Larus Welding — financier, board member and author

For more than 25 years, Larus Welding has advised businesses, investors and boards across the UK and Iceland on corporate finance, investment and strategic growth. His experience spans banking, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and long-term value creation.

A Banker’s Reckoning

Larus Welding rose rapidly in Icelandic finance, becoming CEO of the international Glitnir Bank by age thirty before its dramatic collapse in October 2008. He then spent more than a decade fighting an aggressive prosecution within Iceland’s justice system. In this candid account, Larus reflects on his rise, fall, and recovery while examining the collapse, its links to the global financial crisis, and flaws in its legal aftermath.