TeliaSonera nominates six new board members

TeliaSonera's nomination committee proposed that the board continues to consist of eight members after finalising its preparations for to the annual general meeting on April 3.
The committee proposes the re-election of Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo and Per-Arne Sandstrom and nominates Marie Ehrling, Mats Jansson, Tapio Kuula, Nina Linander, Martin Lorentzon and Kersti Sandqvist as new members.
As earlier announced, the committee proposes that Marie Ehrling is elected chairman of the board and proposes Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo as vice-chairman of the board.

The preparations of the nomination committee for the annual general meeting 2013, which started in September 2012, have been more extensive than normally. After the attention regarding TeliaSonera's investments in Uzbekistan and the board's decision to appoint the law firm Mannheimer Swartling to investigate any irregularities in this regard, the nomination committee has worked with different scenarios.
One such scenario was that a substantial change in the composition of the board would be required, as a consequence of the results of the investigation.

The conclusion of the nomination committee is that TeliaSonera -- that operates Ncell in Nepal -- needs a new start in many respects. This conclusion is based on the committee’s interviews with board members and the former chief executive regarding the board’s internal work and the company’s current situation, as well as on the conclusions in the Mannheimer Swartling report and the subsequent external communication by the board of directors of TeliaSonera.

The nomination committee was at an early stage informed that the chairman of the board, Anders Narvinger and the vice-chairman of the board, Timo Peltola and Director Lars Renstrom decline re-election. Furthermore, the directors Ingrid Jonasson Blank, Maija-Liisa Friman and Jon Risfelt have also informed the nomination committee that they decline re-election.