Board of Directors
The Board is responsible for the management of the Telenor Group and the proper organisation of its operations.
Svein Aaser
Chairman
- Appointed: 16 May 2012
- Stocks: 5,000 as of 19 November 2012
- Member of committee: The Governance and Remuneration Committee
Background: CEO of Den norske Bank and DnB NOR from 1998 to 2007. CEO of Nycomed from 1987 to 1996. Previously been the CEO of Storebrand Skade, Nora Matprodukter and Stabburet Nora. Has served as president of The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) and as Chairman of Statkraft and Finance Norway (FNO). Chairman of the Board of Det Norske Oljeselskap, Ocean Yield AS and the Norwegian National Museum.
Marit Vaagen
Board member
- Appointed: 15 May 2013
Background:
Born in 1967 and lives in Stocksund, Sweden. She is a Norwegian-born entrepreneur who has spent most of her adult life working internationally. Starting her professional career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, where she served the financial services and telecommunications sectors, she was among the first European women elected as a partner of the firm, in 2000. She started and led the firm’s Scandinavian healthcare services practice, and in 2008, she went on to found Scandinavia’s first disease management company. Vaagen is the founder and CEO of Sirona AB, a healthcare management company
Education:
She holds a MSc from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and HEC, Paris, and a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Hallvard Bakke
Board member
- Appointed: 19 May 2011
- Stocks: 0 as of 19 May 2011
- Member of committee: The Ethics and Sustainability Committee
Background: Bakke is chairman of Carte Blanche AS and The Arts Festival of Northern Norway. A former Norwegian politician, Bakke has 20 years experience as member of Parliament, serving the committees of foreign affairs and finance. He was Minister of Trade and Shipping 1976-1979 and Minister of Culture and Science, 1986-1989. From 2006 to 2010, he was Chairman of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK AS).
Education: Bakke has a master of science in business from The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.
Burckhard
Bergmann
Board member
- Appointed: 29 May 2008
- Stocks: 0 as of 20 February 2009
- Member of committee: The Governance and Remuneration Committee
Background: Mr. Bergmann was until February 2008 Chairman of the Management Board of E.ON Ruhrgas AG. He holds board positions in several major international companies.
Education: Graduated in physics from Aachen University of Technology in 1968. Conferred Dr. Eng. from same university in 1970.
Frank Dangeard
Board member
- Appointed: 19 May 2011
- Stocks: 0 as of May 19 2011
- Member of committee: The Ethics and Sustainability Committee
Background: Mr Dangeard is Managing Partner of the investment and advisory firm Harcourt, France, since 2008. Formerly, he served as Chairman and CEO of Thomson S.A., Deputy CEO of France Telecom, a Managing Director of SG Warburg & Co. Ltd., Chairman of S.G. Warburg (France), and lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York and London. Mr. Dangeard holds board positions in Moser Baer, India, SonaeCom, Portugal, Crédit Agricole-CIB, France, and Symantec Corp., US. He is Chairman of the Strategy Board of PwC (France), member of the Advisory Board of HEC, France, and of the Harvard Business School, US. He is a “director-in-residence ” at Insead, and has received the Legion d’Honneur and the Ordre du Mérite in France.
Education: Dangeard graduated from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, the Paris Institut d’Etudes Politiques and from Harvard Law School.
Sally Davis
Board member
- Appointed: 23 November 2011
- Stocks: 0 as of 23 November 2011
- Member of committee: The Governance and Remuneration Committee
Background: Sally Davis has held several executive positions in British Telecom Group since 1999, including President BT Global Services and Head of BT’s wholesaler. Davis has also held leadership positions in Bell Atlantic and Mercury Communications. A Non-Executive Director of the Swiss company Logitech; the UK Department of Transport and the BBC, Sally Davis has worked in the global telecommunications industry for thirty years, working for start-up cable companies in the UK as well as strategy and global operational roles based in the US and UK for Cable & Wireless, Verizon and BT. Most recently, Davis acted as CEO of BT Wholesale, providing services to global operators.
Education: Mrs. Davis is a BA Hons graduate and a Fellow of University College, London.
Dag J. Opedal
Board member
- Appointed: 19 May 2011
- Stocks: 0 as of 19 May 2011
- Member of committee: The Audit Committee
Background: Opedal is former President and CEO of Orkla Group and has held other leading positions in Orkla, Ferd Capital, NorgesGruppen, Stabburet AS, Dyno Industrier and Nora Industrier AS. Opedal holds board positions of Vizrt AS, Nammo AS, Norwegian Church Aid and Meltwater BV.
Education: Business Economics from The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
Barbara Milian
Thoralfsson
Board member
- Appointed: 11 May 2009
- Stocks: 0 as of 24 October 2012
- Member of committee: The Audit Committee
Background: Member of the Boards of Electrolux AB, Orkla ASA and SCA AB. She started her professional career at Kraft General Foods in 1981 and has been Managing Director of Midelfart and President of TeliaSonera Norway (NetCom AS).
Education: Master of Business Administration from Columbia University.
Bjørn Andre
Anderssen
Board member,
employee representative
- Appointed: 23 August 2007
- Stocks: 2,562 as of 14 January 2013
- Member of committee: The Governance and Remuneration Committee
Background: Mr. Anderssen joined Telenor in 1999. He is also a member of the Negotia Board at Telenor and a member of the Negotia Executive Committee.
Education: Upper Secondary School
Brit Østby
Fredriksen
Board member,
employee representative
- Appointed: 20 January 2010
- Stocks: 6,848 as of 1 February 2013
- Member of committee: The Ethics and Sustainability Committee
Background: Fredriksen started her career in Telenor in 1993 and has since then been employed in various Telenor companies. Today, she holds the position as safety overseer in Telenor Norway. Fredriksen is head safety delegate in the divisions Business and Consumer in Telenor Norway and employee representative within the Electrician and IT workers union.
Education: Business studies and project management at Norwegian School of Economics
Harald Stavn
Board member,
employee representative
- Appointed: 20 June 2000
- Stocks: 5,109 as of 15 February 2012
- Member of committee: The Audit Committee
Background: Mr. Stavn joined Telenor in 1974 and has held various positions in the company. Board member of the Telenor Pension Fund (Telenor Pensjonskasse), chairman of the executive board of the Norwegian Society of Engineers, NITO, in Telenor.
Education: Technical education from the internal education system of Norwegian Telecom. Business economist from the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo, Norway.
Photo: Pål Rødahl