GP Chairman due in city
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Grameenphone (GP) Limited Chairman and Head of Telenor Group for Asia Region Sigve Brekke will arrive in the city today (Tuesday) on a three-day official visit, according to a press release.
During his stay in Bangladesh, Mr Brekke will meet Grameenphone management, senior officials from Grameenphone shareholder Grameen Telecom and also meet with several senior officials of government, private sector and the media.
Mr Brekke had joined the Telenor Singapore office in 1999 as Manager Business Development and later Managing Director.
He served as co-Chief Executive Officer of dtac from 2002 to 2005, and Chief Executive Officer in dtac from 2005-2008. Prior to joining Telenor, he was the Deputy Minister (State Secretary) of Defence in Norway in 1993, and held position as an associate research fellow at John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in the USA.
He was nominated as Grameenphone chairman in September 2008.
During his stay in Bangladesh, Mr Brekke will meet Grameenphone management, senior officials from Grameenphone shareholder Grameen Telecom and also meet with several senior officials of government, private sector and the media.
Mr Brekke had joined the Telenor Singapore office in 1999 as Manager Business Development and later Managing Director.
He served as co-Chief Executive Officer of dtac from 2002 to 2005, and Chief Executive Officer in dtac from 2005-2008. Prior to joining Telenor, he was the Deputy Minister (State Secretary) of Defence in Norway in 1993, and held position as an associate research fellow at John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in the USA.
He was nominated as Grameenphone chairman in September 2008.