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Arve Johansen

Arve Johansen has been a key figure in shaping Norway's telecom giant, Telenor, into the global company it is today. Johansen holds degrees from both the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and the Harvard Business School in Boston. He entered the telecom industry in 1978, as a technical manager for EB Telecom, where he served as chief engineer on several large-scale projects. This career foundation lead him to Telenor, where he served first as CEO of Telenor International and later Deputy Group CEO responsible for all of Telenor’s activities in Asia. Currently, Johansen is the Chairman of the Board for Telenor Connexion, a division of Telenor, that is exploring machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. He is also a current board member for Wireless Matrix and Eltek, and a past board member for the GSM Association.

Arve Johansen holds 50,000 options in the company