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Telenor ASA — Board/Management Information 2016
May 9, 2016
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Board/Management Information
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Proposal for new board members to Telenor ASA
Proposal for new board members to Telenor ASA
Telenor's Nomination Committee has put forward a proposal
that Jacob Aqraou (43) and Siri Beate Hatlen (59) are
elected as new members of the Board of Directors of Telenor
ASA.
The proposed candidates will succeed Frank Dangeard and
Marit Vaagen, who have requested to be relieved from the
Board of Directors. In addition Burckhard Bergmann has
asked to be relieved of his duty as Director. The Nomination
Committee is considering proposing the election of a new
Director to replace Burckhard Bergman. Such proposal will in
case be made shortly.
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. Aqraou holds a Master's degree in Finance and
Accounting from Copenhagen Business School, as well as a
Master in Business and Administration from Harvard Business
School.
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 Sevan Marine, Entra and Eksportkreditt. 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.
Burckhard Bergmann (73), Frank Dangeard (58) and Marit
Vaagen (48) have served on the board since 2008, 2011 and
2013, respectively.
Members of the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA are
proposed by the Nomination Committee and elected by the
Corporate Assembly. The Corporate Assembly meets on 11 May
2016, after the Annual General Meeting, and will then decide
on the two proposed candidates.