TANDBERG Board of Directors

Jan Chr. Opsahl,
Chairman of the Board

Jan Chr. Opsahl
Jan Chr. Opsahl is a Business Administration graduate from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and a Sloan Fellow of the London Business School / MIT. Opsahl was previously Executive VP of Sales & Marketing for Dyno Industries and Unitor, as well as President of Tomra Systems. He was Chairman of TANDBERG TV from 1988 to 2007 and Chairman of Tomra Systems from 1989 to 2008. In 1988 he became the Founder and President of a new Company utilizing TANDBERG as the holding Company. He joined the Board of TANDBERG in 1996 and has been the Chairman since 1997. He is currently Chairman of the Board of TANDBERG and Dallas Asset Management. Opsahl is the Chairman of TANDBERG's Audit Committee.

Jørgen Ole Haslestad
Jørgen Ole Haslestad
Jørgen Ole Haslestad is M.Sc. Mechanical Engineer from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He started his professional career in Kongsberg Offshore (formerly Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk) in 1986, and from 1989 was Managing Director. He worked at Siemens AG from 1994 to 2008, with his last position being CEO of Siemens Industrial Solutions Division. In October 2008 Haslestad was appointed President and CEO of Yara ASA, a company listed on the Norwegian Stock Exchange. He joined the Board of TANDBERG in April 2004.

Barbara Milian Thoralfsson
Barbara Thoralfsson
Barbara Thoralfsson has an MBA from Columbia University. She started her professional career at Kraft General Foods in 1981 and has been Managing Director of Middelfart and President of TeliaSonera Norway (NetCom AS). Thoralfsson is currently a Director at Fleming Invest AS, and is a member of the Boards of Electrolux AB, Fleming Invest, Stokke AS, Norfolier AS, SCA AB and Storebrand ASA. She joined the Board of TANDBERG in March 2006 and is a member of TANDBERG's Compensation Committee.

Helen Karlsen
Helen Karlsen
Helen Karlsen started her professional career at TANDBERG Radio and TANDBERG Industries, where she worked for 17 years within manufacturing, logistics and sales. She joined TANDBERG Television in 1986 and has worked primarily within the areas of finance, administration and logistics. Karlsen has also been General Manager of TANDBERG Television's Norwegian operations since June 2003. She has been a Board Member of TANDBERG Television and its legal predecessor from 1987 to 2007. She joined the Board of TANDBERG in April 2007 and is a member of TANDBERG’s Audit Committee.

Bengt Thuresson
Bengt Thuresson
Bengt Thuresson holds a Master of Science degree from the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology. Thuresson has more than 30 years experience from international high-tech businesses. He started his career at the computer manufacturer MYCRON in 1977. From 1989 he worked for TANDBERG in different executive positions and from 1997 to 2001, he was the CEO of TANDBERG. Thuresson is the Chairman of the Board of Komplett and ELTEK and Board member of Protan, T-VIPS and Cinevation. He has previously been Chairman in NextGenTel and Confirmit, and Vice Chairman of TANDBERG Television. He joined the Board of TANDBERG in April 2008, and is the Chairman of TANDBERG’s Compensation Committee.

Finn Helge Lunde
Finn Helge Lunde
Finn Helge Lunde was elected to the Board of TANDBERG in January 2009 as an employee representative. He began his career at TANDBERG in 2003 as a project manager and developer within R&D, and currently works as Global Product Manager for TANDBERG Telepresence and Room systems. Before coming to TANDBERG, Finn Helge was a product development consultant at Kitron Development for five years. He holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Ann Katrine Kolstad
Ann Katrine Kolstad was elected to the Board of TANDBERG in January 2009 as an employee representative. She has held various roles within TANDBERG since 2002 focusing on partner relationships in EMEA and global product deployment. In August 2008 Ann was appointed Global Export Compliance Manager, and is currently tasked with global responsibility for TANDBERG's Export Compliance department. She holds a degree in system development from NITH in Oslo.


Board Committees

Board Committees

Shares and Options Board of Directors

Shares and Options Board of Directors.pdf

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