Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer

Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer (born 1965) became President and CEO of Telenor Group in December 2024, transitioning from the role of CEO at SpareBank 1 SR-Bank (now SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge). Prior to her tenure at SpareBank 1 SR-Bank, Benedicte held several executive roles, including Group EVP at the Norwegian insurance company Fremtind Forsikring and Group EVP at DNB, Norway’s largest financial institution, where she was Head of Corporate Banking. She has over three decades of experience spanning the financial and FMCG industries.

Her extensive board experience includes serving as the Chair of the Oslo Stock Exchange, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Central Bank of Norway, and a board member of several corporations including Vipps, Norway’s market-leading mobile payment app.