... Erna Bryndís Halldórsdóttir


Background and education:

Accreditations:
- State Authorised Public Accountant in Iceland, 1976.
- State Authorised Public Accountant in Denmark, 1978


Positions held:
Employment with a local accounting firm in Iceland while studying 1970 –1973.

Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers)
In Denmark from 1973 – 1979
In USA from 1979 – 1981
In Iceland from 1981 – 1983

Established own auditing firm in 1983 which was subsequently accepted as a member of Ernst & Young (then Arthur Young) in 1986. Served as Managing Partner of Ernst & Young in Iceland until the Icelandic Ernst & Young firm merged with KPMG in 2000.

Resigned as a partner of KPMG Dec 31, 2000.

Currently owner and managing director of Hyrna ehf, an Icelandic firm providing corporate services to foreign owned companies at Sundagardar 2 in Reykjavík.

This began with set-ups for Canadian Companies with branches in Switzerland, in co-operation with Peter Van Dijk and later John Haag of Ernst & Young Toronto. These have been in operation since 1998.

Served on the board of numerous enterprises and institutions, including the Icelandic Stock Exchange, Central Bank of Iceland and Institute of Public Accountants.