Glitnir's CEO steps down

Glitnir's CEO steps down
Kristján Óskarsson, CEO of Glitnir hf., will leave the company at the end of this year. Kristján was appointed a member of the Resolution Committee of Glitnir Bank hf. at the end of October 2008 and subsequently took over as the CEO of Glitnir at the beginning of August 2009 after leaving the Resolution Committee. As CEO he has been responsible for Glitnir's day-to-day operations, including managing monetisation of the assets of the company.

Glitnir's new CEO
Ingólfur Hauksson, CFO of Glitnir hf., will take over as the company's CEO at year-end. He has served as Glitnir's CFO since April 2009.Ingólfur graduated with a degree in business administration from the University of Iceland in 1986 and became a certified public accountant in 1989. From 2005 to 2009 he worked in the Finance Division of Eimskipafélag Íslands, where he was responsible for the group financial accounts. Prior to that he worked as an auditor from 1986 to 2004, most of the time at KPMG where he was a partner.