The Corporate Assembly of Telenor ASA has in its meeting on 11 May 2020 elected members to the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA.
The following member of the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA was up for election by the Corporate Assembly in 2020: Jacob Aqraou was first elected by the Corporate Assembly on 11 May 2016 and re-elected by the Corporate Assembly on 2 May 2018 for a period of up to two years. The Corporate Assembly resolved to re-elect Jacob Aqraou as member of the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA with effect from 11 may 2020 for a period of up to two years.
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Further, the Corporate Assembly resolved to elect Astrid Simonsen Joos and Pieter Cornelis Knook as new members of the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA with effect from 11 may 2020 for a period of up to two years. Renée Obermann decided to resign as member of the Board of Directors in August 2019. Grethe Viksaas resigns from the Board of Directors with effect from 11 May 2020.
The members were elected in accordance with the recommendation from the Nomination Committee. The Board of Directors of Telenor ASA shall according to the Articles of Association consist of between five and thirteen members. Following the election by the Corporate Assembly, the Board of Directors will have ten members, including the three employee representatives, as follows: - Gunn Wærsted (Chair) - Jørgen Kildahl - Sally Davis - Jon Erik Reinhardsen - Jacob Aqraou - Astrid Simonsen Joos - Pieter Cornelis Knook - Esben Smistad (employee representative) - Jan Otto Eriksen (employee representative) - Anita Steine (employee representative).
Information on the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA: https://www.telenor.com/about-us/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/
Contact: Bjørn Erik Næss, Chair of the Corporate Assembly and Nomination Committee of Telenor ASA. Mobile: +47 415 05 201
Investor Relations:
Øystein Myrvold, mobile: +47 99 23 04 60, oystein.myrvold@telenor.com
Kristine Devold, mobile: +47 90 05 07 80, kristine.devold@telenor.com
Candidate information:
Jacob Aqraou
Term of office: Elected 11 May 2016, re-elected 2 May 2018 for a period of up to two years.
Committee: Chair of the Innovation and Technology Committee and member of the Risk and Audit Committee
Shares in Telenor ASA: 10 000 as of 30 April 2020
Year of birth, residence: Born 1972 in Denmark. Resident in Denmark.
Experience: Jacob 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, and a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
Pieter Cornelis Knook
Year of birth, residence: Born 1958. Resident in London, United Kingdom.
Shares in Telenor ASA: 0 as of 30 April 2020
Experience: Pieter Knook has extensive international business experience in sales, marketing and product development from multinational technology companies, including several management positions in Microsoft from 1990 to 2008. Knook served as President for Microsoft Asia from 1997 to 2001. Knook was Internet Services Director with Vodafone from 2008 to 2010 and was Visiting Professor of Innovation at the University of Cambridge. Knook is currently an Industrial Advisor at HIG Europe.
Other directorships: Member of the Board of Directors of Alpha 10X (Paris, France), Chair of the Board of Directors of LINX – The London Internet Exchange (London, UK), Chair of the Board of Directors of Altitute Angel (Reading, UK), Member of the Board of Directors of Bio-Key (New Jersey, USA) and Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of Pulsant (Maidenhead, UK). Previous directorships include Member of the Board of Directors of TDC from 2013 - May 2018.
Education: Knook holds a MA in Electrical Sciences from the University of Cambridge.
Astrid Simonsen Joos
Year of birth, residence: Born 1973 in Norway. Resident in Denmark.
Shares in Telenor ASA: 0 as of 30 April 2020
Experience: Simonsen Joos has significant experience within digital, sales/marketing, business development and people management from her 20 years’ within the software Industry and digital business development. Simonsen Joos currently serves as Global Chief Digital Officer and Head of Transformation of Signify (formerly known as Philips Lighting) in 2019, after serving five years as CEO of Signify in the Nordics. She has held numerous management positions at Microsoft and also served as CEO for Creuna Denmark, a digital agency.
Other directorships: Member of the Board of Directors of Nordea Invest (Copenhagen, Denmark).
Education: Simonsen Joos holds a M.Sc in Business and Economics from BI Norwegian Business School, and Master of Management Program focusing on eMarketing from BI Norwegian Business School.
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