Management and board of directors

Mr. Þórðarson started as General Manager of Vistor at the end of 2020. He holds a M.Sc. degree in Brand and Communications Management from Copenhagen Business School and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Auburn Montgomery. Prior to his role as General Manager Mr. Þórðarson was Marketing Manager at Vistor since 2018 and prior to that he worked at Novo Nordisk, both as Global Product Manager and Brand Manager in the headquarters, as well as in German and Danish subsidiaries of the company.

Thoranna has recently worked as independent management consultant, e.g. for Alvotech, Marel and several public institutions. She has served in various positions at Reykjavik University, served as dean of the Department of Business from 2013-2016 and prior to that as senior executive director of strategy and operations. Thoranna served as Business Development Officer at the sister companies Veritas and Vistor in 2005-2008, she was the first General Manager of Artasan and one of the founders of Audur Capital. Thoranna has extensive experience of board membership, she is Chairman of the Board of Landsbref, a member of the board of Veritas since 2018 and prior to that, among others, served on the boards of, Krónan, Íslandsbanki and Lyfja. Thoranna holds a doctorate in business from Cranfield University, an MBA degree from IESE in Barcelona and a master´s degree in pharmaceuticals.

Mrs. Alfredsdottir has over 30 years of experience of pharmaceutical sales and marketing, of which she has been in leadership positions for over 20 years. She started working at Pharmaco, that later became Vistor, in 1977. From 2008-2012 she held the position of General Manager at Vistor. Throughout the years she has represented the pharmaceutical industry in various tasks where she has either been appointed by the industry or the Government. Mrs. Alfredsdottir was appointed by the Minister of Health to represent the industry on a committee with the task of developing future pharmaceutical strategy for Iceland. The committee completed the task in 2007. Mrs. Alfredsdottir holds a Master's degree in Pharmacy from the University of Iceland and the Royal School of Pharmacy in Copenhagen. She also finished an AMP program at INSEAD in 2007 as well as FUAMP at INSEAD in 2010.

Mr. Jonsson is the Chairman and main owner of Veritas, the parent company of Vistor, Distica, Artasan, MEDOR and Stod. The group is the leading supplier and service provider to the healthcare sector in Iceland. Mr. Jonsson has extensive international management experience in various industries. He was the CEO of Veritas and previously Vistor from 2002-2013. Prior to founding Veritas in 2002, he was the CEO of Northern Lights Communications (now 365 media), Iceland’s largest media and entertainment group. He has also worked for Cargill Inc. in the USA and as a Management Consultant for McKinsey and Company in Sweden. Mr. Jonsson has served as a board member of various companies and was Chairman of the Board of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce from 2012-2016. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Macalester College and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.