Tryggvi Þór Herbertsson

Tryggvi Thor Herbertsson is an independent investor and advisor at his own company, Taurus slf. He was a Member of Parliament in Iceland 2009-2013 for the Conservative Party and a professor of economics at the University of Reykjavík (on leave). Before becoming an MP he was the CEO of Askar Capital (a Nordic investment bank). He served as the special economic advisor to the prime minister of Iceland during the collapse of the Icelandic banking system. He was the director of the Institute of Economic Studies and a professor of economics at the University of Iceland before joining Askar Capital. Herbertsson has been a member of and chaired many ministerial-appointed committees in Iceland.

Hebertsson was elected on the Icelandic parliament in 2009 general elections.

During his 11 years as the director of the Institute of Economic Studies, Herbertsson was responsible and directed over 100 major consulting assignments in number of countries. In his native country Herbertsson was a consultant to the country's prime ministers on macroeconomic policies and financial markets between 1995 and 2008.

Tryggvi Thor Herbertsson graduated in industrial administration from the Technical College of Iceland in 1992, as a M.Sc. in economics from the University of Iceland in 1995, and finished his Ph.D. studies at the University of Aarhus in 1998. He was director of the Institute of Economic Studies at the University of Iceland from 1995 to 2006. He was lecturer (1995), associate professor (1998) and professor (2000) at the University of Iceland. He has been a professor of economics at Reykjavik University since 2009 (currently on leave). He is married to Sigurveig María Ingvadóttir and has four children.

Tryggvi Þór Herbertsson (born 17 January 1963) is the chairman and founder of Taurus SLF, an independent corporate and investment advisory and was a member of the Icelandic Parliament 2009-2013.