
Vala Valtýsdóttir
Specialization
Career
2016 – Co-owner at the Law Firm of Reykjavik
2007 – 2016 Co-owner at Deloitte, Head of Tax and Legal Department, and simultaneously served on the executive board of Deloitte
2001 – 2007 Co-owner at Taxis Law Firm
1999 – 2001 Lawyer at Ernst & Young and later KPMG in the merged company, as a co-owner
1989 – 1999 Worked at the National Tax Authority, lastly as Head of the Value Added Tax Department
Education
1998 Gained the rights to practice as a district court lawyer
1989 Completed the Cand. jur. degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland
1981 Graduated with a student diploma from MR (Reykjavik Grammar School)
Other Positions:
2021 – Board member of Reykjavik Energy
2024 – Board member of the Pension Fund of Farmers
2022 – Adjunct Professor at the University of Iceland
2018 – Lecturer at the University of Bifröst
Has served on numerous public committees related to tax matters, most recently in 2016 on the Project Board appointed by the Coordination Forum on Increased Prosperity (SRV).
Committees and boards:
2012 – 2017 Board member of the Mosfellsbær Golf Club
Also served on the board of Þróttur and on the disciplinary and judicial committees of the Icelandic Football Association (HSÍ) for several years.
About Vala
Vala hefur yfirgripsmikla reynslu á sviði skatta og fyrirtækjalögfræði og hefur unnið fyrir allar aðal atvinnugreinar á Íslandi þar sem hún hefur veitt þjónustu eins og skatta og lögfræðilegar áreiðanleikakannanir og veitt stærstu fyrirtækjum á Íslandi, einka-fyrirtækjum sem opinberum, skattaráðgjöf. Hún hefur einnig mikla reynslu af alþjóðlegri skattaskipulagningu fyrir stór fjármálafyrirtæki og hefur unnið fyrir slitastjórnir íslensku bankanna og aðrar fjármálastofnanir
Tungumál:
Enska