Halla Tómasdóttir was just 11 years old when Vigdís Finnbogadóttir became Iceland’s head of state – and in the process the world’s first democratically elected female president.
This, she said, “planted a seed” that would influence her career as an entrepreneur and her view on female leadership, ultimately leading her to follow in Vigdís’s footsteps to become the second woman in the role.