Morten Tengs - new CEO at
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting
29 January 2013
Morten Tengs (51) has
been appointed as the new CEO at Telenor Satellite Broadcasting
(TSBc). Mr. Tengs comes from the position as Senior Vice
President at Telenor Group’s regional office for Asia, in
Bangkok. He succeeds Cato Halsaa, who is to retire this summer.
“Morten Tengs will be
starting in his new role this summer. His broad
experience and competence from executive positions in several
Telenor companies, will be an important contribution to further
development of Telenor Satellite Broadcasting,” says Telenor
Broadcast SVP & CEO Patrik Hofbauer, who is also chairman for
TSBc.
“I am impressed that TSBc has taken
such an important position in the market, whilst at the same
time renewing their fleet of satellites. The last addition is
the THOR 7 satellite, which will be ready for operation as of
2014. I look forward to taking over the lead of the company, and
I am delighted for the opportunity to work with such motivated
and highly skilled employees. I would also like to thank Cato
Halsaa for the dedication and hard work he has invested in TSBc,
which has contributed to a company well positioned for future
growth,” says Mr. Tengs.
Morten Tengs has since
June 2011 been a part of Telenor Group’s regional management
team in Asia, and is today also member of the board at dtac,
DiGi, Telenor Pakistan and Grameenphone. Mr. Tengs has been part
of the Telenor Group since 1995 and has held a number of
executive positions in, amongst others, Telenor Global Services,
Telenor Corporate Development and Telenor Satellite Services.
Mr. Tengs is a graduated engineer from AiD (Grimstad, Norway),
and holds a Master degree in Economics, from the Norwegian
business School BI.