Linda Olofsson is a physicist with extensive experience in leading research and coordinating industrial parties and researchers to find common solutions to complex technical challenges. After her PhD, she started a sensor system company based on her research together with Chalmers school of entrepreneurship.
Then she brought the experience from these years as start-up leader to the RISE institute, where she held several leading roles before taking over the leadership of the Swedish Electromobility Centre (SEC), the Swedish national research center for electrification of transport.
In addition to being the director of the SEC, she is also a board member of the following organizations: the Swedish Transport Agency, The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute and the European Automotive Research Partners Association (EARPA).