On December 1, there were changes in Matís' senior management.
Doctor Sjöfn Sigurgísladóttir, who has been the CEO of Matís since the company took office on 1 January 2007 and the CEO of the Fisheries Research Institute before that, is now resigning at her own request.
Dr. Sveinn Margeirsson will take over from her as CEO. Along with the changes, dr. Hörður G. Kristinsson will take over the new position of Matís' research director, as well as continue to work as the director of the biotechnology and biochemistry division at the company.
Sveinn and Hörður, who have both held key positions at Matís, are well acquainted with all of the company's operations. In addition, they have jointly managed the company for the past four months with good results.
The board of Matís thanks Sjöfn for the excellent work she has done for the company and for its fast and safe development over the past four years and wishes her well in her new job.
At the same time, the board welcomes Svein and Hörður to work in new roles and wishes them to continue the good work they have done for Matís ohf.
Matís aims to increase the competitiveness of Icelandic food production on an international level. Among the company's roles are the promotion of innovation and the increased value and safety of food through strong development and research work. In that field, exciting times lie ahead in this country with the further development of fisheries, agriculture, biotechnology and other food production.
On behalf of the board of Matís ohf.,
Friðrik Friðriksson, form.
896-7350
The press release in .pdf format can be found here. Matís's new organization chart here.