Francesca Gamboni joins Volvo Cars to head up its Procurement and Supply Chain team as of October 16, 2023. Francesca will be responsible for further evolving its lean, sustainable and regionalised supply chain, strengthening the important backbone of its business. Francesca holds a Master of Science in Industrial Technology Engineering and has a strong background in automotive and supply chain, mixed with a broad experience across other industries.

Francesca's most recent role as Chief Supply Chain Officer at Accell Group managed the Group's manufacturing, logistics, procurement, quality and new product development. Roles prior to that include time at Stellantis, L'Oreal, Renault-Nissan, Bosch, Alcan (now Rio Tinto) and others. Francesca will be based at its Sweden headquarters in Gothenburg.

She will report directly to Javier Varela and be part of its Group Management Team (GMT).