From TV to Telco: Jon Espen Nergård on AI, Sovereignty and PeoplThirteen years in TV and streaming, then a move into running critical national infrastructure. That’s the journey Jon Espen Nergård has just made as CIO at Telia Norway, and we talked it through on the GridWalk at IBC 2026.Jon was refreshingly open about the learning curve: new systems, new terminology and a very different weight of responsibility. As the network behind so much, Telia treats data sovereignty and security as top priorities, and Jon spoke thoughtfully about balancing the scale of global hyperscalers with the need for resilience and control at home.What stayed with me most was his leadership philosophy. For Jon, people are the greatest asset any organisation has, especially as AI and automation reshape how we work. This episode is part of Between the Frames series, supported by our app sponsors, Synamedia.
