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Breaking the Swedish tradition at Volvo
00:00 28 Jun 2000
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Tony Helsham has been appointed president of Volvo Construction
Equipment effective from 5 June.
Since 1998, when Volvo acquired Samsung, he has been chief executive of Volvo, South Korea, where he was responsible for integrating the former Samsung operation into the Volvo mainstream.
He will be based at Volvo CE HQ in Brussels. This is the first time a non-Swede has held the post - Helsham is Australian by birth. A quick straw poll of current and former colleagues shows that he is generally considered to be "a breath of fresh air" with a "non-stuffy attitude to getting the job done".
Since 1998, when Volvo acquired Samsung, he has been chief executive of Volvo, South Korea, where he was responsible for integrating the former Samsung operation into the Volvo mainstream.
He will be based at Volvo CE HQ in Brussels. This is the first time a non-Swede has held the post - Helsham is Australian by birth. A quick straw poll of current and former colleagues shows that he is generally considered to be "a breath of fresh air" with a "non-stuffy attitude to getting the job done".
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