Karin Rådström Explained

Karin Rådström
Birth Date:22 February 1979
Birth Place:Södertälje, Sweden
Spouse:Daniel Rådström
Children:2

Karin Elisabeth Rådström (born 22 February 1979) is a Swedish engineer and business executive in the commercial vehicle segment. She has been a member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck since February 2021 and has been responsible for the Mercedes-Benz truck brand there since May.

Career

Rådström was born in Södertälje[1] and grew up in Nynäshamn and for seven years in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2] She first studied at Queen's University at Kingston for a year and then as a civil engineer in Industrial Engineering and Sustainability at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and then became a trainee at Scania in Södertälje in 2004. After various positions in the company, she became Director of Pre Sales & Marketing Communication in Kenya and in 2016, head of Scania Bus Business. In 2019, Radström was appointed to the Board of Management for Sales and Marketing.

In 2021, she became a member of Daimler Truck AG's management team (Vorstandsmitglied der Daimler Truck AG) of seven people, with responsibility for the regions of Europe and Latin America and for Daimler's Mercedes-Benz trucks.[1]

Personal life

During the latter part of the 2000s, Rådström was an elite athlete in rowing, with three years in the national team.[3] [4] She is married to Daniel Rådström and has two children.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karin Rådström. Daimler Trucks. de.
  2. Karriärpodden nr 196 Karin Rådström den 2 februari 2021
  3. Web site: Cecilia Lilja till EM med ny partner. www.ttela.se. 8 September 2010. Swedish.
  4. https://www.scania.com/se/sv/home/experience-scania/features/charting-her-own-course.html Hon lägger sin egen kurs på Scanias webbplats