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CEO and Group Executive Management

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is in charge of the day-to-day management of the Telenor Group. The Group Executive Management consists of heads of key business areas and functions at Telenor.

Jon Fredrik Baksaas

President and Chief Executive
Officer (CEO)

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  • Appointed: 21 June 2002
  • Stocks: 190,548 as of 26 February 2013
  • Options: 100,000 as of 22 February 2010

Background: Mr. Jon Fredrik Baksaas has been President and CEO of Telenor Group since June 2002. During this period, the total number of subscriptions in Telenor Group’s mobile operations has increased from 21 million in June 2002 to 130 million in 2012. Telenor Group at present has mobile operations in 11 markets and in additionally 18 markets through our ownership in VimpelCom Ltd.

Prior to becoming the President and CEO, Baksaas served as Telenor’s Deputy CEO, CFO and Executive Vice President with the overall responsibility for Telenor’s networks and communication services in Norway, one of the world’s most advanced countries in ICT usage. Before joining Telenor in 1989, he served as CFO in Aker AS, CFO in Stolt-Nielsen Seaway and held finance related positions in Det Norske Veritas (DNV) in Norway and Japan. Baksaas is currently a board member of VimpelCom Ltd, Svenska Handelsbanken AB, GSMA Association and the Advisory Council of Det Norske Veritas (DNV).

Education: Mr. Baksaas holds a Master of Science degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and has additional qualifications from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Richard Olav Aa

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

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  • Appointed: 1 March 2010
  • Stocks: 22,597 as of 26 February 2013

Background: Before taking up the position as CFO in Telenor Group, Aa served as Investment Director of Arendals Fossekompani ASA, a listed electrical utility and investment company. He has held various management positions in the metals and energy company Elkem, both in Norway and the USA, including the position as CFO of Elkem (1999 to 2005, when the company was listed). He has also been Managing Director of the listed investment company Norsk Vekst ASA (2005 to 2007) and Executive Vice President for business development in Bertel O. Steen AS (1997 to 1999).

Education: Master of Science in Business and Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen, specializing in strategies and finance.

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Sigve Brekke

Executive Vice President and
Head of the Telenor Asia
operations

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  • Appointed: 1 September 2008
  • Stocks: 86,235 as of 26 February 2013
  • Options: 0 as of 6 November 2012

Background: Mr. Brekke joined the Telenor Singapore office in 1999 as Manager Business Development and later Managing Director. Mr Brekke served as co-Chief Executive Officer of dtac from 2002 to 2005, and Chief Executive Officer in dtac from 2005-2008. Prior to joining Telenor, Mr. Brekke has served as the Deputy Minister (State Secretary) of Defence in Norway in 1993, and has also held position as an associate research fellow at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in the USA.

Education: Master of Public Administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

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Kjell-Morten
Johnsen

Executive Vice President and
Head of Telenor’s European
Operations

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  • Appointed: 11 May 2012
  • Stocks: 48,216 as of 26 February 2013

Background: Kjell-Morten Johnsen comes from the position as CEO of Telenor Serbia, a position he held for three years. Johnsen serves as a member of the Board of Directors of VimpelCom Ltd as of June 2011 and at OJSC VimpelCom (Russia) as of June 2007. While working in Serbia, Kjell Johnsen served as the President of the Foreign Investors Council of Serbia from December 2009 to December 2011. Prior to moving to Serbia, Kjell-Morten Johnsen has held a number of senior positions in Telenor, including Senior Vice President of Telenor Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Head of Telenor Russia. Until February 2008 he was Member of the Board of Directors of Golden Telecom.

Education: MBA in Strategic Management from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in cooperation with HEC, France.

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Rolv-Erik Spilling

Executive Vice President and
Head of Digital Services

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  • Appointed: 29 October 2012
  • Stocks: 12,898 as of 14 January 2013
  • Options: 16,272 as of 26 February 2013

Background: Rolv-Erik Spilling has held various positions in Telenor Norway before he became the Deputy Head in Telenor Digital Services in September 2011. He has acted as Chief Marketing Officer Business, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Services, IT and Technology. Spilling first joined Telenor in 2000.

Education: MSc in Mathematics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

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Hilde M. Tonne

Executive Vice President and
Head of Group Industrial
development

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  • Appointed: 14 September 2011
  • Stocks: 24,038 as of 26 February 2013

Background: Tonne came to Telenor in 2007 from Norsk Hydro Oil & Energy, where she was head of Technology & Research. In Telenor she has served as Deputy Head of Telenor’s operations in Asia in 2010-2011 and as EVP Communications and CR prior to that. Hilde Tonne served in several managerial positions in Hydro from 2000-2007, and up until 1999 she held various positions in Saga Petroleum. She is currently on the Board of Det Norske Veritas, and she has earlier served on the Board of Statkraft ASA and Gassnova AS.

Education: Master of Science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway and from RWTH Aachen, Germany.

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Berit Svendsen

Executive Vice President and
Head of Telenor Norway
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  • Appointed: 14 September 2011
  • Stocks: 23,355 as of 26 February 2013
  • Options: 0 as of 6 November 2012

Background: Svendsen joined Telenor in 1988 as a Research Scientist. From 2000 to 2005 she was Executive Vice President and CTO of Telenor and also working Chair of Telenor R&D. In January 2005 she took up the position as Vice President and Head of Telenor Nordic Fixed with overall responsibility for the fixed network business in Norway. From 2002 to 2007 Berit Svendsen was a member of the European Commission / IST Advisory Group. She joined Conax as CEO in May 2008. Svendsen is currently a board member of DNB and EMGS.

Education: Berit Svendsen holds an MSc in Electronics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (1988), and a Master of Technology Management from NTNU and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (1995).

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Morten Karlsen
Sørby

Executive Vice President and
Head of Strategy and
RegulatoryAffairs
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  • Appointed: April 2009
  • Stocks: 64,574 as of 26 February 2013

Background: Mr. Sørby joined Telenor in 1993 where he has held a number of senior positions, including Executive Vice President and head of the Nordic mobile and fixed network operations of Telenor, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Telenor Mobile and General Manager of Telenor International AS. He has previously worked at Arthur Andersen & Co in Oslo, Norway.

Education: Master of Science in Business administration. He is a state licensed public accountant (Norway). He also has qualifications from the International Institute for Management Development, IMD, in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Jon Erik Haug

Executive Vice President and
Head of Group People
Development
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  • Appointed: 1 November 2012
  • Stocks: 12,907 as of 26 February 2013

Background: Haug has been in Telenor Group since 1997 and has held a number of senior positions in Norway and Sweden. Prior to his current position, Jon Erik Haug was CEO of Telenor Denmark since 2010.

Education: MBA from IMD (International Institute for Management Development) in Lausanne and a Master of General Business from the Norwegian Business School, BI.

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