Telenor ASA has in its meeting on 10 May 2023 elected Jens Petter Olsen as Chair of the Board of Directors, with effect from 10 May 2023 for a period of up to two years. Olsen is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at DNB, where he also chairs the Risk Management Committee. He has been a member of the Board of Directors at DNB since 2019.

From 2008 to 2018, he was employed at Danske Bank mainly in various management positions. Olsen also has more than ten years of experience from Norges Bank and Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), including heading the New York office of NBIM from 2000 to 2008. He has a degree in Economics and Business Administration (Siviløkonom HAE) from Norwegian School of Economics and a Master of Philosophy (Finance) from London Business School.

In addition to the election of the Chair, Jan Geldmacher, Gyrid Skalleberg Ingerø and Ottar Ertzeid were elected as new members of the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA. Gunn Wærsted, Jørgen Kildahl, Jon Erik Reinhardsen, and Elisabetta Ripa resign from the Board with effect from 10 May 2023.