Dr. Olafur S. Gudmundsson is currently the Director of Pharmaceutics at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a global biopharma company. He has previously held various senior level management positions within R&D in the pharmaceutical industry, both for Bristol-Myers Squibb and Genentech Inc. He is also associated with the Pharmaceutical Chemistry department at Purdue University.

Margret Jonsdottir is the Managing Director of Operations of Eyrir Invest hf. Previously, she was the Director of Finance at Edda Publishing from December 2001 until October 2002. She was the Director of Finance at Kreditkort/MasterCard from August 2000 until December 2001, the Manager of Accounts at FBA Investment Bank (now Islandsbanki) from January 1998 until June 2000, and the Director of Finance at the Industrial Loan Fund (FBA Investment Bank predecessor) from September 1988 until January 1998.

Ann Savage recently retired from her role as the Group Technical Director of Bakkavor Group. She served as a member of the management board, where she was mainly responsible for food safety, health and safety management, manufacturing excellence and environmental management at Bakkavor. Savage has held a variety of roles during her career, spanning over 35 years in technical and R&D departments within the retail and food industry, more specifically for Cooperative Wholesale Society (CWS), Northern Foods (1990-1999) and Geest/Bakkavor (1999-2016).

Astvaldur Johannsson, is currently serving as the VP of Sales at Men and Mice, an International software organization. In addition, Astvaldur has extensive prior international experience, holding various senior management positions for Ossur hf., Global non-invasive Orthopedics Corporation and as an Executive Director of International Division of Valitor hf., an e-commerce payment solutions and services provider. Other experiences include: Director membership of the Executive Team of the IT company Nyherji hf., the Managing Director at Penninn, and as a system analyst expert within the IT sector focusing on process design and development.

Helgi Magnusson is the Chairman of the boards of Blue Lagoon, Harpa Holding and Husasmidjan. He serves as a board member of several Icelandic companies, including N1 and Hofgardar. He served as a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board of the Confederation of Icelandic Employers from 2006 to 2013 and as the Chairman of the Federation of Icelandic Industries from 2006 to 2012. Magnusson has also been a board member of Islandsbanki hf, the Framsyn Pension Fund, the Pension Fund of Commerce, Siminn and the Icelandic Chamber of Commerce. For several years, he was the Chairman of the Board of Harpa Sjofn Paint Factory and the Flugger Iceland Paint Factory.

Arnar Thor Masson has extensive experience in re-organization, strategy and project management. He is currently the Alternate Director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and also serves as the Chairman of Marel’s audit committee. His previous roles include being the Director General of the Department of Administrative Development at the Prime Minister’s Office in Iceland and the Deputy Director General of the Financial Management Department at the Ministry of Finance. Masson was an adjunct lecturer at the Department of Political Science of the University of Iceland from 2000 until 2008.