Marel announced that Arni Sigurdsson has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Arni Sigurdsson took over the role of Chief Business Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Marel in November 2022, and has held the role of Interim CEO since 7 November of this year. He joined Marel in 2014 initially as Head of Strategy before taking up the role of Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President Strategic Business Units.

Before joining Marel, Arni worked at AGC Partners and Landsbanki Islands. He graduated with an MBA degree from Harvard Business School and BSc in Industrial Engineering from the University of Iceland.