Industry veteran joins Valka
ICELANDIC fish processing pioneer Valka has appointed Jon Birgir Gunnarsson as its new director of sales.
Gunnarsson previously played a big role in the growth and globalisation of Icelandic technology firms such as Marel, Controlant and Skaginn 3X.
Valka said its continued growth with increased global reach called for changes to its marketing and sales team.
The company has also appointed Kristjan Hallvardsson as process development manager. He has long-term hands-on and management experience within the company, as well as extensive knowledge from managing international R&D projects in earlier roles.
Meanwhile, Valka’s founder and CEO, Helgi Hjalmarsson, was given Iceland’s Entrepreneur Manager of the year 2020 award last month by the Icelandic president, on behalf of Excellence Iceland.