Curriculum Vitae

Foreign service career

Present Head of Mission / Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Iceland in Freetown

2018-2019 Private Sector Collaboration, Directorate of Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

2019-2021 Adviser, World Bank Team, Directorate of Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

2021-2023 Adviser, Bilateral Development Cooperation, Directorate of Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Other relevant work experience

2012-2016 Regional Programme Development Coordinator, Finn Church Aid, Asia Regional Office, Cambodia

2008-2011 Administrative and Project Coordinator, Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA)

Education

2007 MSc Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK

2003 BA French and Social Anthropology, The University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland (2nd year Erasmus placement at the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III, France)

Languages

Fluent English and French, basic Danish and German

Ásdís Bjarnadóttir is born on 23rd May 1977. She is married to Alistair Moir, and they have one son, Kári Davíð Moir.