Arion Bank hf. announced that Björn Björnsson has been appointed managing director of Information Technology at the company and will take up the position on 6 March 2023. Björn is joining Arion Bank from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he worked in top-tier management consulting in Australia and the Nordics.

Before joining BCG he held several executive and specialist roles in the Icelandic financial services sector, including chief risk officer at Byr Savings Bank. Björn has a BS in computer science and an MS in industrial engineering from the University of Iceland and an MBA from Melbourne Business School. Björn is married to Hrefna Þorbjörg Hákonardóttir and they have two children.