At the request of Birna Einarsdóttir the Board of Directors and Birna have reached an agreement on the terms of her resignation as CEO of Íslandsbanki.

The Board of Directors of the Bank has appointed Jón Guðni Ómarsson as CEO. Jón Guðni has been with Íslandsbanki and its predecessors from the year 2000 and has served as CFO of the Bank since 2011. Jón Guðni will continue as CFO of Íslandsbanki until a new CFO is appointed.

Finnur Árnason, Chairman of Íslandsbanki:
“Birna has built a robust bank with a strong team spirit which we will benefit from in the years to come. She has truly been a force for good and has maintained the values of equality, diversity and sustainability, both within the Bank as well as outside of it. We wish Birna well in her future endeavours.

Jón Guðni is well known to the Board of Directors through his extensive work for the Bank. He has vast experience working in the financial sector and will lead the bank on the road ahead.“

This announcement is released by Íslandsbanki hf. and contains information that qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR). For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is made by Jón Guðni Ómarsson, CEO of Íslandsbanki hf.