Guðrún Helga Brynleifsdóttir

Supreme Court Attorney
gudrun@lr.is

Specialization

Business Operations
Management Consulting
Public administrative law

Career

1999 – Lawyer at the Law Firm of Reykjavik
1993 – 1999 Deputy Director General of the Tax Administration
1991 – 1993 Office Manager at the Reykjavik Tax Office
1988 – 1991 Department Head of the Value Added Tax Department at the National Tax Administration
1987 – 1988 Tax Investigator in Lund and Malmö, Sweden

Education

2006  Litigation Rights for the Supreme Court
1998  Litigation Rights for District Court
1987  Master’s in Economics from Lund University, Sweden
1981  Candidate Degree in Law from the University of Iceland
1974  High School Graduate from Menntaskólinn á Akureyri

2003 – 2011  Chairman of Icelandic Energy Research
2004 – 2010  Appeals Committee on Public Health and Environmental Protection
2002 – 2010  Member of the Seltjarnarnes Municipal Council
2012 –  CEO and Board Member of Real Estate and Asset Holding Companies
Has served on the boards of numerous companies.

About Guðrún Helga

Worked as a representative in the Business Affairs and Tax Investigation Departments of the Swedish Tax Authorities in Lund and Malmö, Sweden, from 1987 to 1988. Head of the VAT Department at the Directorate of Internal Revenue (RSK) from 1988 to 1991, and Office Manager of the VAT and Supervision Department at the Reykjavík Tax Office from 1991 to 1993. Deputy Director of Internal Revenue from 1993 to 1999. Has been a partner at Lögfræðistofa Reykjavíkur since 1999.

Chairman of the Board of Iceland GeoSurvey (ÍSOR) since 2003. Member of the Appeals Committee on Hygiene and Pollution Control since 2004. Member of the Municipal Council of Seltjarnarnes from 2002 to 2010. Alternate member of the Appeals Committee under the Act on Official Supervision of Financial Activities (Act No. 87/1998).