Karin Rådström
Born (1979-02-22) 22 February 1979
Södertälje, Sweden
Occupations
  • Engineer
  • business executive
SpouseDaniel Rådström
Children2

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Karin Rådström" (in German). Daimler Trucks.
  2. 1 2 [Karriärpodden nr 196 Karin Rådström den 2 februari 2021]
  3. ↑ "Cecilia Lilja till EM med ny partner". www.ttela.se (in Swedish). 8 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Hon lägger sin egen kurs på Scanias webbplats, läst den 5 maj 2021
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