Telenor Group today announced that Mr. Martin Furuseth has been appointed acting Head of Group Industrial Development (GID) in Telenor Group, effective August 1, 2015.

Published: 31 July 2015

Furuseth replaces Ms. Hilde Tonne, who has been appointed as CEO for the future joint venture in Denmark.

GID is the division responsible for carrying out Telenor Group’s industrialization ambition across the company’s 13 markets and for developing the entire company’s operations on a global scale, in order to provide high quality services to the customers.

With over 30 years of experience within technology and telecom, Furuseth has the relevant operational and leadership experience for taking on this position. He has in-depth knowledge of Telenor and has been part of the GID management team for the past three years.

In his role as acting Head of GID, Furuseth will be a part of Telenor Group’s Executive Management.