Árni Vilhjálmsson, Chairman of the Board of HB Grandi passed away on 5 March at the age of 80.
Mr Vilhjálmsson had a successful career, and was a board member and held positions of authority in a number of private and public companies in Iceland. He was a professor in the School of Business at the University of Iceland from 1961 to 1998.
In 1988, Mr Vilhjálmsson led a group of four companies that purchased Grandi hf. from the City of Reykjavík. At the time the fisheries industry was in a slump and the company’s operation had been poor for a number of years. On the change in ownership, Mr Vilhjálmsson undertook the position of chairman of the Board of Grandi hf. and discharged his duties with diligence until the end.
Mr Vilhjálmsson‘s colleagues have credited him with the good operation and development of HB Grandi hf. over the years.
“We would like to give thanks for the privilege of having worked with Árni Vilhjálmsson and we send our deepest condolences to his wife, Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir, and to his daughters and their families”, they said.
