Icelandair Cargo announced that Gunnar Már Sigurfinnsson has decided to resign as Managing Director and will leave Icelandair Group?s Executive Committee. The resignation will become effective immediately but Gunnar Már will continue to work within the Company in the upcoming months and support his successor as needed to ensure a successful handover at this important unit within the Company. Einar Már Guðmundsson, Director of Icelandair?s Technical Operations, will become the Interim Managing Director of Icelandair Cargo and become a member of Icelandair Group?s Executive Committee while holding the interim position.

A formal process will now be initiated to search for the future Managing Director of the company. Einar Már Guðmundsson has worked for Icelandair since 2015 as a Director at the company?s Technical Operations. Previously, Einar Már was the Leader of Procurement at Rio Tinto Alcan (ISAL) for three years and before that he was the Operations Manager of Skeljungur.

Einar Már has an MBA degree from Copenhagen Business School and a BS degree in Science of Fisheries from the University of Akureyri. Gunnar Már has been an important team member at Icelandair for decades where he has served in various important roles within the Company. He has been part of Icelandair?s Executive Management since 2005 where he served as Chief Commercial Officer for a total of over 5 years.

He has then successfully led Icelandair Cargo for 15 years where he played a vital role during the Covid-19 pandemic by seizing opportunities within the cargo business and generating important revenue while Icelandair was facing unprecedented difficulties.