Ólafur Sigurðsson  
CEO
Birta lífeyrissjóður

Ólafur Sigurðsson is CEO of Birta lífeyrissjóðu, one of the largest pension funds in Iceland with €3.1bn under management. He has extensive experience in financial markets. He started his career as a private equity fund manager in 2000 and led the start-up of a security company from 2002 – 2005. He has also been the manager of a pension fund since 2005. He has served on numerous boards of directors, committees and working groups within the Icelandic Pension Fund Association. He is currently chairman of the subcommittee on the investment environment of pension funds. Sigurðsson earned an MSc in molecular genetics from the University of Salzburg in 1996, and business and management from the University of Iceland Continuing Education in 2000.
Ólafur Sigurðsson