Ari‘s diverse background in human relations and automotive, sales, adventure tourism, rally racing etc., plus decades of operating, modifying, designing & building passenger vehicles for off- and on-road, is ideal to motorize Ísar’s team of talents.

Degrees in production engineering and management, plus experience like production manager at hi-tech submarine maker Teledyne, managing start-ups, organizational roles in large firms etc gives Kristjana the perfect CV for the road ahead. 

Bilbao-born engineer Manu, ex-Jaguar and Nissan, now Mandesso design consultancy plus university teaching and engineering management of independent automotive engineering projects, brings solid international automotive industry expertise to Ísar. 

An Automotive Design graduate of Istituto Europeo di Design in Turin, Bjarni backs up artistic wizardry with solid work experience, like years at a naval architecture firm, Project Leader for an all-electric high sea vessel, and countless visual design projects. 

Carlos moving to Iceland for family reasons is a windfall for Ísar. After his MSc in engineering, Carlos went through Lamborghini and Ducati to Ferrari‘s F1 team and on to the Scuderia Glickenhaus Boot off-roader project, creating a perfect CV for Ísar. 

Jóhann is a highly experienced lawyer with a diverse background spanning both the public and private sectors. His career includes serving as a diplomat, Police commissioner, prosecutor, and for the past 15 years, he has been actively engaged in the software industry.

Viðar‘s legendary problem-solving genius in mechanics and electrics is instrumental in Ísar‘s past and future R&D work. A designer and builder of countless 4x4s and ace motorsports driver, Viðar is always fast, be it in a car, on a bike, or a lathe.

Engineer Unnar brought the game-changing Onshape CAD programme to Ísar and is our resident specialist. A super-fast CAD designer and core of the design team, but also Master Machinist, and of course, a car modder and racer.