Aðalsteinn Lúther Leifsson
Part-time Lecturer
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
MSc European Studies
Heriot Watt University - Edinburgh Business School
MBA
University of Iceland
BA Political Science and Journalism
Executive Education - Reykjavik University
Managerial coaching in Negotiations and Decision Making
INIDEM (Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Empresea). Course on Negotiation in LLM program for practicing lawyers
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA), Iceland
Member of the Board of Metan ehf
Former appointments:
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Reykjavik Energy, June 2010 – June 2010
Chairman of Policy Group for Foreign Direct Investment in Iceland, appointed by the Minister for Industry
Member of the Policy Group for EU relations, appointed by the Prime Minister, work concluded in 2009
Former employment:
Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1 August 2004 – 1 February 2005
External Trade Department
Area of responsibility: Multilateral (WTO) and bilateral free trade relations, various EEA matters.
European Free Trade Association - EFTA
2001 – 2004
SCD Division - Brussels
Area of responsibility: Budgetary Matters relating to payments from the EEA EFTA States to the EU, cooperation outside the four freedoms in the sphere of Entrepreneurship, Civil Protection and Tourism.
Delegation of the European Commission to Iceland and Norway
1998 - 2001
External Relations Directorate
Consultant and information officer
Recent contributions at conferences:
Speaker: Association of Businesses: Iceland and the EU
Speaker: Association of Icelandic Workers: Iceland and the Common Fisheries Policy of the EU. Chair: China and India in the World Economy. RUMBA Conference
Speaker and co-organiser: Reykjavik University and Federation of Icelandic Trade: Trade between Iceland and China
Speaker: Reykjavik University: The ISK or the EUR
Speaker: Association of Economists: Conference on Salary Negotiations
Speaker: Commercial Union of Iceland: National Congress. Lecture on gender differences in salary negotiations
Chair. Association of Economists: Conference on the euro and the Icelandic Economy
Speaker: The Pharmaceutical Society of Iceland: Gender differences in salary negotiations
Courses and coaching for businesses
Teaches courses on Negotiations in the Reykjavik University Executive Education for 10 - 15 businesses each year
See for example here
Recent publications and articles
Gender in Individual Salary Negotiations: Learning to counter-offer, Þjóðarspegill, 2010
Spurningar og svör um fríverslunarsamninga (Questions and answers on Free Trade Agreements)
Published by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
EFTA Bulletin: Activities and Financial Contributions under the EEA Agreement.
Recent articles in the business press on Negotiations
Byrja eða bíða? (Should I place the first bid?)
Valdið og dýrðin (The Power and the Glory)
Hvaða stíll er á þér? (What is your style?)
BATNA (Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement)
Blekkingar (Dirty tricks)
Traust (Trust)
Meira traust (More trust)
Samið í Kína (Negotiations in China)
Tölvupóstsamningar (E-mail negotiations)
Hjálp í viðlögum fyrir prúttmarkað (First Aid in a market square)
Virkjaðu neikvæðna mótaðilans (Use the opponents negativity)
Allar ferðir hefjast með einu skrefi (All journeys start with a single step)
Þegar titlar skipta máli (When titles matter)
Svarið er: Nei! (The answer is: No!)
Mikilvægustu samningaviðræðurnar (The most important negotiations)
Vertu ósammála! (Don´t agree!)
Samið við vini (Negotiations with friends)
Góðar stelpur semja ekki (Good Girls don´t negotiate)
Recent articles in the Business Press on International Trade
Evran lækkar húsnæðisvexti (Why the euro lowers interest rates on housing)
Recent interviews in the printed media
Allt er umsemjanlegt (Everything is negotiable)
