Management

Patrik Hofbauer

Chief Executive Officer

Appointed

Canal Digital, April 2011

Background

Patrik Hofbauer started working at Telenor in the beginning of January 2011, as CEO of Canal Digital AS. As of 1st of April 2011, he has also taken the reins of Telenor Broadcast, as the CEO of Telenor Broadcast Holding.

Hofbauer joins the company, following his position as CEO of the Nordic region's largest outdoor advertising company, Clear Channel. He formerly also worked as CEO for NEC Scandinavia, and CEO for AddressPoint AB. Patrik Hofbauer is well acquainted with the Nordic broadcast industry and Telenor, having earlier worked as a CEO of Canal Digital Sweden (2005-2008).

Education

Patrik holds a DIHM Marketing Economy Diploma and Master from IHM, Business School in Sweden, and also a specialization within Marketing and Strategy from London Business School.

Kristin Muri Møller

Chief Financial Officer

Appointed

Canal Digital, April 2011

Background

Kristin Muri Møller currently holds the role as CFO both for Telenor Broadcast and Canal Digital.

Kristin has a strong background within the Broadcast and Satellite business at Telenor. She has held different roles within Finance, since she joined the Finance function in Telenor Satellite Services AS in 1996.

In March 2010 Møller was appointed CFO in Telenor Broadcast.

Education

Kristin holds a Master in Science of Business from Bedriftsøkonomisk Institutt (BI) in Oslo, Norway.

Tone Krohn Clausen

Chief Product & Market Officer

Appointed

Canal Digital, August 2011

Background

Tone Krohn Clausen started working at Telenor 15 August 2011, as Director of Product and Marketing, at Canal Digital AS.

Tone has worked as a trainee at PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), and as a senior consultant at Bekk Consulting. Before taking up the position as CPM in Canal Digital, Tone has also worked as a project manager at the media house, Aftenposten, one of the largest newspapers in Norway.

Education

Tone is a graduate of the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), having specialized in the fields of Strategy, Organization and Management.

Terje Storhaug

Chief Technology Officer

Appointed

Canal Digital, April 2011

Background

Terje Storhaug started working in TeleTV in March 1993. TeleTV later became Telenor CTV and eventually Canal Digital in 1997. As CTO, Terje is responsible for the development and operations of Canal Digital's Service Delivery Platforms (for linear-tv broadcasting and on-demand services) and Residential Systems as well as Logistics and Anti Piracy activities.

Before joining Telenor, Terje has held various positions in the Norwegian Army Technical Branch, including 7 years with NATO in Belgium as a software development manager.

Education

Terje graduated from the Norwegian Army Technical College, and has also attended Gjøvik University College, where he attained a specializations within technology management, project management, development methodologies and software design and programming.

Henke Erichsen

Chief Information Officer

Appointed

Canal Digital, August 2011

Background

Henke Erichsen started working as CIO in Canal Digital in August 2011. He previously held a role in the IT management team of Canal Digital for one and a half year.

Prior to joining Canal Digital, Henke worked for 13 years for the Norwegian Oil and Gas contracting company Aker Solutions where he held different positions within strategic IT, supply management and vendor management.

Education

Henke Erichsen graduated from the Norwegian Naval Academy (Sjøkrigsskolen) in 1991, and has a specialization in Contract Administration from the University of Stavanger (1996).

Jarl Søderman

Chief Executive Officer, Canal Digital Denmark

Appointed

Canal Digital Denmark, March 2011

Background

Jarl Søderman has been working with Canal Digital since 1999, and for Telenor Broadcast Holding from 2008 to 2011. He has been working with consumer marketing for the Nordic market for the past 35 years, and with media the last 30 years, in Managing Director or Vice president positions. He has direct marketing experience as Marketing Director in Scandinavia's largest mailorder photo company, followed by President for the the Collectors Group (IMP Group) in the Nordics.

This followed by 11 years at The Bonnier Group - first as president for Specialtidningsførlaget in Stockholm, followed by VP in Bonnier Publictions in Denmark and then as VP in Bonnier Media Stockholm.

Education

Jarl has a Master of Science in Business and Economics from IHM Business School.

Mats Almgren

Chief Executive Officer, Canal Digital Sweden

Appointed

Canal Digital Sweden, October 2008

Background

Mats has worked for Canal Digital Sweden as CEO, since October 2008 and has since summer 2011 an extended responsibility also for Canal Digital Finland.

Mats has worked as Managing Director for NEC Scandinavia during 3 years.Before that he spent 12 years within Telecom, working for Telenordia for 6 years and then as Sales & Marketing Director for TDC Sweden for 6 years, with responsibility for the total sales and marketing activities on the Swedish market.

Education

Mats has studied Economy at Stockholm University and has an Executive MBA.

Petter Carslen

Chief Executive Officer, Canal Digital Norway 

Appointed

Canal Digital Norway, July 2010

Background

When Canal Digital was established in 1997 Petter Carlsen took the role as Sales Director in Canal Digital Norge AS. Petter started working at Telenor in 1992 as Regional Manager for TeleTV AS.

Education

Petter is a graduate of Handelshøyskolen BI, where he specialized within Econoomics. He has also attended Norges Handelshøyskole, for courses within Business Administration. In 2009 he graduated from the Telenor Brand Academy.

John Nordin

Chief Operating Officer, Canal Digital Finland

Appointed:

Canal Digital Finland, May 2011

Background:

John Nordin has worked at Canal Digital Sweden since 2002. He has held the roles as Deputy CEO, CFO and Director Product and Business Development.

John has a strong background within Economics from diverse companies, within the Swedish media and technology industry, including: Scandinavian Consumer Technology, MTG Broadcasting Sverige, ViaSat AB, TV1000 Sverige AB, TV Säljarna Skandinavian AB and SVT International.

Education:

John has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Economics/Accounting from Umeå University.