Baldvin was born in 1983 and lives in the Netherlands. He has worked for Samherji hf. in various roles since 2007 after earning a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Iceland. In the years 2013-2016, he was the CEO of Iceland Drilling, of which Samherji is a major shareholder. When rejoining Samherji in 2016, he was made Manager of Business Development. Baldvin joined the board of Olíuverzlun Íslands in 2011 and became the board´s chairman in 2017, until he stepped down at the end of 2018 when the company was sold. Baldvin has been on the Board of Directors since 6 September 2018 and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board and a member of the Remuneration Committee. He owns 160,000 shares in the Company, but no share options, but is not independent of Samherji Holding ehf., which held, in total, 59.9 million shares in the Company at the year-end of 2020.