Icelandair: Candidates for the Board of Directors of Icelandair Group at the virtual AGM on 3 March 2022
24 Febrero 2022 - 11:16AM
Icelandair: Candidates for the Board of Directors of Icelandair
Group at the virtual AGM on 3 March 2022
The following candidates, listed in alphabetical
order, have declared their candidacy for the Board of Directors of
Icelandair Group at the virtual Annual General Meeting on 3 March
2022:
Guðmundur Hafsteinsson; ID no. 290875-3319 John F. Thomas; ID
no. 250359-3409Matthew Evans; ID no. 061086-5289 Nina Jonsson; ID
no. 100567-3189 Svafa Grönfeldt; ID no. 290365-3769
Guðmundur Hafsteinsson
Guðmundur Hafsteinsson is an investor and
entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Fractal 5, a startup
focusing on helping people living a better social life through
technology. He was the Head of Product for Google Assistant at
Google, a position he held from 2014 to 2019. He joined Google in
2014 subsequent to the merger of Google and Emu, a chat based
virtual assistant start-up he founded in 2012. Prior to the
founding of Emu, he was VP Product at Siri, and stayed on after the
acquisition by Apple through the launch of Siri on iPhone. Prior to
Siri/Apple, Guðmundur was a Senior Product Manager at Google, where
he managed the initial launches of Google Maps for mobile and
Google Voice Search. Guðmundur holds an MBA degree from MIT and a
B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the
University of Iceland. Guðmundur joined Icelandair Group’s Board of
Directors in March 2018. He holds 8,555,555 shares in the Company.
He has no interest links with the Company’s main customers,
competitors or major shareholders.
John F. Thomas
John F. Thomas is the owner and CEO of Waltzing
Matilda Aviation LLC, a jet charter and aircraft management company
based in Boston that he founded in 2008. In 2016-2017, Mr. Thomas
was Group Executive at Virgin Australia Airlines where he led a
financial turnaround as CEO of a AU$ 4.0bn (appr. USD 3bn)
full-service airline with over 6,000 employees and 125 aircraft,
and from 1990-2016 he was with the global strategy consulting firm
L.E.K. Consulting, as a Managing Director/Senior Partner. From 1995
he created and led L.E.K’s Global Aviation Practice for over 20
years. He also sits on the Board of SkyService Inc. the largest
corporate aviation provider in Canada where he also Chairs its
Health and Safety committee. He continues to provide advisory work
to the global airline industry. Mr. Thomas holds an MBA degree from
Macquarie University Graduate School of Business (which included 9
months at the MBA program at INSEAD) and a Bachelor of Commerce
degree from the University of New South Wales. He joined the Board
of Icelandair Group on 6 March 2020. He holds 2,941,900 shares in
the Company and subscription rights for 452,600 shares. He has no
interest links with the Company’s main customers, competitors or
major shareholders.
Matthew Evans
Matthew Evans joined Bain Capital Credit in 2009
where he is currently a Managing Director overseeing investments in
the Aviation, Aerospace & Defense and Industrial sectors. He
sits on a number of portfolio company boards and has led the
development of several external partnerships and joint ventures
within the aviation sector. Since mid-2020, Bain Capital has been
the sole owner of Virgin Australia, the second largest airline in
Australia. Mr. Evans received a B.A. Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum
laude from Yale University. Matthew joined Icelandair Group’s Board
of Directors in July 2021. He neither holds shares nor share
options in the Company. He has no interest links with the Company’s
main customers or competitors. However, he is a representative of
the Company’s largest shareholder.
Nina Jonsson
Nina Jonsson (Jónína Ósk Sigurðardóttir), is
currently active as an advisor to the global airline industry's
executive teams and as a board member. In addition to her role as
Senior Advisor with Plane View Partners, Ms. Jonsson is the
Chairman of FLYHT Aerospace Solutions, a Canadian aircraft
data-streaming technology leader. She also serves on the Advisory
Boards of Waltzing Matilda Aviation, a Boston based operator
launching a new ESGfocused airline, and Houston based Genesis Park,
a private equity firm specializing in the SPAC market. Between 2015
and 2017, she held the role of Senior Vice President Group Fleet at
Air FranceKLM Group where she was responsible for group-wide fleet
strategy, aircraft sourcing, leasing and sales. Previously, Ms.
Jonsson held a number of other executive positions within the
aviation industry including Fleet Management Officer at the Bristow
Group (2012-15), Director Fleet Planning at United Airlines
(2006-2011) and Director Fleet Management at US Airways
(2002-2005). Ms. Jonsson holds an MBA degree from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute and a B.Sc. degree in Air Transport
Management from the University of New Haven. Nina joined Icelandair
Group’s Board of Directors in March 2020. She is a dual citizen of
Iceland and the US. She neither holds shares nor share options in
the Company. She has no interest links with the Company’s main
customers, competitors or major shareholders.
Svafa Grönfeldt
Svafa Grönfeldt is a Professor of Practice at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a founding member
of MIT’s newest innovation accelerator DesignX focused on the
design and development of technology- and service-based ventures
created at MIT. Svafa is the co-founder of The MET fund, a
Cambridge based seed investment fund. She is a member of the Board
of Directors of Icelandair Group since 2019, Board of Directors of
Össur since 2008 and Marel since 2021. Previous positions include
executive leadership positions at two global life science companies
where she served as Chief Organizational Development Officer of
Alvogen and Deputy to the CEO of Actavis Group. Her executive
career has been focused on organizational design for high growth
companies, strategy implementation, service process design for
operational improvement and performance tracking. She is a former
President of Reykjavik University. Svafa joined Icelandair Group’s
Board of Directors in March 2019. She holds 10,833,334 shares in
the Company and subscription rights for 1,666,666 shares. She has
no interest links with the Company’s main customers, competitors or
major shareholders.
It is the conclusion of the Board of Directors
of Icelandair Group that all the candidates are independent of the
Company and its management. Furthermore, all the candidates are
independent of significant shareholders except for Matthew Evans
who is a representative of the Company’s largest shareholder.
According to the Company’s Articles of
Association the Annual General Meeting elects five members to the
Board of Directors. As five individuals have declared candidacy,
these candidates will be elected to the Board of Directors without
ballot at the meeting.
Candidates to the Nomination
Committee
The following candidates have declared candidacy
to the Nomination Committee of Icelandair Group at the Annual
General Meeting on 3 March 2022.
Helga Árnadóttir; ID.no.120371-3479Hjörleifur
Pálsson; ID.no 281163-4269
According to the Company’s Articles of
Association the Annual General Meeting elects two members to the
Nomination Committee. As two individuals have declared candidacy,
these candidates will be elected to the Nomination Committee
without ballot at the meeting.
The Board of Directors has decided that
Icelandair Group‘s Annual General Meeting on 3 March 2022 will be
held electronically, cf. Article 4.6 of the Company‘s Articles of
Association. Shareholders who intend to participate electronically
at the AGM shall register no later than at 4 pm on Sunday 27
February 2022 at the following website:
www.icelandairgroup.com/agm
Further information:Ari Guðjónsson, General
Counsele-mail: ari@icelandairgroup.is
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