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Board of Directors

AR Appendix 2024

Board Of Directors 120X171 Web Oskar
Óskar Magnússon
Óskar Magnússon
Chairman of the Board

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 in 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 other companies within the Samherji group. He has previously been the chairman of the Icelandic Landowners Association, 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, that 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 the year-end 2024.

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Margrét Gudmundsdóttir
Margrét Gudmundsdóttir
Vice-Chairman of the Board

Margrét was born in 1954 and lives in Iceland. She is a member of the board of Festi, board member of Eignarhaldsfélagið Lyng 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 Chairman of the Nomination Committee. She has no interest links with the Company’s main clients, competitors, or major shareholders. 

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Gudrún Ó. Blöndal
Gudrún Ó. Blöndal
Board Member

Guðrún was born in 1960 and lives in Iceland. She served as a Board Member of Landsbankinn hf. from 2018 to 2024, initially as an alternate member and later as a full member. During her tenure at Landsbankinn, Guðrún also contributed as a member of the bank’s Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, and Sustainability Committee.
From 2013 to 2018, Guðrún was the CEO of Nasdaq CSD Iceland (Nasdaq Central Securities Depository Iceland). She also served on the boards of various organizations between 2012 and 2013, including The Enterprise Investment Fund slhf., Reginn hf., Míla ehf., Vörður Insurance Company, and Vörður Life Insurance.
Prior to these roles, from 2002 to 2012, Guðrún was the CEO of Arion Custody Services, a leading provider of fund services, clearing, settlement and custody services for domestic and international financial institutions. Guðrún's professional career began at Kaupthing hf., where she held multiple key positions from 1984 to 2002, including Executive Director, Corporate Director of Human Resources, Director of Marketing, and Director in Asset Management.
Guðrún holds a Cand. Oecon degree from the University of Iceland. She has been an independent Board member of the Company since September, 2018, and is currently a member of the Audit Committee. Guðrún does not own any shares or share options in the Company, nor does she have any personal or financial interests in the Company's main clients, competitors, or major shareholders.

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Lárus L. Blöndal
Lárus L. Blöndal
Board Member

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 Centre 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 a member of the Remuneration Committee and 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.

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Ólöf Hildur Pálsdóttir
Ólöf Hildur Pálsdóttir
Board Member

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 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 Chairman 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.

Board Of Directors 120X171 Web Baldvin
Baldvin Thorsteinsson
Baldvin Thorsteinsson
Alternate of the Board

Baldvin was born in 1983 and lives in Iceland. 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 the year-end of 2024.