Ms. Kristin Aoalbjorg ArnadAttir
Ambassador of Iceland in China

Ms. Kristin A. ArnadAattir is currently the Ambassador of Iceland to China, Australia, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, New Zealand, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.Ms. crnadcttir was an Ambassador in various offices of the Deputy Permanent Secretary of State of Iceland from 2008 to 2009 before she took up her present position in January 2010. She was a Special Envoy of the Minster for Foreign Affairs of Iceland in 2007-2008.

Before joining the diplomatic service, Ms. ArnadAattir had worked for the Women's Alliance, and was a journalist until she became a Consultant in the Department of Media and Arts in the Ministry of Culture and Education in 1988.She was the International Coordinator in the Office of International Education of the University of Iceland from 1991-1994. In 1994, she became the Political adviser to the Mayor of Reykjavik and held the positions of Director of Development and Information and the Director of the Secretariat of the Mayor of the City of Reykjavik during the period from 2001 to 2007.

Ms. ArnadAattir studied in the University of Iceland and Syracuse University of USA, and she has a Master of Arts Degree in Public Administration and Governance.