Bio
Creates and leads amazing teams, and is constantly searching for sustainable business models everywhere he goes.
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Passionate leader in international development, partnerships, and fundraising, with 20+ years driving impact for children and social causes. Currently Senior Advisor in the Disability Team, Programme Group at UNICEF. Previously Regional Chief of Partnerships for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Chief of Private Partnerships (a.i.) for UNICEF China — leading global fundraising and sustainability strategies across 40+ countries and mobilising hundreds of millions for children. Earlier, founded and ran Góð heilsa ehf. (Health, the Richest Wealth) in Iceland.
Projects within Purpose Circle
Sindri
In developmentSindri pursues a single question: what does it take for a community to reach the point where it no longer needs us? It is a hosted initiative inside Purpose Circle — not a separate legal entity — bringing together a portfolio of impact investment vehicles in development. All vehicles are still in development: five are in active design across two waves, with the remainder at earlier stages.
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Vulindlela
In developmentVulindlela — isiZulu for "to open the way" — is a first-generation pan-African fund manager headquartered in Iceland, designed to channel equity capital into Africa's largest listed companies. Its flagship African Large Market Capitalisation Fund offers investors exposure to the continent's largest and best performing companies, blending Africa's energy with Iceland's institutional strength to bridge a critical gap in global capital markets.
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