Magnús was the MD of corporate finance at Kvika bank prior to founding MAR Advisors in 2017. He was the CEO of Icelandic group, a €600 million seafood company with operations in 10 countires. Magnús was a MD at Landsvirkjun (Iceland’s largest energy company) and at Glitnir bank &amp; Glacier Partners New York, where he led development and managed M&amp;A advisory units and a US$ 1.5 billion portfolio in sustainable energy and seafood across three continents. From 1997-2005, Magnús worked in the Icelandic diplomatic service,where he served as Consul General in New York and Deputy Chief of Mission, Minister Counsellor in Beijing. Magnús has served on the boards of many organizations such as Iceland Seafood International (ISI), HS Orka, Farice, Seachill UK, Gadus Belgium, American Scandinavion Foundation and Sena.Magnús holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona, and a B.Sc. in Banking &amp; Finance from NSU, Florida. He is fluent in Icelandic and English.

Magnús Bjarnason

Jón Garðar was the Managing Partner of Nordic Mar, prior to merging his operations into MAR Advisors in 2020. He has over 25 years’ experience in the finance, consulting and seafood industries in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Previous roles include deputy CEO of Icelandic Group and Senior Advisor with Glacier Securities, a New York-based financial advisory firm. Jón Garðar was also Partner at Capacent Glacier and from 2003-2008 a member of Glitnir Banks’ seafood team and the MD for the International region. Jón Garðar started his career in financial management, working for 8 years as CFO, first at VSO Consulting and then at Icelandic Iberica S.A. in Barcelona. Jón Garðar has served on the board of several companies, such as Bakkavör China on behalf of Glitnir Bank, and on the boards of Icelandic Iberica (Spain) and Icelandic Gadus (Belgium) on behalf of Icelandic Group.Jón Garðar holds an MBA from IESE Business School and a Cand. oecon. degree in Business Administration from the University of Iceland. He is fluent in Icelandic, English and Spanish.

Jón Garðar Guðmundsson

Rósant was a project manager in corporate finance at Kvika bank prior to founding MAR Advisors in 2017. Previously he was a project manager at Landsvirkjun, Iceland’s largest energy company, and held various positions with Íslandsbanki and its predecessors for 15 years where he was involved in numerous transactions in the seafood and energy sectors in Europe, America and China. Rósant has extensive experience in investment banking, private equity, financial structuring and advisory and has served on the board of several companies.Rósant holds a Cand. oecon. degree in Business Administration from the University of Iceland and is fluent in Icelandic and English.

Rósant Már Torfason

Partners

Mr. Mathiesen has over 30 years of experience in the international seafood and political arena, both as a member of the Icelandic Parliament, as a Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Finance in Iceland and most recently as the Assistant Director General at FAO in Rome and Head of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, where he served for ten years.Árni is currently the independent Chair of the Global Round Table on Marine Ingredients and senior advisor at the Iceland Ocean Cluster. He received his professional qualifications from the Royal School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburg, Scotland and an M.Sc. of Aquatic Veterinary Science, University of Stirling, Scotland.

Árni Mathiesen

Tim has more than 40 years of experience in banking and finance. He served as Executive Director, International Lending for Íslandsbanki where he led the bank's international lending business in North America from 2013 - 2022. Previously, he worked for Glitnir Bank as the senior credit officer responsible for the bank's corporate credit portfolio outside of Europe and the Nordic countries. In these roles, Tim financed many of the largest seafood companies in the U.S. and Canada. Prior to moving to Iceland in 2005, Tim worked for Bank of America in a number of corporate banking and risk management roles.Tim holds a B.S. in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering from Virginia Tech and an M.B.A. from Emory University where he was a Robert W. Woodruff Fellow in Graduate Business Administration. He has served on the Board of Directors of various organizations, including the Icelandic Fulbright Commission, First Coast YMCA and Junior Achievement of Jacksonville.

Timothy Spanos

Jørgen is a Norwegian seafood industry specialist, project developer, entrepreneur, and investor.  He has 45 years international business experience from oil &amp; gas sectors (25 years) and from 2004 onwards from the global seafood industry. He is the owner of Contango AS in Oslo, providing project development and corporate finance advisory services to selective clients within the global seafood sector. Over the past 20 years, Jorgen has developed strong seafood industry knowledge, market insights and business network. He is the founder and former managing director of the world’s largest seafood conference, North Atlantic Seafood Forum in Bergen, and co-founder of Global Shrimp Forum in Utrecht and Iceland Aquaculture and Ocean Forum in Iceland.  For 10 years he was a member of Pareto Securities seafood corporate finance team in Oslo, engaging in multiple corporate finance and M&amp;A transactions.Jørgen holds an MSc in Business Administration from Oslo Business School, Norway, and an MBA from University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

Jørgen J. Lund

Wilfredo has over 30 years of experience providing services related to strategy formulation, change management and M&amp;A advisory to corporations internationally and in Peru – with special focus on family businesses.Wilfredo served as chairman of Copeinca from 2004 to 2008 where he led the listing of the company on the Oslo Stock Exchange. He held the role of CEO at Grupo Sarfaty from 2009 to 2011. Wilfredo worked as CEO at Tecnicas y Metalicas S.A.C. from 2012 to 2016 and CEO of Savar Corporacion Logistica S.A. from 2016 to 2017.Wilfredo holds an B.A. degree in Business Administration &amp; Economics from the University of Pacifico and an MBA from IESE Business School.

Wilfredo Caceres

Dr. Anton Harder is an academic specialising in the foreign policy and politics of modern China and India. He is currently completing a book on the diplomatic relations of the People’s Republic of China and India in the early Cold War and his work has appeared in various academic publications such as the Journal of Modern Asian Studies and the Wilson Center’s Bulletin of Cold War History. His research has involved prolonged spells in both China and India working with the archives of their respective foreign ministries. Dr Harder has taught Chinese and Asian modern history in the UK at both the University of Nottingham and (currently) the London School of Economics.Prior to academia Dr. Harder worked in international commodity shipping in both Beijing and London. Initially as an analyst of the dry bulk shipping market he studied China’s impact on the supply and demand of freight, particularly in terms of the steel and power industries. And as a broker and principal he negotiated freight and time-charter contracts with counterparts in the dry bulk market and developed new business in China.Dr. Harder has a PhD from the London School of Economics. He is a native English speaker, lived in China for twelve years, and speaks and reads Mandarin Chinese fluently.

Anton Harder

Mr. Pérez has over 30 years experience in financing, fishing and aquaculture as a board member, partner and executive, both in Chile and abroad.During the ISA crisis in Chilean salmon farming, Mr. Pérez was a special representative for the banks with AquaChile and then a board member from 2010-12.He was CEO of the salmon farming and whitefish processing company Congelados del Pacifico S.A. in Chile from 1993 to 2008. Before that, he was Deputy Managing Director of Pacific Protein S.A. and the General Manager of Pacific Fisheries S.A.Mr. Perez is currently partner at Equitas Capital, an investment firm in Santiago, Chile, while holding various board positions in environmental and seafood related activities.Mr. Perez holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Chile. He is fluent in English, Spanish and French.

Vicente Perez

Gudjon has over 25 years of experience focused on financial, accounting and credit management, with in-depth knowledge of financial Systems (ERP), as well as M&amp;A and Integration experience.For the past 10 years, Gudjon has worked as an Interim CFO and a finance and operational consultant. Previous roles include senior manager position with Glitnir Capital Corporation in New York and Vice President of Finance and Group Controller for STRAX in Miami, Florida. Prior to that he founded and operated a company promoting and selling European processing equipment and technology for the seafood/food industry in Ecuador.Gudjon holds an MBA from Thunderbird, School of Global Management in Arizona, and a Cand. Oceon. degree in Business Administration from the University of Iceland. He is fluent in Icelandic, English and Spanish and has extensive business experience in the US and Latin America.