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Fridtjof Rusten
TELENOR ASIA PTE LTD, EVP & Head of Telenor Asia
Speaker Bio
As CEO of Telenor Asia, Mr Fridtjof Rusten leads the Telenor Asia office in Singapore, which is responsible for Telenor’s business activities in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand and Pakistan.
Fridtjof has worked in Telenor for 25 years. Prior to his current role, Fridtjof held several senior leadership roles in Telenor’s businesses across Europe and Asia as well as at the Company’s headquarters in Oslo. These include CFO Telenor Asia, CEO of Telenor Pakistan and Chief Transformation Officer for True Corporation in Thailand. He has also held the role of CFO for Telenor Pakistan, dtac (prior to the amalgamation with True) and Grameenphone alongside other senior executive roles in Telenor entities.
Fridtjof also has more than 20 years of Board experience and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Grameenphone in Bangladesh and CelcomDigi in Malaysia. He has previously served on the Board of Telenor Linx, a global unit that combines traditional core telco with digital capabilities, as well as VimpelCom Ltd (now Veon).
Fridtjof holds a Masters of Science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
