About Benedikt Gislason

CEO of Arion Bank in Iceland Previously, I joined FBA (later Íslandsbanki) in 1998, held a variety of managerial positions at Straumur-Burðarás, was managing director of capital markets at FL Group and managing director of the investment banking division of MP banki. I worked as a senior advisor for Iceland’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs and was vice-chairman of a government task force on the liberalization of the capital controls between 2013 and 2016. I served on the board of directors of Kaupthing from 2016 to 2018 and was an advisor to Kaupthing on matters relating to Arion Bank. I joined the Board of Directors of Arion Bank in September 2018 and served on the board until I took position as CEO of Arion Bank in july 2019