Corporate Governance

Óskar was born in 1954 and lives in Iceland. He is a well-known writer and has published eight books in recent years;  two collections, of short stories and four novels. He is a farmer on the south coast of Iceland. Óskar has been a Board member of Samherji hf. since 1998 and is currently the Vice-chairman of the Board, as well as a board member of Seley ehf. and Board member of several other companies within the Samherji group. He is the chairman of the Icelandic landowners Association. He has previously been a Vice-chairman of the Icelandic Bar Association and served on various boards of retail companies. Óskar was Publisher/CEO and a major shareholder of Árvakur hf. from 2009 to 2015, President/CEO of Tryggingamiðstöðin hf. and TM Life Insurance hf. from 2004 to 2007, President/CEO of Vodafone Iceland from 2001 to 2004, Executive Chairman of Baugur from 1998 to 1999 and President/CEO of Hagkaup hf. supermarkets, which later became part of Baugur Corporation, from 1993 to 1998. Óskar has served on the city council in his community as well as being the parish chairman since 2004. He is a member of the church parliament in Iceland. Óskar has been a Supreme Court Attorney since 1993. He graduated with an LL.M. degree in International Business Law from George Washington University Law School in 1986, and with a Cand.jur. degree from the University of Iceland in 1983. He owns 14,056 shares in the Company, but no share options. Óskar was a Board member in 2019, an alternate member of the Board from 2020 to 2022 and is currently the Chairman of the Board of Eimskipafélag Íslands, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. Óskar is not independent of Seley ehf., which holds, in total, 55.6 million shares in the Company, at year-end 2023. 

Margrét was born in 1954 and lives in Iceland. She is a member of the Board of Festi, Board member of Eignarhaldsfélagið Lyng ehf, Hekla hf., Hekla Fasteignir ehf. and Paradís ehf. Margrét was the Chairman of the European Surgical Trade Association from 2011 to 2013 and a member of its Board from 2009 to 2015. She was the Chairman of Félag atvinnurekenda from 2009 to 2013, a member of the Board of Reiknistofa bankanna from 2010 to 2011 and 2016 to 2018, the Board of Isavia from 2017 to 2018 and the Board of SPRON from 2008 to 2009. Margrét was the CEO of Icepharma hf., from 2005 to 2016. Prior to that she was the Retail Manager of Skeljungur from 1995 to 2005, director of various business segments of Kuwait Petroleum (Denmark) A/S from 1986 to 1995, and HR Development Manager at Dansk ESSO (later Statoil) from 1982 to 1986. Margrét was Assistant Secretary General of AIESEC International in Brussels from 1978 to 1979. Margrét holds a Cand. oecon. degree in economics and business administration from the University of Iceland, a Cand. merc. degree from the Copenhagen Business School and Executive education from CEDEP/Insead in France. Margrét owns 12,772 shares in the Company but no share options. Margrét has been a member of the Board since 25 March 2021 and is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Eimskipafélag Íslands hf. and a member of the Nomination Committee. She has no interest links with the Company’s main clients, competitors, or major shareholders. 

Guðrún was born in 1960 and lives in Iceland. Guðrún is a Board member of Landsbankinn hf. and a member of the bank’s Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Sustainability Committee. From 2013 to 2018, Guðrún was CEO of Nasdaq CSD Iceland (Nasdaq Central Securities Depository Iceland). In 2012 and 2013, she was a Board member of The Enterprise Investment Fund slhf., Reginn hf., Míla ehf., Vörður Insurance Company and Vörður Life Insurance. Previously from 2002 to 2012 Guðrún was CEO of Arion Custody Services, a leading provider in the Icelandic market of fund services, clearing, settlement, and local and global custody services to domestic and foreign financial institution.  Prior to this Guðrún held various positions at Kaupthing hf. from 1984 to 2002, such as Executive Director, Corporate Director of Human Resources, Director of Marketing, and Director of Asset Management. Guðrún holds a Cand. Oecon degree from the University of Iceland. She is an independent Board member and owns neither shares nor share options in the Company. Guðrún has been a member of the Board of Directors since 6 September 2018 and is a member of the Remuneration Committee. Apart from being a Board member of Landsbankinn hf. she has no interest links with the Company’s main clients, competitors or major shareholders.

Lárus was born in 1961 and lives in Iceland. He is a Supreme Court Attorney and a Partner at Juris Law Offices. Lárus was a Partner at Almenna lögfrædistofan from 1990 to 2008. Lárus was a Board member of Orkusalan hf. from 2007 to 2022 and the Chairman of the Board of ISFI (Icelandic State Financial Investments) from 2015 to 2023. He has been a member of the Competition Appeals Committee since 2000 and its Vice-Chairman since 2009 and a member of the National Olympics and Sport Association’s executive committee since 2001, becoming its Vice-President in 2006 and its President from 2013. He has previously been a Board member of the Icelandic Bar Association, the University of Iceland’s Human Rights Institute, the University of Iceland’s Research Center in Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Hótel Borg ehf., Fastus ehf., the Housing Financing Fund, Chairman of the National Olympic and Sport Association’s legal committee, and a member of various other official committees and boards. Lárus has been a Supreme Court Attorney since 1998 and a District Court Attorney since 1990. He graduated with a Cand.jur. degree from the University of Iceland in 1987. Lárus has been on the Board of Directors since 27 March 2014 and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. He is an independent Board member and owns 2,989 shares in the Company but no share options. He has no interest links with the Company’s main clients, competitors or major shareholders.

Ólöf was born in 1977 and lives in Iceland. She is a Board member of SIV eignastýring hf. and SIV Credit Fund slhf. She was the CFO of atNorth ehf., the largest data center in Iceland, from 2019-2021. Prior to that she worked as an independent financial advisor and was a board member of Reginn hf. and a Board member and alternate Board member of VÍS hf. in 2018-2019. Ólöf worked at Arion bank and its predecessors from 1997 to 2017 in various roles e.g. as Head of Credit Structuring and Analysis, Deputy Head of IR, Investment Strategist and in Asset Management as a fund manager.  Ólöf was also a member of the bank’s credit committees and asset and liability committee (ALCO). Ólöf holds a cand. oecon degree in economics and business administration with emphasis on finance from the University of Iceland.  

Ólöf Hildur has been a member of the Board since 25 March 2021 and is currently a member of the Audit Committee. Ólöf Hildur indirectly owns 29,027 shares in the Company through her holding company but no share options. She has no interest links with the Company’s main clients, competitors, or major shareholders.

Baldvin was born in 1983 and lives in Norway. Baldvin was the Chairman of the Board of Eimskipafélag Íslands hf. from 2018 to 2022. Previously he was the CEO of Iceland Drilling hf. from 2013 to 2016. He is currently a Chairman of the Board of Samherji hf. and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alda Seafood Holding B.V. He earned a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Iceland in 2007. Baldvin has been an alternate member of the Board since 17 March 2022 and is currently a member of the Remuneration Committee. Baldvin owns 227,336 shares in the Company but does not have a share options agreement. He is not independent of Seley ehf., which holds 55.6 million shares in the Company at year-end of 2023.

Jóhanna was born in 1970 and lives in the Faroe Islands. Jóhanna is the CEO of Atlantic Airways Ltd. and has been since 2015. Jóhanna was the CEO of P/f Faroe Ship, Eimskip’s subsidiary in the Faroe Islands, from 2006 to 2015, Sales Director of JFK and Kósin Seafood from 1998 to 2006 and Sales Manager of Faroe Seafood France from 1994 to 1998. She is currently a Board member of the Faroese Confederation of Sports and Olympic Committees, Føroya Grunnurin, Norðoyatunnilin, House of Industry, Visit Faroe Islands and European Regions Airline Association. Jóhanna has a master’s degree in Management from Robert Gordon University in the UK. She further holds a degree from the Danish School of International Marketing and Export. Jóhanna has been an alternate member of the Board since 3. April 2013, is an independent Board member and owns neither shares nor share options in the Company. She has no interest links with the Company’s main clients, competitors or major shareholders.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), was born in 1971. He was appointed CEO in January 2019. Prior to his current role at Eimskip, he held various positions at Íslandsbanki for 20 years, most recently as Managing Director of Corporate & Investment Banking (2017-2019) and Managing Director of Corporate Banking (2008-2017). Vilhelm furthermore has a background in both treasury and capital markets activities. He was a Board Member of the Chamber of Commerce in Iceland and a Board Member of various subsidiaries of Eimskipafélag Íslands hf. 

Vilhelm earned an MBA Degree from Pace University in New York; a B.Sc. degree in Business Administration, Majoring in Logistics, from Reykjavík University; and is a licensed Securities broker.

Executive Vice President of Sales and Business Management (EVP), was born in 1969. He was appointed as EVP following organizational changes made in February 2020. Björn has worked for Eimskip and subsidiaries for 14 years, in roles which include Managing Director of Eimskip in Europe, based in the Netherlands. For the past ten years he has been the Managing Director of TVG-Zimsen, and he is currently Chairman of the Board of TVG-Zimsen and its subsidiaries Gára and Skipakostur. He is also a Board Member of Eimskip Greenland and of the travel company Discover Truenorth.

Björn holds a B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of Iceland.

Executive Vice President of International Operations (EVP), was born in 1965. Bragi started working for Eimskip in 1993 and has held his current position since 2008. Previously, he was EVP North Atlantic Operations (2006-2008) and International Operations (2004-2006). Bragi’s other roles with the Company include Managing Director of Eimskip Nederland B.V. (1999-2004), Senior Manager of the International Department (1997-1999) and Quality Manager (1995-1997). He was also a representative in the International Department from 1993-1995. Based in the Netherlands since June 2016, he is currently a Board Member of various Eimskip group subsidiaries.

Bragi received an M.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark in 1993 and a C.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iceland in 1991.

General Counsel and Compliance Officer, was born in 1981. He has worked for Eimskip since 2009, initially as a Senior Legal Counsel prior to being appointed to his current role. Before joining Eimskip, Davíd was a Legal Counsel at Íslandsbanki and an intern at Lögmenn Borgartúni 18 legal services.

Davíd earned an MBA degree from Reykjavik University in 2018; an M.L. degree in Law in 2007 and a B.A. degree in Law in 2005 from Reykjavík University. He is a member of the Icelandic Bar Association.

Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Communication (EVP), was born in 1980. Joining Eimskip in 2019 as Head of Marketing and Communication, she was appointed to her current role in early 2020. Edda has over 20 years’ wide-ranging experience, having worked extensively in the IT sector and for 12 years in the financial sector. At Íslandsbanki, her various roles included Executive Director of Customer Relationship Management and Sales in the bank's Corporate and Investment Banking division. 

Edda is the vice chairman of The Federation of Trade & Services in Iceland (SVÞ) and a board member and a member of the executive committee of The Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA). 

Edda has a B.Sc. degree in Business Administration with an emphasis on Computer Science from Reykjavík University.

Chief Operational Officer, was born in 1973. He has worked for Eimskip since 1999 and has held the current position since January 2019. From 2009 to 2019, he was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and CFO of HF. Eimskipafélag Íslands, from 2008 to 2009. He was CFO of Containerships Ltd. OY in Finland from 2006 to 2008 and Senior Manager of Eimskip’s Financial Control Department from 2004 to 2006. Hilmar is currently a Board Member and Managing Director of various subsidiaries of Eimskipafélag Íslands hf.

Hilmar received a Cand. Oecon. degree from the University of Iceland in 1999.

Chief Financial Officer, was born in 1989. She was appointed as CFO in September 2021. She was Managing Director of Alma íbúðafélag (previously Almenna leigufélagið), one of the largest real estate companies in Iceland, which she has led from its foundation seven years ago. Prior to that she worked in the financial sector where she focused on alternative investments, with emphasis on real estate investments and financing. 

María Björk has a B.Sc. degree in Engineering Management, majoring in finance, from Reykjavík University and she is a licensed Securities broker.