Co-Founder

• Jun 2022 - Present

AQ consultant/Coach

• Apr 2022 - Present

Chief People, Future and Change Officer

• Feb 2012 - Present

In my own business, which I have for many years either run along with my corporate work or solely, like now, I mainly do Management Consulting, Executive Coaching, Corporate Training, Lecturing, Speaking at conferences, writing books and articles, and more. As a speaker and a trainer, I have for the last few years given 25 - 60 presentations, lectures and workshops a year. I have also done quite a lot of executive coaching, both for top-level managers and teams, as well as teaching in two universities in Iceland. So the numbers of presentations, lectures, and workshops I have given are in the hundreds. Most of my presentations and lectures are for various organizations - on various aspects of Leadership, with the goal of the organizations and the individuals that work there to Succeed together. Also Self-Leadership, Energy Management over Time Management, various HR topics, and more.

University Lecturer

• Jan 2013 - Present

Teaching at Reykjavik University: 2019 - Lecturer in a graduate course called Staffing: From recruitment to termination 2013: Lecturer in MBA-program, in a course called Personal Development. There I taught MBA-students about them as developers of others and how they can use coaching as a tool in their leadership role. The Open University, at Reykjavik University 2018 - I have been teaching Personal development for leaders, in the PMD-programme (program for management development) Various courses every year since 2012, most on HR and Leadership.

University Lecturer

• Apr 2022 - May 2022

Teaching Leadership in the MBA program at the University of Iceland. Teaching Leadership in the MBA program at the University of Iceland.

COO

• Nov 2019 - Dec 2021

As COO and Talent Leader of Deloitte Iceland, my main responsibility is to drive Operational Excellence and strategic Talent Management across the firm. My areas of focus include HR, IT, Services and more, as well as driving the execution of the firm’s strategy. In addition to my management duties in Iceland, I´m a part of the teams of Deloitte Talent Leaders in the Nordics and Deloitte COOs in the Nordics. As COO and Talent Leader of Deloitte Iceland, my main responsibility is to drive Operational Excellence and strategic Talent Management across the firm. My areas of focus include HR, IT, Services and more, as well as driving the execution of the firm’s strategy. In addition to my management duties in Iceland, I´m a part of the teams of Deloitte Talent Leaders in the Nordics and Deloitte COOs in the Nordics.

Advisory Board Member

• Mar 2021 - Apr 2021

Member of an Advisory Board for the selection of a new Althingi Ombudsman Member of an Advisory Board for the selection of a new Althingi Ombudsman

VP - HR & Marketing | HR Management | Change Management | Internal Marketing

• Nov 2013 - Oct 2019

I joined RB shortly after a merger so for the first 2 years or so most of my time went to change management. Coordinating, aligning and setting new processes, policies, etc. Finalizing and implementing new pay structure, leadership development and more.Along with that, and further into the time at RB, I put a lot of time towards supporting and strengthening leaders and managers at the company, worked with my team on making RB more attractive as a workplace, attracting stronger talent, improve employee experience and more.My team counted for 7 people, doing HR (from A-Z), External and Internal Marketing, PR, Company Culture and Image, Office Design and more.

Board of Directors (Alternate)

• Jun 2012 - Nov 2013

Alternate to other Director of the Board

Speaker at Disrupt HR London

• Mar 2018 - Mar 2018

Gave a presentation at an event called Disrupt HR, where HR professionals talk about how we can disrupt HR, to do it better and in a new way. Gave a presentation at an event called Disrupt HR, where HR professionals talk about how we can disrupt HR, to do it better and in a new way.

Board of Directors

• Apr 2010 - Jul 2012

Member of The Board of Directors Member of The Board of Directors

Chairman

• Jan 2011 - May 2012

Chairman Jan. - May 2012 (resigned when I started my own consulting business) Vice Chairman Jan. 2011 - Jan. 2012 Elected as Vice Chairman when the Association was formed and became a Chairman a year later. Chairman Jan. - May 2012 (resigned when I started my own consulting business) Vice Chairman Jan. 2011 - Jan. 2012 Elected as Vice Chairman when the Association was formed and became a Chairman a year later.

COO - Corporate Development & Operations

• Dec 2006 - Jan 2012

When I joined the company, as head of HR, it had recently gone through merger of two savings banks. In a short period of time we acquired two other savings banks, so there were many challenges, a lot of change management and OD. My role changed into being the COO of the company. As the COO I headed a unit of 25 people, working in 5 different departments. The responsibilities were Human Resources, IT, Business Analytics, Project Management (Marketing, Quality and more) and Operations (Facilities Management, Procurement, Reception, Canteen and more).

Director of Training and Development

• Apr 2002 - Dec 2006

In those years I worked for Islandsbanki (later called Glitnir and then Islandsbanki again) the bank was growing enourmosly and adding offices in various countries. My main responsibilities were Training & Development, Workplace Audits and Performance Appraisals. Most of my work was around the operation in Iceland but also for our offices in Denmark, London, Luxembourg and more. In those years I worked for Islandsbanki (later called Glitnir and then Islandsbanki again) the bank was growing enourmosly and adding offices in various countries. My main responsibilities were Training & Development, Workplace Audits and Performance Appraisals. Most of my work was around the operation in Iceland but also for our offices in Denmark, London, Luxembourg and more.

HR Consultant

• 2000 - 2002

Consulting projects in the field of Human Resources Management Consulting projects in the field of Human Resources Management