Eygló Harðardóttir, Minister of Social Affairs and Housing, has appointed a new Board of Directors for the Housing Financing Fund. Chairman of the Board is Ingibjörg Ólöf Vilhjálmsdóttir, Attorney at Law, who will be taking over from Jóhann Ársælsson.
According to amendments made to the Housing Act in July 2012, the CEO and the Board of Directors must meet the eligibility assessment conducted by The Financial Supervisory Authority.
The Board of the Housing Financing Fund is composed of the following members:
Ingibjörg Ólöf Vilhjálmsdóttir, Attorney at Law, Chairman of the Board
Hrund Hafsteinsdóttir, Attorney at Law, Vice-chairman
Haukur Ingibergsson, former Director General of Registers Iceland
Kristrún Heimisdóttir, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Akureyri
Stefán Ólafsson, Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Iceland
Alternates:
Kristinn Dagur Gissurarson, business administration
Jóhann Birgisson, banker
Halldóra Hauksdóttir, Attorney at Law
Margrét Rósa Sigurðardóttir, high school teacher
G. Valdimar Valdimarsson, IT professional
Ingibjörg Ólöf Vilhjálmsdóttir, Attorney, Land Lögmenn (Land International Legal Services)
Ingibjörg received a Master’s degree (LLM) in international and comparative law from the George Washington University Law School in 2003. She passed her Bar exam before the Icelandic Bar Association in 2000. Ingibjörg passed her final exams (Cand. Jur.) in the Faculty of Law at the University of Iceland in 1998. Ingibjörg is an Attorney at Law and one of the founders and partners at Land Lögmenn a international legal services firm. Ingibjörg’s areas of speciality include international investment and business contracts, free-trade agreements, consultancy services to start-up companies, administrative law and agricultural legislation. She supervised legal consultancy services for the investment company IVC S.A. in Switzerland and worked for the Trade Relations Division at the European Free Trade Association in Geneva. Ingibjörg was previously employed as a Head of Division for the Ministry of Agriculture and was an Officer with the office of the District Commissioner in Seyðisfjörður. In addition, she was a part-time lecturer at the University of Bifröst. Ingibjörg has been a member of and chaired numerous committees appointed by the Government Offices of Iceland since 1999.
Hrund Hafsteinsdóttir, Attorney, ETNA Lögmannsstofa (ETNA Legal Services)
She completed her final exams (Cand. Jur.) in law from the University of Iceland and is a founder of ETNA Legal Services, operating in Reykjavík and Brussels, focusing on international trade, strategic communications, EU law and consultancy services in public administration. Hrund has worked in international organisations in Brussels for 10 years, was for a while employed by the Foreign Ministry and is a District Attorney. She has been a member of numerous committees and Boards of Directors, including Síminn hf. and the Competition Council. She has also been on the election board for elections to the Church Congress.
Haukur Ingibergsson, former Director General of Registers Iceland
He received a cand.mag degree in history from the University of Iceland in 1973 and a BA in history and geography from the University of Iceland in 1973. As of 1986, Haukur has been employed in various positions of responsibility within the administrative branch, including Managing Director of the Icelandic Motor Vehicle Inspectorate, Managing Director of the Icelandic Budget Bureau, Office Manager at the Ministry of Finance and Director General of Registers Iceland. Haukur has been a member of numerous committees both inside and outside the administrative branch as well as being a Board member in many companies, including Icelandic Vehicle Inspection (Bifreiðaskoðun Íslands hf.), Stofnfiskur hf., Board of Icelandic Alloys and the University Council of the Iceland University of Education.
Kristrún Heimisdóttir, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Akureyri
She received a law degree (Cand. Jur.) from the University of Iceland in 1998. Kristrún also studied philosophy at the University College in Cork in Ireland. She was appointed Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Akureyri from 2012 and was assistant to the Minister of Economic Affairs and Commerce (2010–12), legal consultant to the Minster of Social Affairs (2009–10) and assistant to the Foreign Minister (2007–9). Previously, she was an attorney at Lex Legal Services (2006–7), with the Federation of Icelandic Industries (2001–6), Managing Director of the Reykjavík Academy (1999–2001) and attorney for the Althingi Ombudsman (1998–9). She also lectured in the law faculties of the Icelandic universities concurrently with other work.
Stefán Ólafsson, Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Iceland
Stefán has a doctorate in social and economic science from Oxford (1982) and an MA degree in sociology from the University of Edinburgh (1976). Stefán has been employed in the University of Iceland since 1980 and has been both a lecturer and held administrative positions. He has written a number of published books and numerous research and scientific papers that have been published both in Iceland and abroad. Stefán was Chairman of the Board of Icelandic Alloys 1992–2004, a member of the Board of Spölur hf. from 1999–2004, Chairman of the Board of Háskólabíó from 2000 and is at present Chairman of the Board of Tryggingastofnun ríkisins (Social Insurance Administration), from 2007.
Further information will be supplied by the Chair of the current Board of Directors of the Housing Financing Fund, Ingibjörg Ólöf Vilhjálmsdóttir, e-mail: iov@landlogmenn.is.
