Jónas Heiðar Birgisson has been hired as the finance director of the Seamen's Council, but the council includes Hrafnistuheimilin, DAS apartments, and Happdræði Das.
Jónas Heiðar takes over the job from Kristján Björgvinsson, who has played a key role at the company for years and worked there for 8 years. After a successful career and an important contribution to the development and development of the Seamen's Council, Hrafnista and related companies, Kristján has decided to retire in the coming weeks.
Jónas Heiðar has extensive experience in the field of finance and operations. He worked at Arnarlaxi ehf. as manager of the finance department at the company, where he took an active part in the development of the company from 2017.
Before that, Jónas worked in Norðurál's financial department, but Jónas completed his business studies at the University of Bifröst in 2005.
Ariel Pétursson, chairman of the Seamen's Council
, It is a great benefit for us to have Jónas join us The group's activities are great and there are big projects ahead for the continued development of nursing spaces and serviced apartments for senior citizens. We the board thank Kristján for his good and successful work in his years, but he has had to make an important contribution over time. “
The Seamen's Council is a leading force in geriatric services in Iceland, and it includes Hrafnista, which is the largest operator of nursing homes in Iceland and operates six nursing homes in the capital area and one in Reykjanes. In addition, the Seamen's Council operates DAS apartments, a rental company for senior citizens, with 350 apartments rented out in quality of life. The group's financial sponsor for more than seven decades is Lottery DAS, which is also owned by the Seamen's Council.
