Jens Rugseth will step down as chairperson of the Board and remain as an ordinary board member. The nomination committee of Techstep ASA (Techstep) proposes that the current board member Michael Jacobs is elected as new chairperson of the Board. Michael Jacobs is the Executive Vice President of the Nordics at Crayon ASA.

He has more than 30 years' experience from extensive management positions from several international technology companies. He previously was the CEO of Fell Tech and before that he was the CEO of Atea Norway, where he improved its business performance and lead the transformation to more value-added services. He also served as the Managing Director of Microsoft Norway and the Managing Director for the Nordics at Dell.

He has a degree from California Lutheran University and continuing education from, among others, Harvard University. He is a Norwegian citizen, living in Oslo, Norway. Techstep will convene for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for the approval of the changes to the Board.