Marel hf. announced Arni Oddur Thordarson, Chief Executive Officer of Marel, has tendered his resignation with immediate effect, due to personal reasons. The Board of Directors of Marel has accepted his resignation and appointed Arni Sigurdsson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Marel effective immediately.

The Board of Directors will now undertake a process to appoint a permanent Chief Executive Officer. Arni Sigurdsson joined Marel in 2014 initially as Head of Strategy, then from 2020 - 2022 held the role of Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President Strategic Business Units before assuming the position of Chief Business Officer and Deputy CEO in November 2022. Before joining Marel he worked at AGC Partners and Landsbanki Islands.

He graduated with an MBA degree from Harvard Business School and BSc in Industrial Engineering from the University of Iceland.