Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA), Iceland
Member of the Board of Metan ehf
Former appointments:
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Reykjavik Energy, June 2010 – June 2010
Chairman of Policy Group for Foreign Direct Investment in Iceland, appointed by the Minister for Industry
Member of the Policy Group for EU relations, appointed by the Prime Minister, work concluded in 2009
Former employment:
Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1 August 2004 – 1 February 2005
External Trade Department
Area of responsibility: Multilateral (WTO) and bilateral free trade relations, various EEA matters.
European Free Trade Association - EFTA
2001 – 2004
SCD Division - Brussels
Area of responsibility: Budgetary Matters relating to payments from the EEA EFTA States to the EU, cooperation outside the four freedoms in the sphere of Entrepreneurship, Civil Protection and Tourism.
Delegation of the European Commission to Iceland and Norway
1998 - 2001
External Relations Directorate
Consultant and information officer
Recent contributions at conferences:
Speaker: Association of Businesses: Iceland and the EU
Speaker: Association of Icelandic Workers: Iceland and the Common Fisheries Policy of the EU. Chair: China and India in the World Economy. RUMBA Conference
Speaker and co-organiser: Reykjavik University and Federation of Icelandic Trade: Trade between Iceland and China
Speaker: Reykjavik University: The ISK or the EUR
Speaker: Association of Economists: Conference on Salary Negotiations
Speaker: Commercial Union of Iceland: National Congress. Lecture on gender differences in salary negotiations
Chair. Association of Economists: Conference on the euro and the Icelandic Economy
Speaker: The Pharmaceutical Society of Iceland: Gender differences in salary negotiations
Courses and coaching for businesses
Teaches courses on Negotiations in the Reykjavik University Executive Education for 10 - 15 businesses each year
See for example here
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