Morten Sørby to head Telenor Group in Asia
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
(Oslo, Norway - 18 May 2015) Telenor Group today announced that Mr. Morten Sørby
has been appointed Head of Region Asia in Telenor Group, effective 1 June 2015.
Mr. Sigve Brekke was recently announced as the upcoming President and CEO of
Telenor Group and will now start his preparation period ahead of the starting
date of 17 August 2015. Sørby will assume all the responsibilities in overseeing
and running Telenor Group's operations in Asia - and joins Telenor's Group
Executive Management team.
Morten Sørby, a Norwegian national, brings significant operational and strategic
mobile telecommunications experience to the role as Head of Region Asia. He
joined Telenor in 1993 and has previously been a member of the Telenor's Group
Executive Management team for a number of years. He has served as the Executive
Vice President in charge of corporate strategy and regulatory affairs in Telenor
Group. Sørby was also the Executive Vice President and head of the Norwegian and
Nordic mobile and fixed network operations of Telenor.
In 2014, Sørby was CEO of Uninor, Telenor's wholly owned operations in India.
During this period, the company continued to strengthen, both in terms of
revenue and customer market share. Sørby holds a Master of Science in Business
Administration from the University of Karlstad. He has also completed additional
education from IMD in Switzerland and is a state-authorized public accountant in
Norway.
"Morten brings his vast experience from the global mobile industry to the role
as head of our operations in Asia. Morten will continue our growth story in this
dynamic region and I am confident that he will put his deep industry insight
into action together with our operations in Asia," says Jon Fredrik Baksaas,
President and CEO, Telenor Group.
Download photo of Morten Sørby here
Contact:
Tor Odland
Head of Communications, Region Asia
+65 9777 4782
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