Guðmundur Þórðarson
Board member
Guðmundur Þórðarson is the deputy chairman of the Board of Kvika. He was appointed to the bank’s Board of Directors in March 2017. Guðmundur was born in 1972. He graduated from the University of Iceland with a Cand. Oecon business degree in 1997. He has also completed a securities brokerage and asset management exam in the UK. Guðmundur’s main focus is on managing his own investments.
From 1997 to 2000 he worked in Asset Management at Landsbréf hf. From 2000 to 2003, he worked as a specialist in the development and corporate advisory division of Íslandsbanki hf. From 2003 to 2007 he worked as Managing Director of Corporate Finance at Straumur Investment Bank hf.
Guðmundur also sits on the boards of Hedda eignarhaldsfélag ehf., Skel Investments ehf. and Attis ehf., as well as serving as an alternate in the board of Bílaleiga BTF ehf. A financially connected party to Guðmundur controls 133.500.000 shares through the companies Attis ehf. og SNV Holding ehf. Guðmundur does not have interest links with major clients, competitors or big shareholders in the sense of the Corporate Governance Guidelines.