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Ármann Þorvaldsson

Ármann Þorvaldsson

CEO

Armann Thorvaldsson joined Kvika as CEO of Kvika in August 2023. He previously worked as CEO in 2017 - 2019 and Deputy CEO of the bank in the years 2019 - 2022.

Mr. Thorvaldsson has worked in the financial markets for over twenty years. From 1997 until 2005 he was Head of Corporate Finance at Kaupthing and in 2005 until 2008 he was CEO of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander in London. Later Mr. Thorvaldsson worked at Ortus Secured Finance in London until 2015 when he joined Virding. Mr. Thorvaldsson headed up Virding´s Corporate Finance division before joining Kvika.

Mr. Thorvaldsson has an MBA degree from Boston University and a BA degree in history from the University of Iceland.