Educational background in engineering, economics, and finance from The University of Iceland, DTU, Copenhagen and Columbia University New York. Initially spent five years in the global financial markets with increasing levels of responsibility culminating in the position heading the Financial Markets Department, responsible for currency-, derivatives- and proprietary trading desks. After the banking experience I co-founded three companies, two of which I made exits.
After my exits I became an adjunct professor at the engineering department of Reykjavik University and a MBA lecturer at the same time serving as a CEO of Klak Innovation Center. At Klak I started Seed Forum Iceland. After...