Erik Aas has been serving in leadership role in telecommunications sector of emerging market for a really long time.

Erik completed his executive MBA from IMD in 2001. He earned his MSC in electrical engineering and computer science from Norwegian university of science and technology.

Erik has gained experience internationally under Telenor group from 1997 to 2007 and he served as a senior executive in different operations. He played a significant role as the CEO of Grameenphone. During his tenure, Grameenphone went on to a 15 million subscriber base from a mere 2 million subscriber base in just 34 months, rendering the company at the leadership position in the market. After that he worked as the CEO of pt.axis telecom from 2007 to 2014. He converted the brand from a Greenfield operator to a company.

In 1 December, 2015, Erik Aas joined Banglalink as the CEO.