Tómas Sigurðsson
Tómas is Chief Executive Officer at HS Orka and a former Chief Operating Offcer of Alcoa
Tómas was appointed CEO of HS Orka in January 2020. HS Orka is the largest privately-owned power company in Iceland. It sustainably harnesses geothermal resources to provide industries and communities with electricity, industrial steam, heated and filtered seawater, potable district heating water, potable groundwater, and geothermal gas. Prior to this appointment Tómas was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Alcoa, one of the world’s largest independent Aluminium companies. Prior to being appointed COO of Alcoa, Tómas was President of Alcoa Europe and GPP Europe and Middle East. Tómas worked at Alcoa for 15 years.
Tómas has served on boards of various companies including as Deputy Chairman of Íslandsbanki, an Icelandic universal bank with a history dating from 1875, and the Dutch shipping company Cargow. He has also served on executive boards of various global or regional organisations such as Business Europe, American-EU chamber of commerce, Eurometaux and European Aluminium, the principal aluminium industry association in Europe. European Aluminium’s more than 85 members include primary aluminium producers, downstream manufacturers of extruded, rolled and cast aluminium, producers of recycled aluminium, and national aluminium associations are representing more than 600 plants in 30 European countries.
Tómas has a degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Iceland and a master’s degree from Cornell University.