Career
Eggert is a former owner and Chief Executive Officer of an import/export and bread and biscuit manufacturing company. Eggert was president of the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ), and was an important voice on the Union of European Football Associations Executive Committee as a representative of one of Union of European Football Associations"s smaller member associations, but had to resign due to the takeover of West Ham United Football Club. Eggert was elected to the Union of European Football Associations Executive Committee in April 2002, after previous membership of the Licensed Match Agents panel (1992-1994). Fair Play Committee (1994-1996) and Club Competitions Committee (1996–2002).
Takeover
On 21 November 2006, West Ham announced that they had reached an agreement with a consortium headed by Eggert for the sale of the club, worth £85m.
Manager Change
After a run of bad results Eggert sacked manager Alan Pardew on 11 December 2006, replacing him with Alan Curbishley. Change of Duties
On 18 September 2007, it was announced that Eggert would step down as executive chairman but would still retain the role as club non-executive chairman overseeing a new management structure, and would keep his stake in the club
Shortly after the change, on 13 December 2007, it was announced that Eggert had left West Ham and that his 5 per cent holding had been bought by club majority owner Björgólfur Guðmundsson.