Anna Kristin Palsdottir

Anna Kristin Palsdottir

Anna Kristin Palsdottir joined the Executive Team in March 2020.

Executive Vice President of Innovation

Anna Kristin Palsdottir joined the Executive Team in March 2020. Since joining Marel in 2015, Palsdottir has held various managerial roles within Innovation. Most recently, she was Innovation Director for the Cross Industry. Her broad experience in Innovation prior to that include Innovation Manager for X-ray solutions and Infrastructure Manager. Palsdottir has demonstrated excellence in leading cross-functional innovation teams within Marel.

EDUCATION

  • MSc, Production Engineering, Technical University of Berlin
  • BSc, Engineering Management, Reykjavik University

HOLDINGS

  • 0 (as of year-end 2019)

Our leadership

Chief Executive Officer

Arni Oddur Thordarson

Arni Oddur Thordarson took up his current position as Marel’s CEO in November 2013 after serving as Chairman of the Board of Marel since 2005.
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Chief Financial Officer

Linda Jonsdottir

Linda Jonsdottir took up the position of Marel's CFO in 2014. Prior she was Marel’s Corporate Director of Treasury and Investor Relations from 2009.
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Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategic Business Units

Arni Sigurdsson

Arni Sigurdsson is responsible for strategy, development and mergers and acquisitions as well as the Innova software and Cross-Industry.
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Executive Vice President of Global Supply Chain

Folkert Bolger

Folkert Bölger joined Marel in 2017 and has extensive global managerial experience in supply, procurement and operational positions.
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Executive Vice President of Poultry

Roger Claessens

Roger Claessens joined the Executive Team in September 2019. He has been with Marel and its predecessors since 2001, most recently as Director of Innovation, Poultry.
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Executive Vice President of Fish

Gudbjorg Heida Gudmundsdottir

Gudbjorg Heida Gudmundsdottir took up her current position in March 2020. She joined Marel in 2011 in various roles, most recently as a Local Manager for Marel in Iceland and Innovation Cluster Manager for Iceland and the UK.
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Executive Vice President of Global Markets and Service

Ulrika Lindberg

Ulrika Lindberg joined Marel in 2018. She has extensive managerial experience in senior sales and service positions at large international organizations.
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Executive Vice President of Meat

David Wilson

Following decades of experience in the food industry, David Wilson began in his current position in 2012.
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