Latvijas Pasts Council appointed

19.05.2016

On May 18, 2016, Latvijas Pasts Council composed on three members was appointed, with Aigars Vītols as the Chairman of Latvijas Pasts Council, Andris Ikvilds as the Member of the Council and Andris Nātriņš as the independent Member of the Council.

A.Vītols holds a professional Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration, and he has extensive work experience related to the postal sector. His previous positions include Deputy Chairman of the Council at Abonēšanas un piegādes centrs Diena SIA, Chairman of the Board, Member of the Board, Counsellor of the Board and Technical Management Department Director at Latvijas Pasts, Member of the Council of Directors at MailMaster SIA and Elektroniskais pasts SIA, Chairman of the Council at IT Latvija AS, Member of the Council of Directors and Manager of the Housekeeping Department at Latvijas Pasta pakalpojuma tīkls AS and Manager of the Technical Department at Pasta norēķinu centrs, a subsidiary of Latvijas Pasts. He also worked as Project Manager at Witraktor SIA and Member of the Board at Buprocon SIA. Currently, he is Member of the Board at Pasta brokeru serviss SIA.

A.Ikvilds holds a Master’s degree in Business Accounting and Control from the Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Latvia and he has trained and qualified as a trade economist at the Faculty of Finance and Trade, State University of Latvia. The professional experience of A.Ikvilds has also been closely related to the postal sector. His previous positions include Director of the Internal Audit and Quality Department, Director of the Internal Audit Service and Head of the Control Department at Latvijas Pasts. Among his other jobs are Member of the Board at ElGoo Tech SIA, Deputy Chief Accountant at Paritate banka AS, Head of the Internal Audit Department at Latvijas Unibanka AS, Chief Accountant at Creditreform SIA and Senior Inspector at the State Financial Inspectorate. Currently, he is Senior Expert of Finance Issues at the Planning, Procurement and Control Division of Riga City Council.

A.Nātriņš holds a professional Master’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Latvia. He also pursued doctoral studies in Business Management under the inter-university program (BA School of Banking and Finance, Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration and Stockholm School of Economics in Riga). His previous positions include Chairman of the Board, Member of the Board, Manager of Latgale Suburb Branch, Deputy Manager of the International Branch and Deputy Head of the Regional Development Department of Resource Management at Latvijas Krājbanka AS. Among his other jobs is Deputy Head of the Regional Development Department at Rīgas Apvienotā Baltijas banka AS. Currently, he is Director for Research at BA School of Banking and Finance, Member of the Board at Komercdarbības un finanšu pētniecības aģentūra SIA and Chairman of the Board at Business and Financial Research Center of BA School of Banking and Finance.

The term of office of Latvijas Pasts Council is five years. In accordance with the Law on Governance of Capital Shares of a Public Person and Capital Companies, the council is a supervisory institution of the company representing the interests of stockholders between meetings and supervising activities of the executive board.

About SJSC Latvijas Pasts

Latvijas Pasts ensures the widest availability of postal services throughout Latvia by maintaining more than 600 post offices. The primary function of the company is provision of the universal postal service; Latvijas Pasts also provides commercial transport, express mail, payment, press subscription, retail and philatelic services. Latvijas Pasts is a wholly State-owned company with more than 4,200 employees. The quality measurements of Latvijas Pasts domestic mail deliveries are regularly conducted by TNS Latvia, one of the leading market, social and media research agencies in Latvia. In turn, the quality measurements of the cross-border deliveries are provided within the framework of the International Post Corporation through the intermediary of the research companies TNS, Ipsos and Quotas.

Additional information:
Gundega Vārpa
Head of External Communications 
Phone: +371 67608505
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv; gundega.varpa@pasts.lv
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