Thematic Partner at Summa Equity, Board Chair at Nordic Semiconductor, Myneva and Pagero, Board Member at Nordea and PragmatIC Semiconductor
Birger Steen is an Operating Partner at Summa Equity in Munich. He serves as Board Chair of Nordic Semiconductor ASA, Pagero AB and myneva Gmbh and as Non-Executive Director of Nordea Bank Abp, where he chairs the Board Operations and Sustainability Committee, as well as PragmatIC Semiconductor, Ltd. He has previously served as a Non-Executive Director of Schibsted ASA and Cognite AS.
Mr. Steen served as CEO of Parallels, Inc. from 2010 to 2016. He was VP, WW SMB and Distribution at Microsoft Corp. in Redmond and General Manager of Microsoft Russia and Microsoft Norway from 2002 to 2010. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mr. Steen was CEO of Scandinavia Online and Vice President of Business Development in Schibsted ASA, where he first served as a consultant while at McKinsey & Company from 1993 to 1996. Mr. Steen received his MSc in Computer Science and Industrial Engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim. He also holds a degree in Russian language from the Defense School of Intelligence and Security in Oslo and received his MBA from INSEAD in France.
