The Board is responsible for the management of the Telenor Group and the proper organisation of its operations. Appointed: 14 January 2016 Member of committee: People and Governance (Chair), Sustainability and Compliance Background: Gunn Wærsted was born in 1955 and lives in Oslo, Norway. She most recently served as Executive Vice President and member of the Group Executive Management in Nordea Bank and Country Senior Executive in Nordea Bank Norway (until 2016). During her career, she has held a number of senior executive positions within banking and insurance, among these are positions as CEO of SpareBank 1 Gruppen and the SpareBank 1 Alliansen, Group Executive Vice President of DNB and CEO of Vital Forsikring. Gunn Wærsted is Chair of the Board of Petoro and has previously been a board member of Statoil, Statkraft and Ferd Holding. Education: Master in Business and Economics (siviløkonom) from BI Norwegian Business School. Download hi-res image of Gunn Wærsted from Flickr
Appointed: 19 May 2011 Member of committee: Sustainability and Compliance (Chair), Risk and Audit Background: Dag Opedal was born in 1959 and lives in Oslo, Norway. He is former CEO of Orkla Group and has held other leading positions in Orkla, Ferd Capital, NorgesGruppen, Stabburet, Dyno Industrier and Nora Industrier. Dag Opedal is an Executive Advisor to FSN Capital and holds board positions in Bertel O. Steen Holding, Nammo, Meltwater BV, Odin Forvaltning, Kavli Holding, Kavli Trust, Cosmetics and PM. Education: Degree in Business Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen, Norway, and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. Download hi-res image of Dag J. Opedal from Flickr Appointed: 11 May 2016 Member of committee: Innovation and Technology Background: Jacob Aqraou was born in Denmark in 1972 and lives in Switzerland. Mr. Aqraou had a long career at eBay including positions as Senior Vice President of Europe Middle East and Africa, and General Manager eBay Classifieds Group.
Prior to joining eBay in 2002, Aqraou was the founder of Finexia and has also worked in investment banking and management consulting. Education: Aqraou holds a Master’s degree in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School, as well as a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. Download high resolution image for Jacob Aqraou from Flickr Member of committee: People and Governance, Innovation and Technology Background: Siri Beate Hatlen was born in Norway in 1957 and lives in Bærum, Norway. Ms. Hatlen has a background from various management positions within private and public sector in Norway, including Executive Vice President of Statkraft and Chief Executive Officer of Oslo University Hospital. She has a long experience from numerous boards of directors, including Vinmonopolet, Helse Øst, Smedvig, PGS, Kongsberggruppen and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She currently serves on the boards of among other Bane Nor, Entra and Eksportkreditt.
Education: Hatlen holds a Master of Science in process engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD in France. Download high resolution image of Siri Beate Hatlen from Flickr Appointed: 14 May 2014 Member of committee: Risk and audit (Chair) Background: Jon Erik Reinhardsen was born in 1956 and lives in Oslo, Norway. Mr. Reinhardsen is CEO of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), a position he has held since April 2008. Prior to joining PGS, he has held executive positions in Alcoa, Aker Kvaerner and Aker Maritime. Reinhardsen is a member of the Board of Directors in Awilhelmsen Management AS, Borregaard ASA and Oceaneering International, Inc. He has served on the Board of Directors of Cameron International Corp (2009-2016), Hoegh Autoliners AS (2006-2014) and Hoegh LNG Holdings Ltd (2006-2014). Education: Master in Applied Mathematics and Geophysics from the University of Bergen, Norway.
In 1991, he completed the International Executive Program at the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Download high resolution image of Jon Erik Reinhardsen from Flickr Appointed: 11 May 2016 Member of committee: Sustainability and Compliance Background: Ashok Vaswani was born in India in 1960 and lives in London, United Kingdom. Mr Vaswani has held various management positions in Barclays PLC since 2010, and is currently Chief Executive Officer for Barclays UK. From 1987 to 2007, Vaswani held a variety of senior roles in Citibank, including the Chief Administrator Officer for Citi Cards in the United States as well as the Chief Executive Officer for the Consumer Bank across Asia. From 2007 to 2009, Vaswani worked for Brysam Global Partners, which is a private equity firm specializing in consumer banking. Education: Vaswani received his education at Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai in India and also holds post graduate degrees from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in India, specializing in finance, accounting, tax and audit.
Download high resolution image of Ashok Vaswani from Flickr Appointed: 23 November 2011 Member of committee: Innovation and Technology (Chair), People and Governance Background: Sally Davis was born in 1953 and lives in London, United Kingdom. She has worked in the global telecommunications industry for 30 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. Sally Davis has held several executive positions in British Telecom Group since 1999, including President BT Global Services and CEO of BT Wholesale. Ms. Davis has also held leadership positions in Bell Atlantic and Mercury Communications. She is on the boards of Logitech, Switzerland and Cityfibre Holdings, UK. Previous Boards include Henderson Smaller Cap Investment Trust, Inet, an Italian hosting company; the UK Department for Transport and the BBC. She has been a board member of Telenor ASA since 2011.
Education: B.A. Hons graduate and a Fellow of University College, London. Download hi-res image of Sally Davis from Flickr Appointed: 20 May 2015 Member of committee: Risk and Audit, Sustainability and Compliance Background: Regi Aalstad was born in Norway in 1964 and lives in Switzerland. She has held several General Manager and Vice President positions with Procter & Gamble in Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Regi Aalstad has over 25 years of international experience in fast moving consumer goods with P&G and has lead local and regional business based in Sweden, Egypt, Switzerland and Singapore. She served as Vice President of Baby Care until 2014. She is on the boards of directors of Geberit Group, Switzerland, and chairs the Norwegian NGO “Dråpen i Havet”. Education: Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan. Download hi-res image of Regi Aalstad from Flickr Appointed: 25 June 2015 Member of committee: Sustainability and Compliance
Background: Per Gunnar Salomonsen, born 1954, has been a Group Employee Representative for the Norwegian trade union EL & IT Forbundet since 2000. He has been working for Telenor since 1973, where he has served as an Operations Engineer. He was a board member in Telenor ASA from 2000 to 2007, prior to his current appointment. Education: Salomonsen is a qualified engineer. Download hi-res image of Per Gunnar Salomonsen from Flickr Member of committee: People and Governance Background: Åse Selfjord, born 1959, has worked in Telenor Real Estate since August 2009. Prior to joining Telenor, she was employed in The Norwegian Post – having started in 1985. In both positions she served as a Real Estate Manager. Åse Selfjord has been an employee representative on the Board of Directors for Telenor Real Estate since January 2012. Education: Selfjord studied Real Estate Management at Oslo University College in 2001/2002. She also studied Construction Law at the University of Oslo in 1990.
From 1985 to 1988, she was enrolled in the Norwegian Post internal education program in administration and economics. She has also studied Business English at EF Corporate Language. Download hi-res image of Åse Selfjord for Flickr Appointed: 20 June 2000 Member of committee: Risk and Audit, Innovation and Technology Background: Harald Stavn, born 1954, joined Telenor in 1974 and has held various positions in the company. He is a board member of the Telenor Pension Fund (Telenor Pensjonskasse) and chair 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. Download hi-res image of Harald Stavn from Flickr Committees of the Board The Board of Directors has established four committees of the Board: The People and Governance Committee, Risk and Audit Committee, Sustainability and Compliance Committee and Innovation and Technology Committee, which all are preparatory working committees of the Board.