Barbara Inga Albertsdóttir has been appointed Chief Compliance Officer of Íslandsbanki and will take a seat as a managing director in the Bank’s Executive Committee. Barbara Inga previously served as Global Head of Regulatory Change at Deutsche Bank, where she was responsible for managing regulatory changes where the focus was on analysing the opportunities the changes would have on the bank's operations. Barbara has also worked for Wells Fargo and both the UK Financial Conduct Authority as well as the Financial Supervisory Authority in Iceland. Barbara joined Íslandsbanki this fall and has been working on transformation management within the Bank. She will assume the position as CCO on 1 November 2023.
 
Barbara has a Bachelor’s degree and a M.L. degree in Law from the University of Iceland and an LL.M in International Financial Law from King’s College London.
 
Jón Guðni Ómarsson, CEO of Íslandsbanki:
“It is a great privilege to have Barbara join us in this new role of managing director of Compliance. By elevating the role of Compliance, we are better preparing for the changes that are being made to the regulatory framework of banks globally and put us in a position to meet it head on. Barbara has extensive experience having worked at foreign banks and with regulators. We are very happy to welcome her to the Executive Committee of Íslandsbanki.”