Tore Morten Olsen
Tore Morten Olsen has 20 years of experience in the satellite communications sector working for Telenor, Vizada, Marlink and now Airbus Defence and Space. He started in 1994 as a Technical Product Manager and moved into the commercial field responsible for the governmental market sector in 1997.
In 1999 Tore Morten moved to Slovakia to lead the international satellite communications activities of Telenor and he returned to Norway to take responsibility of Telenor Satellite Networks AS in 2004. Since 1999 Tore Morten has held several senior positions within the company to include CEO Telenor Slovakia spol.s.r.o, Chairman of the Board of Directors in several Telenor Satellite Networks companies, Country Manager for Telenor in Slovakia and CEO of Telenor Satellite Networks.
Following the Astrium Services acquisition of Vizada Group, Tore Morten was appointed CEO of Astrium Services Business Communications – Maritime division, taking responsibility for both indirect and direct sales within the Maritime segment in the newly established business division. Following the rebranding into Airbus Defence and Space he acts today as the Head of Maritime for the Satellite Communications business line.
Tore Morten holds a M.Sc in Telecommunications from the Norwegian Technical University, and has participated in Executive MBA programs both at Wharton Business School in the US, Insead in France and the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden.