– It is always for security to go by yourself, than to be carried out, ” says BI professor Petter Gottschalk. He has long been critical to Telenor-ceo Sigve Brekke and believes he should now leave the company.
Gunn Wærsted was a year ago hired as chairman of the board in Telenor after the corruption scandal in the Russian work at vimpelcom. At about the same time, it was known that the Break had been inaccurate with the information in your own CV. In april gave Wærsted expressed that she has the confidence to Break, but it has now changed, you must believe the sources of Today’s Businesses have talked with. Wærsted shall have notified to the Break that she has no confidence in him. She shall, however, not been joined by the rest of the board that he must go.
break off Asia-past
A source centrally located within the Telenor system confirms to the newspaper that in the fall have been agenda items for the board of directors which has touched the break off earlier involvement as the Asia head of Telenor. Some of these should have been of a serious character.
An important topic of discussion has been whether or not the Break can be blamed for these.
– the Board has taken in early in the fall in legal aid to these opinions, and the auditors concluded that the Break could not be held responsible for these conditions, according to the source.
the Break will not comment on the case to the NTB.
Not sololøp
Geir Pollestad (Sp), the leader of the næringskomiteen in Parliament, believes that Norwegian trade and industry minister Monica Mæland (H) must gain clarity in the situation, and request information from the Wærsted.
– We can not accept that in a so important company is mistrust or bad atmosphere between the management and the governing bodies of the company, ” he says.
Wærsted will not comment on the “board discussions”. But the opposite VG rejects her suggestion that she has run a sololøp.
I have as a principle that the chairman of the board to provide for the anchoring of the board of directors, ” she says.
It is one of the largest fornyelsesprosjektene in Telenor’s history. Now the main part of the prestisjeprosjektet stranded. the
– Need quick clarification
BI-professor Gottschalk believes that it is most likely that the Breakout will go.
– I want to believe Wærsted get board with it eventually, for she has so strong support from the main owner, ” says Gottschalk to the NTB.
He is a professor at the department of management and organization, and points out that Wærsted has been given a strong mandate to clean up.
His professorkollega on BI, Øyvind Bøhren, believes that the company can’t live long with the situation that should have occurred.
– Either the chief executive go, or the chairman of the board go. And avklaringen should come at lightning speed because Telenor has had so much turmoil in the eierstyringen his last years, he says to E24.
Clarification to the spring?
Karin Thorburn, professor at the Norwegian School of economics, says there is nothing in the way of the fact that there are different opinions in the board, but admits that the relationship of the ceo is fundamentally.
– If the owners wanted a change, select Wærsted to the chairman of the board, and don’t get it with the sitting board of directors, additional board members will be replaced, says Thorburn.
A clarification may come when it shall be the general meeting of Telenor in the spring.
– There has been contact between the ministry and the chairman of the board Wærsted after she took over. The meetings have been on the political and administrative level. We do not give out additional details from our confidential eierdialog with Telenor or other companies, ” says Mælands head of communications Trond Viken.
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