In his role as Global Sales Director for Battery- and Hybrid electric vehicles (BHEV) at Sandvik, Jakob Rutqvist is responsible for the commercialisation and global expansion of the BHEV product offering, including trucks, loaders, batteries and charging systems. In previous roles at Sandvik, he led the Strategy and M&A function at Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions and, before that, worked as a strategy consultant focused on natural resources. Jakob holds a MSc in Business and Economics, and specialised in Natural Resource Economics at Harvard University.