Kaupthing Bank’s dynamic mentality, which has served to propel its rapid growth, is rooted in the individuals who make up the Bank. Their diverse vantage points and unique abilities create a broad range of skills and knowledge that underpin the essence of the Bank’s work.
A career at Kaupthing Bank demands a high level of diligence and dedication. The work of Kaupthing Bank requires individuals of uncommon ability and great efforts have been made to create the Bank’s current ensemble. The Bank also enjoys a noted reputation in the market as an employer of high regard, especially among the pools of potential candidates where the Bank often recruits. As a firm operating in global capital markets, the community revolves around the unique backgrounds, individual perspectives and diverse skills of its people. The Bank consistently seeks to recruit those who can strengthen this diversity, but still support its core values.
Kaupthing Bank is comprised of a league of enterprising women and men who are distinguished by their diligence, imagination, and ambition. The Bank’s work is driven by a sense of teamwork and solidarity that transcends both international borders and company hierarchy. The people of Kaupthing Bank are part of a culture of integrity and leadership they themselves have a hand in creating, and for this reason this is a community in which the potentials and talents of its people are cultivated and realized with the aim of establishing lifelong careers.
Leadership is a strong element within the Bank’s culture, demonstrating leadership both in the industry and in the societies where the Bank operates. In order to sustain that element of leadership strong emphasis is placed on developing employees through training programs in house as well as supporting and organizing educational opportunities outside the Bank. The culture of Kaupthing Bank fosters the desire to keep abreast of the latest developments. As a forward-looking enterprise, the Bank strives to continually stimulate its employees to uphold the state of the art in their respective fields.
When Kaupthing Bank brings an individual into the organization, it is done with the intent of building a life-long career. The career path centers on the training and fostering high-quality employees, with the goal forming tomorrow's leaders. To this end, the Bank seeks the best developmental experience for its future management by encouraging exchange between departments and subsidiaries, or even time off for education.
By rewarding good results Kaupthing Bank encourages its people to fulfill their potential. The system of profit sharing exemplifies how the firm works as a community, and in turn shares in the spoils of success as a community. By aligning the interests of employees and shareholders Kaupthing Bank enables its people to take a still more active role in instituting the success of their own community. The employee stock option plan serves as a representation of the stake that Kaupthing Bank employees already have in the future of their firm.