Gunnar Baldvinsson has served as Managing Director of Almenni Pension Fund since 1990. He was also on the board of the Icelandic Pension Funds Association from 2006 to 2015, where he was Chairman from 2012 to 2015. Baldvinsson led a government appointed committee appointed in 2017 to discuss the role of pension funds in the Icelandic economy. He has written four books on finance and holds a degree in economics from the University of Iceland and an MBA from the University of Rochester.