Eiríkur Sigurðsson new Communications Manager

Eiríkur Sigurðsson has been appointed Communications Manager for the Icelandic Intellectual Property Office. Sigurðsson will oversee public and social relations and lead work on the creation of a communication plan. He was previously Director of Communications at Reykjavik University.

Sigurðsson has over twenty years of experience in public relations, science communication, product development and marketing. For the past seven years, he has led the Communications Department at Reykjavik University. From 2010 to 2014, he was Director of Market Communications and Brand Manager at ORF Genetics and a member of its executive board. Among his responsibilities was intellectual property protection. Before that, Sigurðsson was a Senior Consultant at KOM Public Relations and Director of Information at deCODE genetics. He finished a master's degree in molecular biology from the University of Iceland in 1997, a BSc degree in biology from the same university in 1994, and a diploma for teaching qualifications from Reykjavik University in 2009.