Fly Play hf.: PLAY Announces Changes in Management and Directors
30 July 2024 - 2:15PM
UK Regulatory
Fly Play hf.: PLAY Announces Changes in Management and Directors
PLAY has made changes to its executive management and directors,
effective by the end of July. These changes are a part of PLAY's
ongoing efforts to strengthen and enhance its
operations.
Andri Geir Eyjólfsson, Chief Operations Officer
Andri Geir Eyjólfsson has been appointed Chief Operations
Officer (COO) of PLAY, succeeding Arnar Már Magnússon. Andri has
been with PLAY since 2019 as the Technical Director and has served
as Deputy COO for the past year. With 18 years of experience in the
aviation industry, Andri has held positions such as Deputy
Technical Director at WOW air and various other roles at Air
Atlanta, Icelandair and WOW. He studied aircraft maintenance
mechanics at TEC Aviation in Denmark.
Sigurður Örn Ágústsson, Chief Development
Officer
Sigurður Örn Ágústsson, currently Chief of Business Development,
will assume the role of Chief Development Officer (CDO) at PLAY,
replacing Georg Haraldsson. Georg will continue to serve as an
advisor for the company over the coming months. Sigurður brings
extensive experience in the aviation industry, having served as CEO
and Chairman of the Board at Bluebird and as a board member at
Avion Express. He holds an MBA degree from the Katz Graduate School
of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.
Additionally, PLAY has appointed Ramunas Kurkutis as the
Director of Information Technology. Based in PLAY's Vilnius,
Lithuania office, Ramunas brings over two decades of managerial
experience in information technology with international companies.
He has extensive expertise in the aviation, energy, and finance
sectors.
New CEO Office and Two New Directors
PLAY has established a new office reporting to the CEO, which
includes two divisions:
The Legal and Human Resources division, managed by Jóhann Pétur
Harðarson. Jóhann has been PLAY's General Counsel since 2021 and
has extensive business experience. He holds a cand. jur.
degree in law from the University of Iceland and an MBA from NYU
Stern School of Business.
The Communications and Marketing division, managed by Nadine
Guðrún Yaghi. Nadine Guðrún has been Director of Communications and
Service at PLAY since 2021 and has a background as a journalist.
She holds a cand. jur. degree in law from the University of
Iceland.
PLAY’s New Executive Team
The executive team at PLAY will now comprise six
members:
- Ruta
Dabašinskaitė-Vitkė, Chief Financial Officer
- Andri Geir
Eyjólfsson, Chief Operations Officer
- Daníel Snæbjörnsson,
Chief Network Officer
- Sonja Arnórsdóttir,
Chief Commercial Officer
- Sigurður Örn
Ágústsson, Chief Development Officer
“I want to thank Arnar Már and Georg for their contributions
over the past years and wish them all the best. Andri Geir has been
a key player at Play from the beginning, and I am confident that
our operations will be in great hands with Andri as a leader. We
have exciting times ahead at PLAY, with a new team of directors
poised to lead the company to even greater success,” says Einar Örn
Ólafsson, CEO of PLAY.