Business association honours Rannveig Rist at annual meeting

The Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA) presented its Gold Medal to Rannveig Rist, former chief executive of Rio Tinto in Iceland, at its annual meeting on Thursday, mbl.is reported.

The meeting was held in Silfurberg at Harpa under the theme “Moving forward”. Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir, SA chair Jón Ólafur Halldórsson and the organisation’s managing director, Bjarni Benediktsson, delivered speeches. Rist also addressed the meeting.

Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir attended, along with business figures including Tómas Már Sigurðsson, Guðmundur Kristjánsson, Birna Ósk Einarsdóttir, Skúli Mogensen and Sigtryggur Magnússon.