Founder & Chairman, Iceland Ocean Cluster
Þór Sigfusson is an Icelandic entrepreneur, author and speaker.
Þór received his PhD degree in Business from the University of Iceland in 2012. He launched the Iceland Ocean Cluster in 2011. The cluster focuses on developing innovative ideas in the blue economy. In May 2012, Thor founded the Ocean Cluster House in Reykjavik Iceland.
He is also the founder or co-founder of various enterprises in fish utilisation and food. Using the research and information generated from Iceland Ocean Cluster, Sigfusson founded Codland in September 2012. In 2013, he founded the company Collagen with the aim to use fish skin to create marine collagen. In 2017-2018 he founded Grandi Food Hall and co-founded Hlemmur Food Hall and Reykjavik Foods.
Þór has been a global advocate for the 100% fish utilization mission and the development of seafood clusters, with the Iceland Ocean Cluster now having co-founded eleven sister ocean clusters worldwide.
He is the author of nine books spanning zero waste, international business, knowledge networks, and salmon. His most recent titles include The New Fish Wave - Igniting the Seafood Industry and 100% Fish, both published by Leete’s Island Books.
Since establishing the Iceland Ocean Cluster, Sigfusson has spent his time speaking to audience in North America, Europe and Asia about the opportunities in building networks in the marine industry.
