Jón Ásgeirsson

EVP of Strategy and Improvement, and the Resource Park

Jón Ásgeirsson joined HS Orka in March 2020 as Excecutive Vice President of Strategy and Improvement, and the Resource Park. Previously, he worked at Rio Tinto; first for over ten years in Straumsvík, where among other positions he was manager of the casthouse, and after that he was with the company for another ten years in Paris and Montreal. There he held various management positions in sales and marketing, procurement and business development. Before joining HS Orka he advised international companies on transformations. Jón is a member of various boards as well as being chairman of the Red Cross in the capital region of Reykjavík. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Iceland and a master´s degree in Process Engineering from the University of Stuttgart.