The Telenor Group has appointed Lars Erik Tellmann as chief executive officer (CEO) of Telenor Myanmar, effective August 1, 2016. Tellmann is currently chief financial officer (CFO) in the same company. As part of this change, Tellmann will also join Telenor’s Group Executive Management. He will succeed Petter Furberg who will take a new position in Telenor Digital Businesses in Asia supporting business development within online classifieds and market places and consumer services. Tellmann has been CFO at Telenor Myanmar since July 2013. Prior to this he was Senior Vice-President and Head of Strategic Development, Telenor Asia. Tellmann has also served as Director and Board Member in a number of Telenor’s publicly listed mobile companies in the region.