Sigurður Einarsson (economist)

Sigurður Einarsson (born September 19, 1960 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic economist , entrepreneur and was the head of the board of the Icelandic Kaupthing Bank .

Life

Einarsson is the son of Einar Ágústsson and his wife Þórunn Sigurðardóttir. He graduated in Economics from the University of Copenhagen in 1987. From 1982 to 1988 he was with Den Danske Bank and Industrial Bank until he joined Íslandsbanki until 1994. He taught at the University of Iceland from 1993 to 1997 and served on the board of the Icelandic Stock Exchange (ICEX). In 1994 he came to Kaupthing and became its CEO and Chairman of the Supervisory Board until 2008. He is wanted by Interpol on suspicion of counterfeiting.

Web links

• icelandreview.com: Kaupthing Executives Will Probably Refuse to Pay Fine - Portrait of Sigurdur Einarsson

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile at Interpol ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

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