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Max Strandvitz

Max Strandwitz is President and CEO of Mips AB, the Swedish world leader in brain protection systems for helmets, since May 2019.

Sep 14, 2026

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17:03
Um, was it hard to get this buy-in, or was this something that you, uh, an idea that you shared when they brought you on board with, already with the ownership?
17:13
Yeah, I think, I mean, it, it of course takes some time to get the confidence from the board to really dare to stay long term.
17:22
Uh, I think I was very fortunate or unfortunate, but I started in May 2019 as a CEO.
17:31
Before that, I was the CFO and head of operations.
17:35
And not even a year in to my role, COVID came.
17:41
And of course, during, uh, the start of COVID, everyone panicked.
17:45
Everyone said like, "Oh, we are not going to survive another six months." Businesses started to close down.

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23:23
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