

He spent most of his career with Volvo, joining in 1978 as a design-engineering specialist at the company's Flygmotor division in Sweden, before moving to Allied Signal in the USA for two years as project manager and senior development engineer.

He returned to Volvo in 1983 as programme manager for Flygmotor's Rocket Engine Programme, after a number of positions at the group’s aero division, he was appointed chief executive of Volvo Bus North America in 1998, moving to Volvo Construction in 2000 as an executive vice president. He moved to New Holland in 2003.

Vehviläinen said: "Last year Hiab sharpened its strategy implementation tactics, and Hiab's improvement initiatives for this year carry tremendous potential. We needed a person that has the experience and skills to lead these initiatives decisively and who secures Hiab as the leading player in the load handling business. Roland answers the description perfectly."

"Welcoming Roland to Cargotec executive board marks the completion of Cargotec's top management. The present group of world-class professionals in this team will lead this company forward during the coming years, realising the ambitious targets set for us by our board of directors."

Sundén added: "Hiab is a leading provider of on-road load handling equipment and services with high potential. My task together with the Hiab team is to turn that potential into profitability. I am very excited to leverage my experience from similar situations and join the team of great professionals."