Work Experience
- August 2011 – present Director of Central Finance and Contracting Agency
- June 2011 – August 2011 Deputy Director in Strategic and Finance issues, Director of the Programme Management and Monitoring Department, Central Finance and Contracting Agency
- June 2007 – June 2011 Deputy Director in Programme Management issues, Director of the Programme Management and Monitoring Department, Central Finance and Contracting Agency
- October 2005 – June 2007 Director of the Programme Management and Monitoring Department, Central Finance and Contracting Agency
- October 2003 – October 2005 Head of European Regional Development Fund Project Implementation Division, Project management and Procurement Department, Central Finance and Contracting Agency
- January 2003 – October 2003 Head of Non-Investment Division, Project Management and Procurement Department, Central Finance and Contracting Unit, Ministry of Finance
- January 2002 – January 2003 Procurement Officer of Phare cross-border cooperation projects, Central Finance and Contracting Unit, Ministry of Finance
- January 2001 – January 2002 Specialist – Project Coordinator, Riga Region Development Council
- January 1999 – December 2000 Phare / Interreg IIC cross-border cooperation project coordinator assistant, Riga District Council
Other Professional Experience
- Since 2014 Member of European Structural and Investment Funds (2014-2020 programming period) Monitoring Committee
- 2015, 2016 Speaker at the seminars of European Academy for Taxes, Economics and Law (“How can Authorities Support Beneficiaries to Reach the Set Targets and Collect Valuable Data”, “Reporting Requirements, Consequent Control Activities and Monitoring Challenges”, “Challenges of Intermediate Bodies in appraisal and selection of ESI Funded projects in 2014-2020”), Berlin, Germany
- 2015, 2016 Short-term Expert in optimization of business processes within the EC funded project “Support to the Operating Structure with the Management of Operational Program "Regional Competitiveness 2007 – 2013"”, procurement of services O-C-Uk-119/14, Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds as OPCC Managing Authority, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2011-2013 Short-term Expert on financial management and control within the EC funded project “Support to the RCOP Operating Structure with OP Management Republic of Croatia”, tender references - IPA2007/HR/16IPO/001-020901 and IPA 2007/HR/16IPO/001-020902, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship as RCOP Managing Authority, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2009-2015 Member of EU Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund (2007-2013 programming period) Monitoring Committee
- 2004-2009 Member of European Regional Development Fund (2004-2006 programming period) Steering Committee
Educational Background
- 1998-2001 Master degree in Social sciences, International Relations programme (Economics), University of Latvia, The Institute of International Relations
- 1994-1998 Bachelor degree in Economics, Jurisprudence programme, Latvia University of Agriculture, Faculty of Economics
Language Proficiency
- Latvian,
- English,
- Russian,
- German