Board Director
Svafa Grönfeldt, born in 1965, is a Professor of Practice at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is a founding member of MIT’s newest innovation accelerator DesignX, focused on the design and development of technology- and service-based ventures created at MIT.
Grönfeldt is the co-founder of The MET fund, a Cambridge-based seed investment fund. She is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Össur, a global leader in orthopedic solutions since 2008, and member of the Board of Directors of Icelandair since 2019, where she is also a member of the Audit Committee.
Within the global life science field, she served as the Chief Organizational and Development Officer of Alvogen and Deputy to the CEO of Actavis Group. For more than twenty years, her executive career has been focused on organizational design for high growth companies, strategy implementation, service process design and performance tracking, as well as the integration of acquired companies and new business units. She is a former President of Reykjavik University.
Grönfeldt has no conflict of interest links with company’s main customers, competitors, or major shareholders.
Education
- Ph.D. from the London School of Economics
- MSc in Technical and Professional Communication from Florida Institute of Technology
Board of directors
- Board Director since 2021
Sub-committees
- Audit Committee (Chair)
Holdings in Marel
- 0 (as of 30 August 2022)
