Helen Blomqvist, President, Sandvik Coromant

Helen Blomqvist, a Swedish national, has over 20 years of experience working for Sandvik Coromant and has gone from R&D engineer in materials characterization to president. During her career, she had several managerial positions within R&D and sales, leading Sales Area North Europe. She has a proven track record of being a great leader and has earned the prestigious award of Sandvik Coromant Leader of the Year 2018. Helen’s motivation is highlighted by her focus on creating winning teams in order to achieve great results. She holds a Ph.D. in structural chemistry from Stockholm University and holds several patents. Her Ph.D. thesis title was "Magnesium ions stabilizing solid-state transition metal hydrides."