11 October, 2022

Ólafur Þór Jóhannesson has been appointed Managing Director of Finance at PLAY.

Ólafur Þór Jóhannesson has been appointed Managing Director of Finance at Icelandic budget airline PLAY. He takes over the job from Þóra Eggertsdóttir and starts work at the beginning of November.


Ólafur Þór served as CEO, Deputy CEO and Managing Director of Finance at Skeljungur hf. in 2019-2022. Prior to that, he held various management positions in the business sector, has been an independent consultant, held board positions in several companies, and then he was an accountant and partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Ólafur Þór also taught at the Faculty of Business Administration at Reykjavik University. He is a business student from the University of Iceland and is a certified public accountant.

Olafur Thor: "I am grateful for the opportunity to be a participant in the ongoing development of PLAY which, in my opinion, is in a very interesting place. I look forward to the many projects ahead and hope that my experience and knowledge from different industries will be useful to the company."

Birgir Jónsson, CEO of PLAY: "We are delighted to introduce Ólafur Þór to the game, as it is a great reward for him for the company. He has tremendous experience from diverse sources and is a good addition to PLAY's strong management team. Now that he takes over our strong financial team, we can take certain steps forward and continue to raise the flight. "I would like to warmly welcome you on board."







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