Per Olof Lindblom is an RGE Director and Executive Vice President of Bracell, a leading global player in dissolving pulp, including specialty cellulose.
Mr. Lindblom started his career with APRIL in 1996 as a Senior Maintenance Engineer in Pangkalan Kerinci, Indonesia. He left in 1999 to pursue other opportunities in the Swedish manufacturing industry before returning to APRIL in 2003. He was appointed APRIL's Business Unit Head for Pulp in 2009.
Mr. Lindblom later assumed the role of Managing Director of Bracell in 2011, leading teams in advancing the quality of cellulose by investing heavily into technology, piloting a state-of-the-art plant for cooking and washing cellulose, and incorporating an autoclave system that enables the obtaining of specialty cellulose from small volumes of processed wood. As Bracell's Executive Vice President since 2015, he continues to lead the business to greater heights.
Mr. Lindblom graduated with degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Lulea Technical University in Sweden in 1990.