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Guðjón Reynisson
Guðjón Reynisson
Board member

Guðjón Reynisson was appointed to Kvika’s BOD in March 2018. He was born in 1963 and works as an independent investor and board member. Between 2008 and 2017 he served as CEO of Hamleys of London. From 2003 to 2008, he served as managing director of the 10-11 stores. From 1998 to 2003 he was the managing director of the sales division of Tal, an Icelandic phone company. He graduated with an MBA degree from the University of Iceland in 2002. He graduated with an Operations and Business degree from the Continuing Education Study of the University of Iceland in 1999 and graduated with a degree as a licensed physical education teacher from the University of Iceland in 1986.

Guðjón has been on the board of directors of Festi hf. since 2014, of Securitas hf. since 2018 and of Dropp ehf. since 2020. In 2024 Guðjón also took seat on the board of the private equity fund Harpa Capital Partners II. Guðjón controls 10,410,789 shares in Kvika through his private limited company, Hakk ehf., but does not have interest links with major clients, competitors, or big shareholders in the sense of the corporate governance guidelines and is also independent from the bank in sense of the guidelines.