The New Nation - Internet Edition

The Board of Directors of Grameenphone appointed Anders Jensen as the company's new Chief Executive Office (CEO). He will succeed Erik Aas, who is leaving the company, from October 1st, 2007.

Anders Jensen has since 2005 served as Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Consumer Market in Telenor Sweden.

He has eight years of experience from the Internet and telecommunications industry with Europolitan, Vodafone and Telenor, in addition to several years of experience working with fast moving consumer goods.

A Swedish national, Anders Jensen is 38 years old, married and has four children.

Grameenphone Ltd. is the largest telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh with more than 14 million mobile phone subscribers as of August 2007. A joint venture between Telenor (62%) of Norway and Grameen Telecom (38%) of Bangladesh, Grameenphone's nationwide network covers 98 percent of the country's population.