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Senior Vice President, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Tech Strategy, Telenor Digital

Telenor Asia provides mobile telecommunication services.

Leading strategy, innovation and corporate development from “concept to commercialisation” to accelerate value creation and enhance value capture. Focused on growth strategy and the commercialisation of innovation across the Mobile, Digital and Financial Services sectors, David has a proven track record of exploring, evaluating and exploiting strategic business and technology innovation initiatives, creating customer-centric and game-changing strategies, while launching businesses which accelerate growth, drive revenues and create value. With over 25 years in the mobile, new technology ventures and business innovation vanguard, David has significant experience in establishing and leading complex strategic multinational, multidisciplinary and virtual team programmes and new ventures within matrix environments. An acknowledged thought leader and speaker on innovation, commercialisation of technology and the techno-economics of strategy; David is results orientated, entrepreneurial and a commercially focused executive with a proven ability to execute to very high standards and deliver success, having led large organisations and held substantial P&L responsibility. Deep expertise: •leading and commercialising innovation, emerging technologies & startups •corporate strategy - concept development thru execution •Business development – core & beyond core strategic growth initiatives •business leadership, P&L management & new venture development •innovation Labs - establishment, leadership & methodologies •business model innovation – business planning, proposition, eco-system & financial modelling •entrepreneurship, partnerships & new venture development •customer insights, market research & value proposition development •open innovation, co-creation & collaborative innovation •NPD - new product & service development •security - Biometric identity & authentication •mobile payments & fintech •systems & design thinking methodologies •programme management