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29.07.2016
In accordance with the Law on Governance of Capital Shares of a Public Person and Capital Companies, the Council of Latvijas Pasts has appointed the Board of the company for a term of office of five years starting from the 1st of August 2016. The Board will be composed of four professionals of the sector, of whom three are executive employees of Latvijas Pasts. Mārcis Vilcāns, the former Head of the Interim Board, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Latvijas Pasts. Previously he managed the Express Mail Department of the company.
The following persons have been appointed to the Board of Latvijas Pasts for a period of five years starting from the 1st of August 2016: Mārcis Vilcāns, Dairis Kārkliņš, Kristaps Krūmiņš and Anda Ozola. Since the 22nd of April 2016 M.Vilcāns and K.Krūmiņš have been working in the Interim Board of Latvijas Pasts, which was appointed after the submission of the notices of resignation by the members of the previous Board and detection of breaches in its operation. M.Vicāns who managed the work of the Interim Board has now been appointed as the Chairman of the permanent Board of Latvijas Pasts.
Three of the new members of the Board are executive employees of Latvijas Pasts. M.Vilcāns acquired a professional Master’s degree in Economics from BA School of Business and Finance and has significant experience in the postal sector, organising and managing the reform and modernisation processes, introducing relevant IT and management solutions in the departments under his supervision as well as implementing cross-border cooperation projects and leading large teams of employees. He taught a course in Logistics to the students of Turība University and acted as an expert in various councils of the sector in relation to logistics. M.Vilcāns has been employed at Latvijas Pasts since 2005. Previously he managed the Trade Department, the Postal Item Processing and Delivery Department, and the Express Mail Department of Latvijas Pasts. Since the 22nd of April 2016 M.Vilcāns was the chairman of the Interim Board of Latvijas Pasts.
K.Krūmiņš holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from the University of Latvia and has received further education in Strategic Management at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. K.Krūmiņš has considerable experience in leading positions in the postal sector, organising operations and ensuring process management in numerically large departments. K.Krūmiņš has been working at Latvijas Pasts since 2005: his previous positions were the company’s Chief Economist, Deputy Director of the Postal Network Management Department, Acting Director of the Postal Services Assurance Department and Member of the Interim Board appointed on the 22nd of April 2016.
A.Ozola acquired the qualification of a lawyer from the University of Latvia and a professional Master’s degree in Law from Turība University. A.Ozola has significant work experience in addressing and managing legal issues of the postal sector. She started work as a legal advisor at Latvijas Pasts in 2000. She was Deputy Head of the Legal Department and, since 2004, Director of the Legal Department.
D. Kārkliņš holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Organisation and Management from the Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration. He is experienced in the strategic management of trading companies, including as regards press wholesale and retail, as well as development and organisation of marketing solutions, Internet projects and e-products. His previous positions were Member of the Board and Manager at Preses apgāds SIA, Lettel SIA, Plus punkts SIA and Digital World SIA.
The Members of the Board of Latvijas Pasts were selected in accordance with the rules of the tender for the selection and evaluation of candidates, and the candidates were evaluated within the tender by the nomination committee, composed of the representatives of the Employers’ Confederation of Latvia, the Cross-Sectoral Coordination Centre, the Communication Workers Trade Union of Latvia, the Ministry of Transport and the Council of Latvijas Pasts.
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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