Ms. Åshild M. Bendiktsen

Non Executive Board member

Åshild M. Bendiktsen was Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Telenor, previously she held the position of Non Executive Director in Telenor. Åshild was elected to the Board in June 1994 and was a Board member until November 1999. She was re-elected in May 2000 and from July 2000 she served as Vice-Chairman of the Board. She was again elected on 18 June 2002 and functioned as Chairman from 3 December 2002 to 6 March 2003.

Åshild Bendiktsen has also been Chairman of the Board of NHO in Troms County, and sat on NHO’s Executive Board. She has also been Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Norut Group, and was Junior Minister (State Secretary) at the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications in 1986-88 and 1990-91.

Åshild also served on the board of SND (now a part of Innovation Norway) from 1993-1995. Åshild has in addition served two periods on the board of Scandinavinan Airlines (SAS),  and been a board member of several other financial and technology companies. Åshild has a degree in economics.