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Management
Arctic Green’s leadership is comprised of seasoned industry professionals with proven expertise in renewable energy generation, technological innovation, and complex project management.
Haukur Hardarson
Chairman and Founder
Mr. Hardarson is an entrepreneur with several successful ventures across industries in China, Asia, Europe, and the United States. Mr. Hardarson’s vision is to build profitable, mission-driven renewable energy and energy-efficiency companies that combat the negative impacts of climate change. He graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1990 with honors from the Department of Architecture. Mr. Hardarson is an Icelandic citizen and divides his time between Asia and Iceland.
Sigurdur Atli Jonsson
CEO
Sigurdur Atli Jonsson joined Arctic Green Energy as Vice Chair and Senior Advisor in 2017 and assumed the role of CEO in 2022. In addition to his role at Arctic Green, Mr Jonsson is a board director of The Iceland Renewable Energy Cluster and holds non-executive directorships in the field of private equity and energy branding. Prior to joining Arctic Green, Mr Jonsson was the CEO of Kvika bank in Iceland. He has an extensive executive management experience from the finance industry where he spent 25 years of his career. Mr Jónsson has also served as non-executive director of multiple companies in various industries such as stock exchange, life insurance, aviation, and banking. Mr Jonsson holds an MA in economics from Queen's University in Canada and a BSc in economics from the University of Iceland.
Charlotte Zhao
CFO and Board Director
Ms. Zhao is Board member and CFO of Arctic Green Energy and has been leading company’s business in China for over a decade. She also serves Board member and CFO of “Sinopec Green Energy Geothermal Development Co, Ltd (“SGEG”), the joint venture with Sinopec Star, subsidiary of China Petrochemical Corporation (“Sinopec Group”). Ms. Zhao’s area of expertise includes business strategy and execution, corporate finance, merger & acquisition compliance. She has been leading SGEG’s finance and investment team for 14 years. Ms. Zhao is also an expert on carbon emission reductions. She and team registered the first geothermal district heating Clean Development Mechanism under UN Framework Climate Change. Ms. Zhao also works closely with government authorities in international collaboration in promoting geothermal utilization and fighting against climate change, including establishment of ministry level R&D Center and launching of Geothermal Training program. Ms. Zhao holds bachelor’s degree from Nankai University in China, master ́s degree from Lancaster University in UK . Ms Zhao is Harvard Business School alumni.
Priya Mohan
Group Chief Financial Officer
Priya Mohan brings over 25 years of experience in finance and accounting to her role as Group Chief Financial Officer at Arctic Green Energy. She is a Chartered Accountant with a notable 19-year tenure at Siemens where she served as Global Head of Performance Controlling and Global Head of Accounting and Controlling. Following that, she was the Group Vice President at the Sivantos Group / WSAudiology. In 2020, she founded ValueBridge Advisory, offering financial consulting services.
Eirikur Bragason
COO
Mr Bragason is a highly accomplished expert in geothermal energy development and power project management with 25 years experience. Served earlier as CEO of KS Orka and Orka Energy in Singapore. In addition to his posts Mr Bragason served as Chief Project Manager for various power projects across the globe. He holds a Degree in Engineering Structures from TU Berlin, as well as a degree in Business and Administration
Dr. Egill Juliusson
CTO
Dr. Egill Juliusson is Arctic Green Energy's Chief Technology Officer. He will be managing the Arctic Green Energy Center of Excellence in Iceland. Dr. Juliusson was previously Chief Reservoir Engineer and Innovation Manager at Landsvirkjun, The National Power Company of Iceland. Has vast experience in managing innovative geothermal projects such as reservoir modelling, data management, steam acquisition campaigns and the development of eco-industrial parks. Dr. Juliusson holds a BSc degree in mechanical engineering from The University of Iceland and an MSc and Ph.D. in geothermal reservoir engineering from Stanford University. Additionally, Dr. Juliusson is an Adjunct Professor at Reykjavik University.
Cai Xia Sun (Susan)
CTO Arctic China
Ms. Sun is Arctic Green Energy's Chief Technical Officer (CTO) in China. Ms. Sun has extensive engineering and management experience in geothermal and other clean energy projects. Before taking up her current position she was the Manager of Beijing Geology Exploration Institute in China. Ms. Sun holds a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iceland.
Dr. Marit Brommer
Senior Advisor
Dr. Marit Brommer, Senior Advisor at Arctic Green Energy, helps drive the international growth strategy of the company. She is also a geothermal industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience. As Executive Director of the International Geothermal Association (IGA), Dr. Brommer oversees a global network of 5,500 members and 35 member countries. She has experience spanning leading sub-surface R&D at Shell, as an Exploration and Production Geologist at Total, and consulting for Royal Haskoning in the UK. Dr. Brommer has a PhD in Reservoir Geology from Delft University of Technology.
Hordur Hardarson
Head of New Project Development Management
Mr. Hardarson is Head of New Project Development Management. Hordur has been with Arctic Green from the onset. Prior to taking the current role he was based in SE Asia setting operations there for the company and sourcing projects. He also managed the company’s data hosting center development. A project that was Iceland’s first specially designed data hosting center and a showcase of how such projects can be run competitively on renewable energies. Prior to joining Arctic Green Hordur worked on various venture opportunities in Europe and Asia as a project manager for the holding company of Arctic Green Energy, including the world’s largest mobile marketing company, shipping, real estate development and loan portfolio management. Mr. Hardarson has a Business Degree in International Marketing from Reykjavik University in Iceland.
Pall Valdimarsson
Senior Advisor, Technical and R&D
Dr. Valdimarsson is a mechanical engineer with degrees from Iceland and Germany and a Dr.Scient.Ing. degree from the University of Iceland. He has over three decades of experience in geothermal utilization, both for production of electricity as well as district heating, and has been a lecturer at the United Nations University Geothermal Training Program since 1986. He was a professor in geothermal utilization at the University of Iceland for 16 years. After that, he has been with companies such as Enex, Green Energy Geothermal, and Atlas Copco as a manager or director of R&D in the field of geothermal utilization and currently holds an adjunct professor position at Reykjavik University.
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