PLAY hires Rakel Eva Sævarsdóttir as Director of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
PLAY has hired Rakel Eva Sævarsdóttir as a Director of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Rakel Eva will implement PLAY’s sustainability and CSR strategies, defining the company’s goals related to environmental issues, governance, and operation. Rakel Eva will be joining PLAY in early November.
Rakel Eva joins PLAY after having worked with the renowned multi-national food processing company Marel where she focused on sustainability with main responsibilities within the fish industry. Prior to that she was a manager at Deloitte Iceland where she was involved in building a new service line within Sustainability consulting. Rakel Eva was also one of the founders of Fortuna Invest, an initiative on Instagram intended to increase diversity in the financial markets, specifically through greater participation of women, by providing information on investment through innovative methods.
Rakel Eva will apply her vision and experience to further develop PLAY’s sustainability policy.
Rakel Eva holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a master’s degree in Innovation and Business Development from the University of Iceland.
PLAY will lead by example in sustainability and CSR
“PLAY intends to lead by example in sustainability and CSR as these issues are becoming ever more important to us as a business and as people. Customers, investors, and the PLAY team all believe this is a priority in today’s environment. As a business, PLAY has a unique opportunity to prioritize sustainability in CSR right from the start since the company is young and just beginning to grow. We are therefore lucky to get Rakel Eva aboard as she has been a trustworthy advocate of these issues. I am excited to see her take action,” states Birgir Jónsson, CEO of PLAY.
“The airline industry has rarely been as interesting as now when it faces considerable challenges and opportunities related to sustainability. The airlines that intend to be competitive in the next five to ten years will have to tackle these issues with great responsibility and set clear and measurable goals in the field. PLAY intends to lead in this field, so I am clearly very excited, and proud, to have been offered to partake in this journey with this amazing group of people,” says Rakel Eva.
