Board of Directors and Corporate Governance

Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board from March 2020. Board member since March 2017

Hjalti Þórarinsson

Hjalti serves as vice president at Marel where he leads a team of 230 software specialists. In 1998, Hjalti cofounded the software company Dimon. Following his MBA studies, Hjalti served as Director of Business Development at Microsoft for 11 years.

Hjalti studied electrical and computer engineering at the University of Iceland in 1995-1998 and holds an MBA from MIT.

Sub-Committees: Remuneration Committe and Audit Committee

Hildur Dungal, stjórnarmaður
Vice chairman of the board from March 2022. Board member since February 2011

Hildur Dungal

Hildur serves as a Senior Legal Advisor to the Administration of the Ministry of Infrastructure and previously headed the Directorate of Immigration in Iceland and worked for a number of years at the Ministry of Justice. Hildur has been on the boards of several companies.

Hildur holds a Cand. Jur. law degree from the University of Iceland.

Sub-Committees: Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee

Board member since March 2021

Auður Björk Guðmundsdóttir

Auður Björk is the CEO of Two Birds ehf. and was a managing director at Vátryggingafélag Íslands hf. from 2005 to 2018. Auður Björk has extensive experience in marketing, management and corporate strategy and has served on the boards of numerous companies.

Auður Björk holds a B.A. degree in media studies from the University of South Alabama, an AMP degree from the IESE Business School in Barcelona and an MBA from Reykjavik University.

Sub-Committees: Remuneration Committee

Ari Daníelsson, stjórnarmaður
Board member since March 2022

Ari Daníelsson

Ari is managing director and board member at Reviva Capital S.A. in Luxembourg which is a specialised asset management firm with operations in six countries. Ari has served board positions at numerous financial firms, in payment transactions and IT in Iceland and abroad in the last 20 years.

Ari is an IT specialist and has an MBA from the University of Reykjavik. He has also finished additional study in governance of international companies  (IDP) from INSEAD Business University in France.

Sub-Committees: Member of technical committee

Ari Kristinn Jónsson, stjórnarmaður
Board member since March 2022

Ari Kristinn Jónsson

Ari is CEO of AwareGO and has also in the last 15 years worked on various projects of innovation and entrepreneurship in Iceland. Ari has been board member of high-tech startup companies and involved in participation in strategic management of the government. In 2007 Ari Kristinn joined the University of Reykjavik and in 2010 he was appointed headmaster of the university. Ari Kristinn worked previously for 10 years at NASA as a specialist and director.

Ari Kristinn graduated as PhD from Stanford University in 1997, emphasising artificial intelligence.

Sub-Committees: Member of Audit Committee and Technical committee

Corporate Governance

The Board of Directors of Origo adheres to the Guidelines on Corporate Governance issued by the Iceland Chamber of Commerce, the Iceland Stock Exchange and the Confederation of Icelandic Employers in June 2015.

The purpose of the Guidelines is to:

Promote good corporate governance in Iceland.
Make it easier for company directors and managers to fulfil their duties and thus contribute to the growth and success of the companies they are entrusted to lead.
Build trust in companies and business generally.
Build trust between investors and company leaders.
Improve the competitiveness of Icelandic business by ensuring that corporate governance in Iceland broadly adheres to the principles followed in neighbouring countries.
Give investors a clearer picture of the corporate governance practices of Icelandic businesses to assist them in evaluating investment options.
Give Icelandic businesses better access to funding in Iceland and abroad.
Corporate Governance

Committees and Compliance Officer

Members of the Remuneration Committee: Hjalti Þórisson, Auður Björk Guðmundsdóttir and Hildur Dungal.
Members of the Nomination Committee: Hanna María Jónsdóttir, Hildur Dungal and Hilmar Hjaltason.
Members of the Audit Committee: Jón Gunnsteinn Hjálmarsson, Hjalti Þórarinsson and Ari Kristinn Jónsson.
Members of the Technical Committee: Ari Kristinn Jónsson, Ari Daníelsson and an external chairman.
The Compliance Officer of Origo is Gunnar Petersen and Ólafur Arinbjörn Sigurðsson is the Deputy Compliance Officer.
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