President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson of Iceland recently concluded an official visit to Georgia, visiting to the Creditinfo office in Georgia among other engagements.
The purpose of the visit was to underscore the commitment to bolster ties between Iceland and Georgia, with a special focus on enhancing collaboration in addressing climate issues and advancing green solutions.
President Jóhannesson was joined by a delegation including Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate; Nótt Thorberg, Director of Grænvangur; and leading figures from the business sector, such as Hrefna Ösp Sigfinnsdóttir, CEO of Creditinfo in Iceland.
The delegation received a warm welcome from Alexander Gomiashvili, CEO of Creditinfo in Georgia, who provided insightful presentations on the company’s local operations. Hrefna Ösp Sigfinnsdóttir further elaborated on Creditinfo’s international initiatives, highlighting the company’s global impact and contributions to sustainable business practices.
About Creditinfo Group: Creditinfo is a leading service provider for credit information and risk management solutions worldwide. It has established more than 25 credit bureaus in mature and emerging markets over 4 continents, thus tangibly contributing in growing and strengthening economies.
Creditinfo has developed, through its multiple subsidiaries, numerous products and services from official and customer information sources to facilitate best practice decisioning in credit risk management and has been the preferred partner of local Credit Bureaus. Established in 1997, Creditinfo Group hf has been among the fastest growing companies in its field. Creditinfo has been shortlisted and awarded in several tenders supported by World Bank, IFC, Millenium Challenge Corporation and other international organisations.
Certified Software Delivery: Creditinfo is certified to deliver software solutions for credit risk management including support, maintenance and hosting of those systems. Our project managers are PMP certified and our testers are at least on a foundation level or as ITQC (Information Technologies Quality Control), certified by the International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB).
Creditinfo Group has operations in over 30 countries around the world and over 400 employees.
Background about the presidential visit: The President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson began a three-day official visit to Georgia with a ceremony at the Orbeliani presidential palace in central Tbilisi. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili received the president with a guard of honor and a trumpet band played the national anthems. Then we headed into the presidential palace, where the presidents met with delegations and discussed relations between the nations and the media. Recording from the Presidents’ Press Conference can be seen here and the proclamation of the President of Georgia read here.
The Presidential delegation consists of Guðlaugur Þór Þórsson, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate, and Nótt Thorberg, Director of Greenvang, as well as officials and representatives from the President’s Office. The President will also be accompanied by a number of representatives from the business community who intend to explore possibilities for increased cooperation in the development of renewable energy, e.g. in the field of direct utilisation of geothermal energy, hydropower plants and investments in climate solutions. Later in the day, the president, ministers and delegations visited two companies in Tbilisi that have Icelandic partners and have business ties to Iceland.
Photo gallery from official presidential visit to Georgia
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