From the Boardroom

Annual Report 2015

The Board of Directors of EVRY

Eirik Bornø

Board Member Elected by Employees

Experience: Eirik Bornø is currently employed as a Senior Employee Representative, Negotia in EVRY, and has many years of experience as a DB2 systems programmer. He has also been a premises manager in the company and is now second Vice President of the Federation Board of Negotia.

Education: Higher education qualifications in administrative data processing from Polytekniske høyskolen and in human resource management and employment law from Buskerud University College.

Louise Sondergaard

Board Member Elected by Shareholders

Experience: Louise Sondergaard is a member of the Tech and Telco team at Apax Partners. She joined Apax in 2014 and is based in London. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Louise Sondergaard was an Associate at McKinsey & Company in London, where she primarily worked on restructuring, transformation and strategy topics.

Education: An MSc from London Business School (with distinction) and a BSc in International Business from Copenhagen Business School. 

Ellen de Kreij

Board Member Elected by Shareholders

Experience: Ellen de Kreij is a member of Apax Partners’ Investor Relations team in London and focuses particularly on European investors. She is also responsible for the implementation of the Apax sustainability programme. She joined Apax Partners in 2002 as Director of Deal Generation and became a Director in the Investor Relations team in 2010.

Education: An MA in Dutch Civil Law from the University of Leiden and an MBA from Harvard Business School. 

Francisco Menjibar

Board Member Elected by Shareholders

Experience: Francisco Menjibar is a Principal in the Tech and Telco team at Apax and is based in the London office, where he specialises in the technology and telecommunication sectors. He has previously worked at the private equity company Magnum Industrial Partners and the international consulting company Oliver Wyman.

Education: A Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Centro Politécnico Superior de Zaragoza (Spain) and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. 

Salim Nathoo

Chairman of the Board

Experience: Salim Nathoo is a Partner in the Tech & Telco team at Apax Partners and is based in London. He joined Apax Partners in 1999 and specialises in the Tech and Telecom space. Prior to joining Apax, Salim Nathoo was a consultant at McKinsey where he specialised in advising clients in the telecom sector.

Education: An MBA from INSEAD and an MA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. 

Rohan Haldea

Board Member Elected by Shareholders

Experience: Rohan Haldea is a Partner in the Tech & Telco team at Apax. He joined Apax Partners in 2007 and is based in London. Prior to joining Apax, he was an Associate at Bain Capital in their North American private equity division in New York, where he specialised in evaluating and executing transactions in the industrial, distribution and retail sectors. Haldea has also worked as a consultant at McKinsey in India.

Education: An MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Technology in Manufacturing Sciences and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

Göran Lindahl

Board Member Elected by Shareholders

Experience: Göran Lindahl was the CEO and president of the global technology and engineering group ABB Ltd from 1997 to 2000, and spent more than 30 years in various positions in the ABB Group. Göran has also previously served on the Boards of Atlas Copco AB, EI du Pont de Nemours and Company, the Sony Corporation, Ericsson and Saab. He has also worked as a special advisor to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.

Education: A Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. 

Jan Dahlström

Board Member Elected by Employees

Experience: Jan Dahlström is a Senior Project Manager at EVRY. He has also held board appointments at various stock exchange listed companies in Sweden.

Education: Higher education qualifications in medicine from the University of Gothenburg and in business engineering from the IHM Business School. 

Ingrid Lund

Board Member Elected by Employees

Experience: Ingrid Lund is employed as a Senior Consultant and has worked in the IT sector since 1985, holding various positions in both the private and public sectors. Her previous board appointments include membership of the Boards of EDB Norway and EDB ASA and as deputy representative on the Board of the Telenor Pension Fund.

Education: A foundation course in law and legal science. 

Ola Hugo Jordhøy

Board Member Elected by Employees

Experience: Ola Hugo Jordhøy is a Chief Consultant in Mobility and Communication at EVRY and has many years’ experience in IT and telecommunications. Jordhøy is the head of Tekna’s representation at EVRY.

Education: A Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and post-graduate teaching qualifications. 

Corporate Governance

EVRY is committed to healthy corporate governance that strengthens confidence in the company and contributes to optimal value creation over time. The objective of corporate governance is to regulate the division of roles between shareholders, the Board of Directors and executive management more comprehensively than is required by legislation. 

Evry Corporate Governance 2015 pdf – 0.4MB

Report from the Board of Directors 2015

2015 was defined by a significant restructuring of EVRY’s activities in both Norway and Sweden. The aim of the restructuring work was to improve operational efficiency and bring EVRY’s cost base into line with its market position and rate of growth. The benefits of the efficiency work are expected to be seen as early as 2016.

EVRY Report From The Board Of Directors 2015 pdf – 0.5MB