Telenor appoints chairman for Broadcast and Media divisions

Nordic telco Telenor has announced that executive vice-president and head of group strategy and regulatory affairs Morten Karlsen Sørby has been appointed chairman of both the Telenor Broadcast and the Telenor Media and Content Services (TMCS) units.

Sørby is also the present chairman of Telenor Norway, having previously headed both the Telenor Group industrialisation efforts as well as the Nordic operations of Telenor.

“By assembling the business units Telenor Broadcast, TMCS and Telenor Norway under the chairmanship of Morten Karlsen Sørby, we open up for the possibility to further explore benefits across business units and develop our service offerings. Morten has a unique combination of operational experiences along with deep insight into our business models. I look forward to seeing the results under his leadership,” said Jon Fredrik Baksaas, CEO and president of the Telenor Group.