Founder and chairman of the Iceland Ocean Cluster. Transformed an abandoned building by the Reykjavík harbor into what is globally known as “The Ocean Cluster House”, a home to over 100 entrepreneurs in the blue economy. The cluster has become a model for developing facilities for entrepreneurs by ports in many locations around the world.

As the CEO of the Keflavík Airport Development Corporation (KADECO), led the transformation of a former military base in Iceland into civil use. Today, the area is bustling with life, with several large-scale startups such as, Algalíf, two large-scale data centres and a school institution (partly owned by University of Iceland).