Haakon Bruaset Kjoel

Mr. Haakon Bruaset Kjoel was appointed to the Board on 14 September 2011. He is a senior corporate and public affairs professional with extensive experience from the telecom and digital industries in Europe and Asia. He is currently the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer of Telenor Group’s mobile operator in Thailand, dtac. Prior to this, Mr. Haakon served as Telenor’s Senior Vice President for for Partner and External Relations for Asia and Acting Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. Mr. Haakon serves on the Board of Directors of several Telenor Group companies in Singapore, Telenor Myanmar, Telenor Pakistan, and Digi in Malaysia where he serves as the Chair of the Board. He is also a non-executive Director of the architect and design company Snohetta AS headquartered in Oslo. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, where he also studied public relations