AI assistant
Telenor ASA — Board/Management Information 2014
May 16, 2014
3773_iss_2014-05-16_4629fb73-3cbc-4594-a0db-a9b473b46907.html
Board/Management Information
Open in viewerOpens in your device viewer
Telenor appoints three new members of the Group Executive Management
Telenor appoints three new members of the Group Executive Management
Telenor Group implements organisational changes and
appoints Henrik Clausen, Katja Christina Nordgaard and
Pål Wien Espen as new executive vice presidents and
members of the its executive management.
Henrik Clausen (50) has been appointed Executive Vice
President and Head of Group Strategy and Digital. This
new unit will be responsible for Telenor Group's
overall strategy, drive the Group's digital agenda and
support the Group's operations within digital
services. Mr Clausen comes from the position as CEO of
the Malaysian mobile operator DiGi, in which Telenor
holds a 49% ownership stake. Henrik Clausen starts in
his new position on 15 June 2014.
Katja Christina Nordgaard (52) has been appointed
Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate
Affairs. The new unit will combine corporate
communications, sustainability and government
relations. Ms Nordgaard currently holds the position
as Norwegian Ambassador to Thailand and Cambodia. In
the years 2010 to 2013, she also served as the
Norwegian Ambassador to Myanmar. She joined the
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988, and has
during her career held various senior positions within
the Foreign Service as well as in the private sector.
Nordgaard has a Master in Business Administration from
the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). Katja
Christina Nordgaard will start in her new role on 4
August 2014.
Pål Wien Espen (49) has been appointed Executive Vice
President and Head of Legal Affairs. Mr Espen joined
Telenor in 1995 and has already been participating in
Group Executive Management meetings as the Group's
General Counsel and Head of Group Legal.
As a result of the organizational changes, Rolv-Erik
Spilling, who has held the position as Executive Vice
President and Head of Telenor Digital, will step down
from the Group's executive management on 15 June 2014.