Council
Chairwoman
Ieva Tetere
Chairwoman of the Board of SEB banka
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Since 2015 Ieva Tetere is CEO of SEB bank - one of the leading universal banks in Latvia with assets over 3.5 bn euros. In Finance Latvia Association Ieva Tetere is holding positions of Chairwoman of Council and co-chair of Strategic development committee. Before joining SEB in 2005 as Head on Internal audit, Ieva Tetere was a part of PricewaterhouseCoopers team both in Latvia and for two years in London. Chairperson of Sustainability committee in SEB bank steering also the implementation of the sustainability strategy of SEB in Latvia.
Supervisory Board Members
Reinis Rubenis
Deputy chairman of the Council, Chairman of the Board of Swedbank Latvia
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Inese Zīle
Member of the Board of Development Finance Institution Altum
Guntis Beļavskis
Chairman of the Management Board of Citadele Bank
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Dmitrijs Latiševs
Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee, Chief Executive Officer of BlueOrange Bank
Kerli Gabrilovica
Head of Retail Banking, Luminor Group, Country Manager Latvia
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Jevgenijs Belezjaks
Chairman of the Management Board / CEO of the Baltic Region at SIA "UniCredit Leasing"
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Board
Sanita Bajāre is Chairwoman of the Board at the Finance Latvia Association.
Sanita Bajāre was Manager of the Euro Project at the Ministry of Finance from 2005 to 2011 and State Secretary at the Ministry from 2011 to 2014. From 2012 to 2014, Sanita Bajāre also worked on the Board of the European Investment Bank, and from 2014 to 2016, she was Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank. Between 2016 and 2018, she was responsible for corporate banking services at Citadele Bank.
Sanita Bajāre graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 2 with a silver medal and received her first higher education at the Medical Academy of Latvia in 1996, where she was awarded a medical doctor’s degree with honours. She also received a bachelor’s degree in Economics in 2006 and an honours master’s degree in Financial Economics in 2008.
Jānis Brazovskis is a member of the Management Board of the Association and member of the Supervisory Council of Tet. Mr. Brazovskis has extensive experience in banking, especially legal affairs, including in matters regarding the prevention, licensing and restructuring of money laundering and terrorism financing. From 2000 until 2012, Mr. Brazovskis was Deputy Chairman of the Financial and Capital Market Commission. Mr. Brazovskis attained his law degree at the University of Latvia and is a certified Anti-Money Laundering specialist (CAMS).
Committees
Strategic Development Committee
Ieva Tetere
Co-chair, Chairman of the Board of SEB banka
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Vladislavs Mironovs
Co-chair, Chief Commercial Officer Retail at Citadele bank
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Viktors Bolbats
Co-chair, Chairperson of the Management Board of Baltic International Bank
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Lending Committee
Ainars Balcers
Co-chair, Head of Mortgage Support Department, Baltic, Swedbank
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Kārlis Danēvičs
Co-chair, SEB Latvia Board member, responsible for AML and KYC area
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Financial Instruments Market and Investment Services Committee
Kristīne Lomanovska
Co-chair, Chairman of the Board of SEB Life (Latvia)
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Māris Rambaks
Co-chair, Head of the Treasury at Swedbank Latvia
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Ingus Grasis
Co-chair, Investment Strategist at SEB banka
Girts Varna
Co-chair, Head of Custody at Citadele Bank
Accountancy and Taxation Committee
Ieva Cimdiņa-Cālīte
Co-chair, Head of Accounting and Tax in the Baltics at Swedbank Latvia
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Mārtiņš Arbidāns
Co-chair, Head of the Accounting Department of SEB banka
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Legal Committee
Agnese Garda
Co-chair, Head of the Legal Division at Swedbank Latvia
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Juta Kaktiniece
Co-chair, Head of the Legal Department at SEB banka
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Bank Chief Economists Committee
Dainis Gašpuitis
Co-chair, Economist at SEB banka
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Mārtiņš Āboliņš
Co-chair, Economist at Citadele Bank
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Compliance and Control Committee
Juris Bogdanovs
Co-chair, Member of the Management Board, Head of Risk Management at Swedbank Latvia
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Uldis Upenieks
Co-chair, Member of the Management Board, Chief Compliance Officer of Citadele Bank
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Risk Management Committee
Valters Ābele
Co-chair, Member of the Management Board, Chief Risk Officer of Citadele Bank
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Internal Audit Committee
Natalja Avdejeva
Co-chair, Head of Internal Audit Department at Rigensis Bank
Digital Transformation Committee
Iļja Nogičevs
Co-chair, Head of the Digital Department at SEB banka
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Ģirts Bērziņš
Co-chair, Member of Group Executive Committee at Swedbank Latvia
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Slavomir Mizak
Co-chair, Member of the Management Board, Chief Technology Officer of Citadele Bank
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Human Resources Committee
Aiga Kļaveniece
Co-chair, Head of Personnel Division of Development Finance Institution Altum
Alina Baranova
Co-chair, Talent Development Manager at Citadele Bank
Communications Committee
Kristians Pudans
Co-chair, Head of Marketing and Communications at Development Finance Justification Altum
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Agnese Strazda
Co-chair, Head of Corporate communication at SEB banka
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Māris Plūme
Co-chair, Head of Communication Latvia, Baltic Banking Coordinator at Swedbank Latvia
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Subcommittees
Trade Finance subcommittee
Anita Kurme
Co-Chair, Manager of Trade Finance Operations Division at Swedbank Latvia
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Record management subcommitee
Ervīns Kronbergs
Co-Chair, Head of Documents Management and Archive Division at Citadele Bank
Payments subcommittee
Mareks Kovaļevskis
Co-chair, Head of Payments Support and Operations Division at Swedbank Latvia
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Kristaps Strazds
Co-chair, Head of Transaction Banking at SEB banka
Agnese Sterna
Co-chair, Manager of Payment Products at Citadele Bank
Payment card subcommittee
Ronalds Platkājis
Co-chair, Head of Cards at SEB banka
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Andris Lazdiņš
Co-chair, Head of Cards and Payments at Citadele Bank
Security Subcommittee
Juris Jansons
Co-chair, Head of Investigation Services Latvia at Swedbank
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Mārcis Pelcis
Co-chair, Head of Department at SEB banka
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Working groups
Sustainable Finance working group
Irina Kuzmina
Co-chair, Project Manager, Corporate Offering and Strategies at Swedbank
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Nicholas Stancioff
Co-chair, Member of the Management Board at Latvian Baltic Energy Efficiency Facility (LABEEF)
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IT security working group
Oskars Blumbergs
Co-chair, Information Security Officer at SEB banka
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GDPR working group
Veronika Sajadova
Co-chair, Data Protection Officer at Swedbank Latvia
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PSD2 working group
Jevgeņijs Kazaņins
Co-chair, Head of Daily Banking Products at Luminor Bank
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Mareks Kovaļevskis
Co-chair, Head of Payments Support and Operations Division at Swedbank Latvia
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UCITS working group
Gatis Simsons
Co-chair, Head of Custody at SEB banka
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