The Team
Sig Hardarson - Managing Partner
Sig Hardarson has an MBA degree from London Business School and is a licensed securities broker. Before joining Centra, Sig was with the DuPont Company in Frankfurt and Geneva in finance, marketing, and general management. He has extensive Corporate Finance experience, including taking the lead role in high profile M&A assignments and complex financial restructuring cases.
Sig´s functional expertise is in M&A, valuations, financial restructuring, debt and equity funding and other financial advisory, corporate finance and investment banking work. His sector knowledge is in renewable energy, in particular in geothermal and solar energy, the local real estate market and regulated industries. Additionally, Sig has served as a party-appointed expert witness in international arbitration cases.
Mobile: +354 892 6200
Mail: sig.hardarson@centra.is
KRISTJAN ARASON - PARTNER
Kristján is a seasoned finance executive with more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance and banking. Kristján was Director of Corporate Finance and later Branch Manager at Islandsbanki and was in charge of Private Banking at Kaupthing Bank until 2008. Kristjan originally joined Centra in 2009 as an senior advisor, before doing a stint as Sales Director at N1, a listed company that runs service stations and related retail activites. He came back to Centra in 2015. Kristjan has a Cand. Oecon degree in Business Administration from the University of Iceland and is a licensed securities broker.
At Centra, Kristjan's main focus is on fundraising of large projects for Icelandic and international companies, along with various advisory work for both business and private clients.
Mobile: +354 660 3305
Mail: kristjan.arason@centra.is
Agust thorhallsson - Chairman of Board of Directors
Agust is an attorney at law, licensed to practice before the district courts and a licensed stock broker. He has broad experience of working in corporate finance and is an investor in his own right.
Agust joined the board of Centra Corporate Finance in 2025 as chairman.
Ingvar Gardarsson - Partner and Vice Chair of Board of Directors
Ingvar Gardarsson has a Cand. Oecon. degree in Business Administration from the University of Iceland and is a Certified Public Accountant. With in-depth knowledge of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Ingvar often serves as a Court Appointed Expert assessing high profile cases.
Ingvar has a broad experience in finance, operations and corporate strategy. Ingvar was with Coopers & Lybrand for 8 years before going into the communications field, building up and running telecom operations in Iceland (Hallo/Vodafone) and Ireland (Magnet Networks) between 2000 and 2007. Since returning to Iceland, Ingvar worked on manufacturing start-ups in the food industry in the UK, Canada and Greenland and has advised on financial restructuring in the real estate sector, power plant development in the geothermal sector as well as holding board positions and serving on audit sub-committees.
Ingvar joined the board of Centra in 2022 as vice chair.
Mobile: +354 820 5050
Mail: ingvar.gardarsson@centra.is
Hermann Baldursson - Partner and member of Board of Directors
Hermann Baldursson has an MBA from Michigan State University and a B.Sc. degree in Economics from the University of Iceland. He has deep knowledge in the energy sector, having worked on geothermal power plant development, in the solar & hydro sectors and advised on aspects of operating transmission infrastructure.
Hermann joined the Board of Centra in 2022.
Mobile: +354 690 0611
Mail: hermann.baldursson@centra.is
