Olafur Margeirsson is a Research Scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and a Senior Real Estate Strategist working for Zurich Insurance, Switzerland. He is furthermore an alternate member of the Supervisory Board of the Central Bank of Iceland. He finished his PhD in economics (“Financial Instability and Foreign Direct Investment”) from the University of Exeter (UK) in 2014, having previously earned Dean’s Commendation and The Philip Norman Memorial Prize for his MSc. Money & Banking studies at the same university. He worked as a Junior Economist at Kaupthing Bank Research Department in Reykjavik before the fall of the Icelandic financial system in 2008. He has repeatedly assisted Icelandic policy makers and other interested parties on matters concerning financial stability, consumer finance and housing and his views have been projected by the Icelandic and international media alike, including the Financial Times and Le Monde. Research interests include real estate; banking; monetary history, policy and developments; financial crises; and sustainable development, in particular in relation with energy and real estate.
