Xplora Technologies Board Members Driving Family IoT Innovation
Chairperson
Tore Engebretsen
Tore Engebretsen is the owner of Passesta AS, an investment company with a focus on technology-oriented investments. Tore holds several board and chairman positions in a variety of companies such as Media Network Services AS and Squarehead Technology AS. He is previously founder and CEO of VMETRO ASA, an OSE listed technology company, and previously served as chairman of Elliptic Laboratories AS and Nordic Semiconductor ASA, also listed on the OSE. Tore holds a Cand. Real. From the University of Oslo in theoretical physics.
Tore holds 4,769,056 shares in Xplora through Passesta AS.
Board Member
Thomas Embla Bonnerud
Thomas Embla Bonnerud is a technology executive based in Oslo, Norway. Mr. Bonnerud has extensive experience from leadership positions in international technology companies, with a particular focus on semiconductors, industrial automation, software, and machine vision. He has broad experience in corporate strategy, product management, business development, investor relations, and scaling technology businesses globally.
Prior to joining Zivid as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Bonnerud spent more than 17 years at Nordic Semiconductor, where he held several senior management positions, most recently as Director of Strategy and Investor Relations. His professional career has been focused on driving growth, innovation, and value creation in technology-driven organisations.
Mr. Bonnerud holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Board Member
Trygve Bruland
Trygve Bruland is a professional investor based in Oslo, Norway. Mr. Bruland has extensive experience from serving on both listed and unlisted boards. Before Mr. Bruland’s investment practice, he was an investment banker and a management consultant. He has broad experience from several active and passive corporate investments, strategic and financial advisory roles, merger and acquisition processes, and equity capital market transactions. His professional career includes the firms Pareto Securities, Medici Corporate, SEB Enskilda, McKinsey & Co, and the Boston Consulting Group. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and is a Siviløkonom from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).
Trygve owns 660,000 shares in Xplora, of which 160,000 shares are owned by Trygve Bruland personally, and 500,000 shares are owned by his investment company Cosimo AS.
Board Member
Jannicke Haugen
Jannicke Haugen has more than 15 years of leadership experience in media, retail, culture, and healthcare. She has held CEO positions at Nordisk Film Kino and Egmont Kids Media Nordic, where she led Nordic operations and drove large-scale transformation and organizational development. Ms. Haugen is a Managing Partner at the consultancy House of 360, focusing on strategy execution, leadership development, and organizational growth. She serves on multiple boards of companies in the technology, culture, and healthcare sectors. Ms. Haugen has education and executive training from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Chair of the Board School, CBS Simi Executive Program at Copenhagen Business School, and Huma Nova Psychosynthesis University (organizational theory).
Jannicke owns 6,801 shares in Xplora.
Board Member
Ingrid Elvira Leisner
Ms. Leisner has served on the Board of Xplora since June 2021. She has extensive experience from serving as a board member in companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. She is currently serving on the board of Maritime and Merchant Bank ASA, Techstep ASA and Elliptic Labs ASA. Ms Leisner is Chair of the Audit Committee in several of the companies where she serves as Board Member. She holds a BBA (Siviløkonom) from the University of Texas.
Ingrid holds 26,923 shares in Xplora through Duo Jag AS.
Board Member
Suzaan Sauerman
Suzaan Sauerman is a Copenhagen-based business and brand innovator with over two decades of experience in the consumer technology sector. Her expertise lies in marketing, commercial strategy, product development, and innovation, particularly within consumer lifestyle technology, health, and FemTech.
Ms. Sauerman focuses on merging technology with consumer needs, emphasizing user experience delivering products that positively impact lives. She has been a board member at Doro AB and held executive leadership roles at prominent companies such as Motorola, Jabra, Bowers & Wilkins, Telia, and Three Mobile, leading diverse teams across Africa, the Middle East, the US, the UK, and Europe. Ms. Sauerman holds a CIM post-graduate marketing degree from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK, and a Business Management and Marketing degree from Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
Suzaan owns 4,362 shares in Xplora
Audit Committee
Ingrid Elvira Leisner
People & Organization Committee
Ingrid Elvira Leisner, Jannicke Haugen
Nomination Committee
Thomas Raaschou, Reidar Fougner
