Valdimar Halldórsson has been appointed manager of the Whale Museum in Húsavík. Valdimar has experience from both the private sector and the administration. Lately, Valdimar has been working independently as a consultant. Previously, Valdimar worked as an expert at Íslandsbanki, Marko Partners and HF Verðbréf, and also as an assistant to the minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, where the issues of tourism were covered.
Valdimar grew up in Laug and Húsavík. He took his matriculation exam at the Secondary School in Húsavík, BA degree in economics and M.Sc in business administration from the University of Iceland.
The whale museum in Húsavík is a popular stopover for tourists, and the operation of the museum has been successful with the growing activity in tourism in the Þingeyjar counties. The number of visitors in 2015 was around 26 thousand. The museum was founded in 1997 and its main goal is to share education and information about whales and their habitat. Through education and knowledge generation about whales and their habitat, the whale museum increases, among other things, the educational value of whale-watching trips made in Húsavík and elsewhere.
Valdimar will start work in August.
