Board of Directors

The Board is responsible for the management of the Telenor Group and the proper organisation of its operations.

Harald Norvik

Chairman

Harald Norvik (Photo: Ole Walter Jacobsen)
  • Appointed: 31 May 2007
  • Stocks: 16,520 as of 10 November 2008

Background: Strategic Advisor at ECON, Chairman of the Board of Aschehoug publishing house. Board member at ConocoPhilips and PGS. Chairman of the Telenor Compensation Committee. CEO of Statoil, 1988-1999. Finance Director and Executive Vice President at Aker Group. Parliamentary secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, 1976–1979.

Education: Master of Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, NHH.

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John Giverholt

Vice-chairman

John Giverholt (Photo: Ole Walter Jacobsen)
  • Appointed: 8 May 2003
  • Stocks: 0 as of 20 February 2009

Background: Chief Financial Officer of Ferd AS. Leading positions in Arthur Andersen, Actinor, Norsk Hydro, DnB and Orkla. Chairman of the Telenor Audit Comittee. State authorized public accountant in Norway.

Education: Bachelor of Science from the University of Manchester, England.

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Burckhard Bergmann

Board member

Burckhard Bergmann (Photo: Ole Walter Jacobsen)
  • Appointed: 29 May 2008
  • Stocks: 0 as of 20 February 2009

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.

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Kjersti Kleven

Board member

Kjersti Kleven (Photo: Ole Walter Jacobsen)
  • Appointed: 31 May 2007
  • Stocks: 0 as of 20 February 2009

Background: Joint owner of John Kleven AS. Product Manager at Nordvest Forum AS for five years. Human Resources Manager at Rolls-Royce Marine AS. Researcher at Fafo. She holds several board positions in Kleven Group operations.

Education: Bachelor of Science from the University of Oslo. Business Economist from the Norwegian School of management, BI.

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Olav Volldal

Board member

Olav Volldal (Photo: Ole Walter Jacobsen)
  • Appointed: 31 May 2007
  • Stocks: 0 as of 20 February 2009

Background: He is CEO of Kongsberg Automotiv Holding ASA and has been with Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk (Kongsberg Weapon Factory) since 1975. He holds board positions at Elopak AS, Ulefos NV AS, Cappelen Holding and NCE Kongsberg. Member of the Telenor HSE Committee.

Education: Graduate Engineer from the Norwegian University of Technology and Science, NTNU.

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Liselott Kilaas

Board member

Liselott Kilaas (Photo: Ole Walter Jacobsen)
  • Appointed: 8 May 2003
  • Stocks: 0 as of 20 February 2009

Background: Managing director of Aleris AS. She has previously held leading positions at Zenitel ASA, in the oil industry, PA Consulting Group and Stento AS. Currently a board member of the Central Bank of Norway, Norges Bank. Member of Telenor's Compensation Committee.

Education: Master of Science from the University of Oslo and MBA from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne.

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Barbara Milian Thoralfsson

Board member

Barbara Milan Thoralfsson (Photo: Storebrand.no)
  • Appointed: 11 May 2009
  • Stocks: 10,000 as of 11 May 2009

Background: Director at Fleming Invest AS, and a member of the Boards of Electrolux AB, SCA AB, Storebrand ASA, Fleming Invest, Stokke AS, Tandberg ASA and Norfolier AS. 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.

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Sanjiv Ahuja

Board member

Sanjiv Ahuja (Photo: tie.org)
  • Appointed: 11 May 2009
  • Stocks: 0 as of 11 May 2009

Background: Chairman of Augere and has been chairman and CEO of Orange SA. He has previously held leading positions at IBM (fifteen years) and as President of Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore).

Education: Degree in electronic engineering from Delhi University, India, and a Master's degree in computer science from Columbia University in New York.

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Bjørn Andre Anderssen

Board member, employee representative

Bjørn Andre Anderssen (Photo: Ole Walter Jacobsen)
  • Appointed: 23 August 2007
  • Stocks: 1,501 as of 12 February 2010

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

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Brit Østby Fredriksen

Board member, employee representative

  • Appointed: 20 January 2010
  • Stocks: 2,140 as of 27 January 2010

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

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Harald Stavn

Board member, employee representative

Harald Stavn (Photo: Ole Walter Jacobsen)
  • Appointed: 20 June 2000
  • Stocks: 4,970 as of 10 November 2008

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.

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All photos: Marte Garmann Johnsen/Telenor