Proposal for election of members of Telenor ASA's Board of Directors

The Nomination Committee of Telenor ASA has submitted its proposal to the
Corporate Assembly of Telenor ASA for the election of shareholder elected
members to the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA. 

The following members of the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA are up for
election by the Corporate Assembly in 2022:

Board member Pieter Cornelis Knook was first elected by the Corporate Assembly
on 11 May 2020 for a period of up to two years and is up for election in 2022.
The Nomination Committee proposes that the Corporate Assembly re-elects Pieter
Cornelis Knook as board member in the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA for a
period of up to two years. 

Board member Astrid Simonsen Joos was first elected by the Corporate Assembly on
11 May 2020 for a period of up to two years and is up for election in 2022. The
Nomination Committee proposes that the Corporate Assembly re-elects Astrid
Simonsen Joos as board member in the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA for a
period of up to two years. 

Furthermore, the Nomination Committee proposes for the Corporate Assembly to
elect one new member of the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA. The Nomination
Committee proposes that Nina Bjørnstad is elected as member of the Board of
Directors for a period of up to two years. Bjørnstad is nominated to replace
Jacob Aqraou. Jacob Aqraou has decided to resign from his position in the Board
of Telenor ASA when his period ends.

The Board of Directors of Telenor ASA shall according to the Articles of
Association Section 5 consist of a minimum of five and a maximum of thirteen
members. Following this proposal, the Board of Directors will have ten members,
including the three employee representatives.  

Pursuant to Telenor ASA's Articles of Association section 9, Telenor ASA shall
have a Nomination Committee. The Nomination Committee of Telenor ASA is
constituted by Bjørn Erik Næss (Chair of the Nomination Committee), Jan Tore
Føsund, Lars Tronsgaard and Heidi Algarheim.
The Nomination Committee has over the period leading up to the election of the
Board of Directors of Telenor ASA evaluated the composition of the Board of
Directors. The Nomination Committee has in its work with the nomination of
candidates considered the interests of the company and the shareholders in
general. Telenor is one of Norway's leading companies and a significant
international telecom provider, with a substantial part of its value linked to
activities outside of Norway in rapidly changing and emerging markets. The
Nomination Committee has considered the total competency need of the Board of
Directors from a sectoral, functional and governance perspective related to the
company's position and strategy going forward. 
The Nomination Committee has mapped and considered skills benchmark and criteria
for the composition of the Board of Directors. The Committee has in 2021
conducted a more extensive mapping of how the Board works and its competence and
experience. In this the Committee has been supported by an external advisor
which provided the Committee with a comprehensive report in September last year.
The mapping includes relevant competence, diversity in expertise and background
as a result of different work experience, education, gender, age, geographical
affiliation and cultural background. Board members personal qualifications was
also part of the mapping process.
The Nomination Committee considers that Telenor Board of Directors functions
well. 

Information about the candidates:
Pieter Cornelis Knook
Board member
Term of office: Elected 11 May 2020 for a period of up to two years.
Committee: Member of the Transformation & Innovation Committee and member of the
Risk and Audit Committee. 
Shares in Telenor ASA: 0 as of 31 December 2021
Year of birth 1958, Dutch citizen and resident in London, United Kingdom.
Experience: Pieter Knook has extensive international business experience in
sales, marketing and product development from multinational technology
companies, including several management positions in Microsoft from 1990 to
2008. Knook served as President for Microsoft Asia from 1997 to 2001 and SVP for
Mobile Communications from 2001 to 2008. Knook was Internet Services Director
with Vodafone from 2008 to 2010 and was Visiting Professor of Innovation at the
University of Cambridge.
Other directorships: Chair of the Board of Directors of Broad Horizon a PE
backed IT services company that operates in NW Europe (Amsterdam, NL), Chair of
the Board of Directors of LINX - The London Internet Exchange (London, UK),
Chair of the Board of Directors of Altitude Angel (Reading, UK).  Member of the
Board of Directors of Alpha 10X (Paris, France), Member of the Board of
Directors of Bio-Key (New Jersey, USA).  Previous directorships include Member
of the Board of Directors of TDC from 2013 - May 2018.
Education: Knook holds an MA in Electrical Sciences from the University of
Cambridge.
Nominated for re-election
Knook attended 14 of 14 Board of Directors meetings in 2021. In 2022, until the
date of this recommendation, he attended three out of three ordinary Board of
Directors meetings and one out of two extraordinary Board of Directors meetings.
Average attendance at the ordinary Board of Directors meetings over this period
was for Knook 100 per cent. The average attendance for the Board members in this
period was 95 per cent. Pieter Knook is a member of the Transformation and
Innovation Committee. In 2021 the committee held five meetings with an
attendance rate of 100 per cent. He is also a member of the Risk and Audit
Committee, and in 2021 the committee held nine meetings with an attendance rate
of 100 per cent. 

Astrid Simonsen Joos
Board member
Term of office: Elected 11 May 2020 for a period of up to two years.
Committee: Member of the People and Governance Committee and Sustainability and
Compliance Committee.
Shares in Telenor ASA: 0 as of 31 December 2021
Year of birth 1973, Norwegian citizen and resident in Denmark. 
Experience: Simonsen Joos will start as Group CEO in Glamox on 1 August 2022.
She has significant experience within digital, sales/marketing, business
development and people management from her 20 years within the software industry
and digital business development. Simonsen Joos served as Global Chief Digital
Officer and Head of Transformation of Signify (formerly known as Philips
Lighting) in 2019, after serving five years as CEO of Signify in the Nordics.
She has held numerous management positions at Microsoft and also served as CEO
for Creuna Denmark, a digital agency.
Other directorships: Member of the Board of Directors of Nordea Invest
(Copenhagen, Denmark). Former Board Member INWIDO (OMX Stockholm) and DI
Digital.
Education: Simonsen Joos holds an M.Sc in Business and Economics from BI
Norwegian Business School, and Master of Management Program focusing on
eMarketing from BI Norwegian Business School.
Nominated for re-election
Simonsen Joos attended 14 of 14 Board of Directors meetings in 2021. In 2022
until the date of this recommendation, she attended three out of three ordinary
Board of Directors meetings and one out of two extraordinary Board of Directors
meetings. Average attendance at the Board of Directors meetings for Simonsen
Joos was 100 per cent. The average attendance for the Board members in this
period was 95 per cent. Simonsen Joos is member of the People and Governance
Committee and the committee held six meetings in 2021. Average with attendance
rate was 100 per cent. She is also a member of the Sustainability and Compliance
Committee and the committee held five meetings in 2021 with an attendance rate
of 100 per cent. 

Nina Bjørnstad
Shares in Telenor ASA: 0 as of 31 December 2021
Year of birth 1977, Residence: Born in California. Dual citizen American and
Norwegian, resident in Lillehammer Norway since 2017.
 
Experience: Bjørnstad is currently the Managing Partner of a technology focused,
private capital investment fund, based in Europe. She has over 20 years'
experience working for the pioneers in technology. This includes significant
experience from digital transformation and technology development.

Bjørnstad was employed by Google in 2014 as the Country Manager for Google Cloud
for the UK & Ireland where she led Digital Transformation in companies of all
sizes. She went on to be part of the founding team, setting up Google Cloud
Consulting for Northern Europe. She has previously worked at Microsoft for 10
years across a variety of roles, from Finance to Corporate Strategy, M&A,
Marketing and General Management. Her career started in the US with Dell and
Amazon, building web-based businesses, architecting for rapid technical
expansion and providing disruptive market entry.
 
Other directorships: Scandinavian Airlines (SAS AB), Starship, an autonomous
driving robotics delivery company and PwC UK Advisory Board Director.
  
Education: Bjørnstad holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Finance and Minor
in Economics from University of Colorado and a Master of Business Administration
(MBA) from University of Washington Seattle, WA.

Contact: Bjørn Erik Næss, Chair of the Corporate assembly and Chair of the
Nomination committee of Telenor ASA, [e-mail] 

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