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About Jon Fredrik Baksaas
- Jon Fredrik Baksaas (born 1954) is the Chairman of the GSMA and until August 2015 the CEO of Telenor.
- He now serves as a special adviser to the telecommunications company's Group Executive Management team.Among the longest-serving top executives in international telecoms and in Norwegian business life, Baksaas served as President and CEO of Telenor for 13 years, from June 2002 to August 2015.
- His resignation came under a cloud, as he had acted as one of the primary actors in a bribery and corruption scandal at VimpelCom (where he was a director), in connection with the purchase of wireless licenses in Uzbekistan.
- Before taking the top position at Telenor, he had served as Telenor’s deputy CEO, CFO, and executive vice president.
- He joined Telenor in 1989.
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