Executive management

Yvonne Djerf, CEO (Acting), is part of the Business Area Broadband management group in TeliaSonera, where she is Senior Vice President HR. Djerf has 20 years of experience from different positions within TeliaSonera, as Director of Product Management, IT Management and Network operations in Sweden and internationally. Before she was appointed head of HR within the Business Area Broadband, Djerf had the responsibility to manage the organizational change from a country based to a Business Area organizational structure, reporting to CEO.

Yvonne Djerf is Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Social Science with a major in Business Administration, at Stockholm University.

Jan Dagfinn Midtun, CCO (Chief Commercial Officer), head of Sales and Customer Relations. He comes from a position as Director in Ementor Norway (based in Bergen), and has held leading positions, such as Sales Director and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Norway. He holds an engineering degree, and has additional education and training both nationally and internationally on strategy and management. Midtun has also working experience for Nokia Data and Ericsson.

Morten Ågnes, Director for Marketing and Information, was among the founders of NextGenTel in March 2000, and has responsibility for the company's communication profile, marketing, information and product design. He was previously head of the advertising agency Bates in Bergen, and has in addition wide sales and marketing experience from various occupations for Vesta Hygea, Nordlandsbanken, Nevi and Vital life insurance. Mr. Ågnes holds a Master of Business degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH, 1984).

Anne Halvorsen, Director of Content and Television Services, joined NextGenTel in August 2006 as product manager for TV. In March 2007 she was made head of the Content and TV department in NextGenTel. Miss Halvorsen was previously employeed in the Norwegian Broadcast Corporation (NRK) where she has had several strategic positions when it comes to develop and implement NRKs strategy for new media platforms. Miss Halvorsen holds a degree from the Norwegian School of Marketing (NMH 1995).

Odd Bjørn Ur, Chief Financial Officer joined NextGenTel in April 2005 and has extensive executive management experience within the field of Finance and Control. He has extensive industrial background from e.g. Aker and BMV/Ulstein Group, and has also substantial experience from national and international stock markets and financial markets in general for a number of years. He is coming from Nera ASA where he was heading the IR function and also served as CFO for more than 15 years and was key to the process when Nera ASA was listed on the OSE and Nasdaq. Hence, Odd Bjørn Ur has also substantial competence within telecommunications, both nationally and internationally. Mr. Ur holds a master of business degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration ( NHH ).

Jørn E. Hodne, Chief Technical Officer, joined NextGenTel in June 2005 as Network Director. In January 2006 he was made head of the Technology department in NextGenTel. Mr. Hodne was previously employeed as Manager in Accenture, where he worked with technical solutions/concepts in the Nordic Telecom business. Mr. Hodne holds a master of engineering degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTH, 1992)

Lars-Inge Alvær, Director of Production joined NextGenTel in October 2001 as business account director. In September 2003, he was made head of all the sales and customer handling functions of NextGenTel. Prior to joining NextGenTel he was employed in several positions by Telenor, including customer director. He has previously held leading sales and marketing positions within various industries. Mr. Alvær holds a business degree from the Norwegian School of Management as well as various coursework in marketing and technical studies.