New Head - Group CR
(1 June, 2007)Mai Oldgard has been appointed new Vice President, Head of Group Corporate Responsibility, succeeding Olav Hypher who is leaving Telenor. Mai is reporting to Executive Vice President Bjørn Magnus Kopperud.
Mai Oldgard has worked with Corporate Responsibility (CR) for 10 years, and has experienced how the field has gained more recognition over the last couple of years. To an increasing extent, companies recognise how bringing social aspect of their operations into corporate strategy can create a competitive edge. Before joining the Group CR team at Telenor, Mai worked with PA Consulting Group, ECON Analysis and the UN. Mai holds a Master of Science in International Business.
"I am very pleased that Mai Oldgard will take on this position. Integrating and demonstrating the positive social impacts of our business is one of the Telenor Group's Six strategic ambitions for 2010, and Group CR plays a key role in this," said Bjørn Magnus Kopperud, Executive Vice President and Head of Human Resources.
"I am very grateful for the opportunity to continue to develop the CR work in Telenor. I appreciate the strategic focus our top management is placing on social responsibility, and I am very proud of the efforts and initiatives taking place all over the Telenor Group. I am looking forward to the many challenges and opportunities ahead of us," says Mai Oldgard.