Navistar names SVP, chief strategy and transformation officer

Navistar names SVP, chief strategy and transformation officer

Tobias Glitterstam will be the steward for strategy implementation and will aid in accelerating sustainability efforts.

Tobias Glitterstam has been named senior vice president, chief strategy and transformation officer at Navistar. This new role will report to Mathias Carlbaum, president and CEO.

As a member of Navistar’s executive leadership team, the company says Glitterstam will be the steward for strategy implementation and he will accelerate sustainability efforts. He will lead corporate strategy, communications and government relations, as well as a newly established team for mobility solutions. Mobility solutions will capture market opportunities in the future of zero-emissions transportation, with an immediate priority on charging solutions. The team will emphasize Navistar’s position within the transportation value chain, as well as define the company’s role in the autonomous ecosystem.

Most recently, Glitterstam served as vice president and head of the Americas region for Business Sweden and the Swedish Trade Commissioner to the U.S. He consulted enterprises on new markets and segments, strategic innovation, market partnerships and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, he steered government affairs, investment programs and business promotion efforts, in areas such as Smart Cities, Industry 4.0, future transportation and sustainability.

Glitterstam holds a bachelor of science in business administration from the Lund School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden.

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