Board of Directors
Veitur's board of directors consists of Guðrún Erla Jónsdóttir, chairman, Ágúst Þorbjörnsson, Hera Grímsdóttir, Íris Baldursdóttir and Ásgeir Westergren. Deputies are Bára Jónsdóttir and Reynir Guðjónsson.
Guðrún Erla Jónsdóttir
Guðrún Erla Jónsdóttir, Strategy officer, completed a M.Sc. degree in marketing and international business from the University of Iceland in 2006 and completed her doctorate, PhD, from the same school in 2022. She was a visiting student at three foreign universities during her M.Sc. and PhD studies, San Diego State University, Copenhagen Business School and Syddansk Universitet. Her specialization is in the field of governance and the strategic role of boards. Guðrún Erla was the first woman to act as a managing director of Husavik Energy from 2008 until she joined Reykjavík Energy in 2015. She was the first woman to take a seat on the board of Samorka, the association of energy and utility companies, in 2012 and the first woman to be elected vice chairman, a position she held from 2016 until 2019.
Ágúst Þorbjörnsson
Business advisor completed a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany in 1993 and is currently pursuing a doctoral program at the University of Reykjavik.
Ásgeir Westergren
Was Head of Risk Management at the City of Reykjavík before joining Orkuveita Reykjavíkur's Finance Department in 2015. He holds an M.Sc. degree in Business Administration with an emphasis on investment management and risk management from Reykjavík University. At Orkuveita Reykjavíkur, Ásgeir has worked for most of his time as Head of Risk Management, but now works on issues related to the financing of Orkuveita Reykjavíkur and its subsidiaries, relations with investors and financial analysis.
Hera Grímsdóttir
Executive Director of Research and Innovation at Reykjavík Energy, has a master's degree in civil engineering as well as an MBA degree from Reykjavík University. Since 2018, she has been the chair of the Applied Engineering department at Reykjavík University but was previously the director of the construction department at the university's Faculty of Technology and Engineering. She has extensive experience in management and project management in complex projects, but she previously worked for the engineering firm EFLA, first in the energy department and later in the construction department. In the years 2011-2015, she managed international high-tech projects at the prosthetic manufacturer Össur. Hera has also taught e.g. project management and statistics at RU and at the Open University and sits on the professional council of the Rannís Technology Development Fund.
Íris Baldursdóttir
Íris is an executive with extensive experience in the operation and development of electricity systems in Iceland and abroad.
She is currently a senior advisor for ENTSO-E, the association of electricity transmission companies in Europe, and is also the co-founder and CEO of Snerpa Power. Íris worked for the leading international tech corporation ABB in Sweden and Mexico, as well as for Landsnet, which operates the transmission system in Iceland, for 15 years, the last few years as the executive vice president of System operations & ICT.
She completed a master's degree in electrical engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in 2001 and, later, she completed the Advanced Management Program, Global Business and Leaderhip, at the IESE Business School in Barcelona in 2021.
Bára Jónsdóttir
Lawyer at Reykjavik Energy, graduated in Law (mag.jur.) from the University of Iceland in 2012 and obtained lawyer certification in 2013. She worked for the winding-up committee of the Frjálsi investment bank and SPRON from her graduation until 2014. She then started working for the Central Bank of Iceland until she joined Reykjavik Energy in 2015. Bára also holds a seat on the board of the national union of lawyers (Stéttarfélag lögfræðinga).
Reynir Guðjónsson
Is the Safety Manager at Reykjavík Energy. He has extensive experience in that field. He worked as a Fire Fighter and EMT for the Reykjavik Municipal Fire Department for nine years, was a Safety Officer at Rio Tinto-Alcan for eight years and as the Quality Manager there for two years. He also worked as Safety Officer at VÍS for two years.