Sigve Brekke | |
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| Born | 15 December 1959 |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Education | Telemark University College (never finished), Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | President and CEO, Telenor |
Sigve Brekke (born 15 December 1959) is the President and CEO of Telenor Group, an international telecommunications company present in 13 markets across the Nordic region, Europe and Asia.
Sigve Brekke has been a member of the Executive Management team of Telenor Group since 2008, and succeeded Jon Fredrik Baksaas as president and CEO in August 2015. From 2008 to 2015, Sigve Brekke was responsible for Telenor's operations in Asia.
Sigve Brekke joined Telenor in 1999 as Manager Business Development and later managing director of its Singapore office. He worked as co-Chief Executive Officer of Thai mobile operator dtac (part of the Telenor Group) from 2002 to 2005, and chief executive officer in Dtac from 2005 to 2008. He has also worked as managing director of Uninor from 2010 to 2013. From September 2014 to March 2015, Sigve Brekke served as interim CEO at dtac.
Prior to joining Telenor, Sigve Brekke was a politician. He was the secretary-general of the Workers' Youth League from 1989 to 1992. [1] In March 1993 he was appointed as a political adviser in the Ministry of Defence, being a part of Brundtland's Third Cabinet. In November 1993 he was promoted to State Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, where he served until 1996. [2]
He holds a Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA) [3] - a one-year program - from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He has also been an associate research fellow at the same school.
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