CA supplier Conax has announced the appointment of Berit Svendsen as its new CEO. She comes from Telenor Norway, where she was VP and head of product & IT responsible for both the fixed and mobile networks in Norway.Svendsen replaces Ernst D Thue, who resigned suddenly earlier this month.
Svedsen joined Telenor in 1988 as a Research Scientist. From 2000 to 2005 she was Executive VP and CTO of Telenor and also functioning chair of Telenor R&D. In January 2005 she took the position of VP of Telenor Nordic Fixed with overall responsibility for the fixed network in Norway.
Born in 1963, Berit Svendsen holds an MSc in Electronics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (1988), and a Master of Technology Management from NTNU and MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (1995). From 2002 to 2007 Berit Svendsen was a member of the European Commission / IST Advisory Group.
