Sigurður Helgason
Chairman
Sigurdur Helgason was President & CEO of Flugleidir/Icelandair 1985 - 2005. He was Director Cash Management 1974 - 1980, Senior Vice - President Finance 1980 - 1983, General Manager The Americas 1983 - 1985 for Flugleidir/Icelandair. He was a member of the IATA board of Governors 2004/2005. He was a Member of the Board of Directors at Finnair 2007 - 2012. He was Chairman of the Board of The Icelandic International Development Fund 2005 - 2008. He is the Chairman of the Icelandair Special Children Travel Fund since 2005. He has been on various boards in Icelandic business since 1974. He graduated with a MBA degree from The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA in 1973 and a Cand. Oecon degree from the University of Iceland in 1971. Chairman of the Board since 2009.
Úlfar Steindórsson
Deputy Chairman
Úlfar Steindórsson is the CEO of Toyota in Iceland. He was the CEO of Primex ehf in Siglufjordur from 2002-2004, and the CEO of the New Business Venture Fund from 1999-2002. Úlfar has held various board positions in the Icelandic business environment in the past years. Úlfar holds a Cand.Oecon from the University of Iceland and a MBA from Virgina Commonwealth University.
Ásthildur Margrét Otharsdóttir
Board Member
Ásthildur is an independent consultant with extensive prior business experience. She was a Director of Treasury and Corporate Development at Össur hf. from 2006 to 2010, and a Senior Account Manager at Kaupthing Bank hf. from 2004-2006, as well as being business consultant in the United States and Denmark from 1996-2004. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Marel hf., Marorka ehf., and Lagerinn Dutch Holding BV. Ásthildur graduated with an MBA degree from the Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University) in 1996 and a Cand.Oecon degree from the University of Iceland in 1992.
Herdís Dröfn Fjeldsted
Board Member
Herdis Drofn Fjeldsted, investment manager at Framtakssjodur Islands, holds a BSc degree in business administration and a MSc degree in corporate finance from Reykjavik University 2010. She is also a certified securities broker. Herdis joined Framtakssjodur Islands after about six years in the private equity industry. Most recently, Herdis was a member of the investment team at Thule Investments. Her job there consisted of investment analysis, negotiations and active participation in individual companies owned by the fund. Herdis is Chairman of the Board of Wave Operations and Chairman of the Board of Icelandic Group.
Katrín Olga Jóhannesdóttir
Board Member
Katrin Olga Johannesdóttir is the former Chief Strategy Officer of Skipti hf and the current Chairman of Já upplýsingaveitur hf. Previously she was a VP for sales and marketing and VP for residential markets at Síminn. Prior to that she held a position as the managing director of Navision Iceland and was a management consultant at VSO. Katrin Olga is currently a board member of the Central Bank of Iceland, Ölgerðarinnar, Iceland Chamber of Commerce and Reykjavik University. She holds a Cand.Oecon degree, from the University of Iceland and a MSc in Business Economics from Odense University.
