Executive Management

Jon Sigurdsson, Ossur President and Chief Executive Officer, has lead the Company since 1996. He was the Commercial Counsellor for the Icelandic Trade Council in New York between 1992 and 1996 and previously Chief  Financial Officer at Álafoss 1989 - 1992.  Mr. Sigurdsson also worked as Head of the International division of Eimskip (1986 - 1989) and as an Engineer for Bang and Olufsen Denmark (1982 - 1984).   He is a board member of the Icelandic Trade Council, Icelandic Chamber of Commerce, Reykjavík University and Samherji, one of the leading fishery companies in Iceland.  Mr. Sigurdsson has a B.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from Odense Technical College in Denmark and a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the United States International University in San Diego, US.

Ossur shares: 24.458.841
Stock Option: 1.250.000

Arni Alvar Arason, Vice President Ossur Asia, has been with Ossur since 1996.  Prior to this position he has worked within the Company as Vice President of Business Develoment, Chief Financial Officer, Marketing Manager and Product Manager. From 1994 to 1996, he was a Marketing Manager at Folda hf., and he was previously Sales and Distribution Manager with Christoph Fritzsch GmbH in Germany. Mr. Arason graduated from the University of Trier in Germany with a degree in Business Administration.

Ossur shares: 2.124.450
Stock Option: 308.000

Egill Jonsson, Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations, has been with Ossur since 1996.  He has led the Manufacturing from that period. He was formerly a Project Manager at VGK hf an Engineering Firm in Reykjavik (1985-1996).  Egill has a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University in Copenhagen, DTU (1984).

Ossur shares: 18.499
Stock Option: 308.000

Eythor Bender, President of Ossur Americas, joined Ossur in 1995. Eythor held the position Vice President of Sales and Marketing from the year 2000 untill 2003. He was the Company's Director of Sales from 1997 to 2000 and Marketing Manager prior to that. Before joining Ossur, Mr Bender worked at the Hewlett Packard European Marketing Center in Germany (1993 -1995) and with their European Medical Division as a marketing consultant (1989 -1993). He has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Tubingen in Germany.

Ossur shares: 2.027.900
Stock Option: 308.000 
 

Hilmar Bragi Janusson, Vice President of Research and Development, has been with Ossur since 1993. He was formerly a researcher with the Technological Institute of Iceland from 1987 to 1988. Dr Janusson is also on the Board of a number of other Icelandic companies. He holds a degree in Chemistry from the University of Iceland and a Doctorate in Chemical Science and Engineering from Leeds University in England.

Ossur shares: 3.660.347
Stock Option: 308.000 
 

Hjorleifur Palsson, Chief Financial Officer, joined Ossur in the fall of 2001. He is a former Partner and Board Member of Deloitte & Touche, Iceland's leading auditing firm. Mr Palsson graduated in 1988 with a Business Degree from the University of Iceland, and qualified as a certified public accountant in 1989.

Ossur shares: 1.000.000
Stock Option: 308.000

Olafur Gylfason, Managing Director of Ossur Europe (EMEA), has been with Ossur since 1997, formerly working in international sales and as Marketing and Sales Director for Europe. Mr Gylfason holds a degree in Business Administration from Bifrost School of Business. He continued his studies at Alborg University in Denmark, graduating with a Masters degree in International Business Economics in 1997.

Ossur shares: 476.368
Stock Option: 308.000