Mr. Morten Lundal has been a director of VEON Ltd. since June 2022 and the Company deemed Mr. Morten to be an independent director through his term of appointment. Mr. Lundal has over 20 years’ experience as an executive in the telecoms sector with extensive experience in emerging markets, having held key positions at Telenor Group in Oslo and Vodafone Group in London as well as CEO of Maxis Bhd and Digi.Com Bhd in Malaysia. In addition, Mr. Lundal has served as a non-executive director of Digital National Bhd, Malaysia since 2020. Mr. Lundal completed his Master of Business and Economics at the Norwegian School of Management and holds an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne.