Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis is Executive Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for an Economy that Works for People, also in charge of Trade (since October 2020). Before this, he was Vice-President responsible for the euro, social dialogue, financial services and the Capital Markets Union. In Latvia, he was his country’s longest-serving head of government with three terms as prime minister. He served as Finance Minister, was a Member of the Latvian Parliament and elected twice to the European Parliament. In his pre-political life, he worked as chief economist at the Bank of Latvia and before that, as a research assistant at Mainz University, at the Institute of Solid-State Physics in Latvia and the University of Maryland. Valdis Dombrovskis was born on 5 August 1971 in Riga, and holds degrees in both physics and economics.

Ms. Gintarė Skaistė is the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania. She has more than 14 years of experience in politics and economy – in 2016 Ms. Skaistė was elected as the Member of the Seimas (Parliament) of the Republic of Lithuania and re-elected in 2020. She worked in the Committee on Social Affairs and Labour and Committee on Budget and Finance. Prior to the Parliament, Gintare Skaiste was Kaunas City Councillor for 9 years and Deputy Chair at the Urban Development and Investment Committee. She holds Master's degree in Economics (in 2011) and a PhD in Social Sciences (in 2016). Ms. Skaistė is a Member of the Lithuanian Riflemen's Union and the Honorary Member of the Lithuanian Community of the Atlantic Treaty.

Member of the European Court of Auditors.

Rimantas Šadžius is a member of the European Court of Auditors since 2016. His work focuses on the regulation of markets and competitive economy, especially the European Union’s financial governance, with its Banking Union, the Capital Markets Union and the European System of Financial Supervision. In his capacity as Member for institutional relations, he is also in charge of the Court's relations with the European Parliament, the Council and other key stakeholders. Previously, Mr Šadžius served as Minister of Finance of Lithuania, as which he coordinated Lithuania's accession to the Eurozone and chaired the ECOFIN during Lithuania's Presidency of the Council in 2013.

Deputy Director, European Department at International Monetary Fund.

Mahmood Pradhan is a Deputy Director in the European Department at the International Monetary Fund with primary responsibility for financial sector policies and regulation and, leads the IMF’s work on EMU architecture, including the Banking and Capital Market Unions. He was the IMF’s mission chief for the Euro Area from 2011 to 2019 and earlier the IMF’s mission chief for Japan, and Assistant Director in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Mr. Pradhan also spent a long period in the private financial sector, as Chief Emerging Markets Strategist at Tudor Investment Corporation and subsequently an Emerging Markets Portfolio Manager at a macro hedge fund in London. In his early career, Mr. Pradhan was an economist on Monetary and Financial market issues at the Bank of England.

President of Lithuanian Banking Association.

Economist dr. Eivilė Čipkutė was appointed President of the Lithuanian Banking Association in 2020. Previously E. Čipkutė worked as a senior policy advisor at the European Investment Fund office in Brussels, Belgium. She also served as senior advisor to the World Bank's Office of the Executive Director of the Nordic and Baltic Countries at World Bank's headquarters in Washington, D.C., USA. Before continuing her career in international institutions, E. Čipkutė worked at the Lithuanian Ministry of Finance, where she headed the Financial Markets Policy Department, was the board member and chairperson of several state-owned companies. Moreover, E. Čipkutė represented Lithuania in the Committees of the EU Council and the European Commission, dedicated to Finance and Banking. E. Čipkutė has obtained master's degree in international business at Georgetown University in the USA and has defended her doctoral dissertation in the field of social sciences and economics at Vilnius University.

David Wright is the current President of EUROFI, the European financial services think tank and a specialist partner of Flint-Global, a strategic business consultancy based in London providing advice on international policy and regulatory developments for financial services clients. David joined Flint after over 34 years in the European Commission in Brussels. From 2000 to 2010 he was first Director, then Deputy Director General for financial services policy, where he played a leading role in the integration of European capital markets and the EU’s response to the financial crisis. He was the rapporteur on both the Lamfalussy and the De Larosière Committees which changed the EU’s institutional framework for financial services, setting up bodies such as the European Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Systemic Risk Board at the European Central Bank. David has unrivalled international regulatory experience in financial services. After leaving the European Commission he was the Secretary General of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) from 2012-2016. He has also represented the European Commission and IOSCO at the Financial Stability Board and led the EU-US Financial Markets Regulatory Dialogue for many years.

Chairwoman of the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC).

Santa Purgaile has been Chairwoman of the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC) since 23 October 2019. Santa Purgaile has more than 20 years of experience in the banking sector in various positions, including leadership of corporate customer segment, small and medium-sized businesses and retail segments.

Prior to the FCMC, Santa Purgaile held the position of the Member of the Board of AS "Citadele Banka", where she was responsible for planning and ensuring the development of Citadele Group's business and strategy in the Baltic region. Moreover, she had been Co-Chair of the Crediting Committee of the Finance Latvia Association.

Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania.

Gediminas Šimkus is a Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania and a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank. He joined the Bank of Lithuania in 2002, and over the 18 years of his work at this institution consistently furthered his career, gaining experience in banking supervision, financial stability, analysis and forecasting of global and domestic economic developments, monetary policy formation, macro-prudential and economic policy decision-making, statistical compilation and dissemination. Two years spent working at the European Central Bank (ECB) contributed even more to his knowledge and experience. As Member of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, he oversaw the field of banking and financial stability.

Executive Director of Financial Market Supervision Service at the Bank of Lithuania.

Is an Executive Director of Financial Market Supervision Service at the Bank of Lithuania. She is responsible for the supervision of prudential, business conduct and anti money laundering areas of Lithuanian financial market, as well as supervision of Lithuanian capital market. Before her current role she was responsible for the implementation of Lithuanian financial technologies (FinTech) strategy.

Head of Corporate Banking Baltics, Luminor Bank AS

Graduate of Stockholm School of Economics, Andrius is a seasoned banker of Nordic variety – honest, dedicated, persistent and straightforward. His career in the financial world began in 1999 when he spent almost 3 years in a position of Senior Associate at Trigon Capital, Estonian asset management firm. In 2002, Andrius became a Head of Investment banking at DnB-Nord bank in Vilnius, Lithuania. Later on, he has been awarded a position of the Head of DNB Markets in 2010 and headed the Corporate Bank division of DNB bank in Vilnius in 2014. Andrius is a country head of Luminor from the very beginning of bank’s activities in the Baltics. In 2019 he became a head Luminor’s Corporate banking as well. Andrius is a keen traveller. He speaks Lithuanian, English, Russian and Norwegian. Norway is his favourite travelling destination.

Head of Institutional Markets LHV bank.

Ivars Bergmanis has more than 30 years of global financial market experience. After working for four years on the buy side in Australia with Colonial Mutual Investment Management, he has spent the rest of his time on the sell side. This included 7 years in London with HSBC Investment Bank, where he was the Global Co-ordinator for natural resources research and part of an Institutional Investor research award-winning team. Since 2004 he has focused on the Baltics and has participated directly in almost every significant Baltics-related IPO/ECM transaction including as a senior team member of SEB Enskilda (2007-2008) and Suprema Securities / Evli (2004-2006). Since 2010 he has been with LHV Bank.

Vice President, European Markets at Nasdaq

Since 2017 Arminta serves as Vice President of European Markets at Nasdaq, responsible for the stock exchanges and a central securities depository in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Iceland, as well as post trade services in the Nordics. She chairs the Supervisory Councils/Boards of Directors of Nasdaq Vilnius AB, Nasdaq Tallinn AS, Nasdaq Riga AS, Nasdaq CSD SE and Wizer Solutions AB. Arminta is also the CEO of Nasdaq’s Global Technology and Business Services Center in Vilnius, Lithuania. A board member of Invest Lithuania, a co-founder of the women leadership organization “Lydere”, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Vilnius University Endowment. One of the initiators and the first Chair of the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance.

Managing Partner, Walless

Dovilė is a Managing Partner at Walless with over 20 years’ experience in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, private equity, real estate transactions and private wealth. Dovilė is one of the most renowned M&A lawyers in the Baltics and is listed in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame in Corporate and Commercial for received constant praise by her clients and continued excellence. IFLR1000 has been named as the strongest female lawyer working in her field of practice nationally. Dovilė also acts as a Vice President and Board Member of the Lithuanian Business Confederation (member of International Chamber of Commerce) and Co-Founder and Chair of the Board of the association "Lyderė".

CEO at Lithuanian Railways.

Mantas Bartuska is the CEO of Lithuanian railways. He is also a member of the Board of AB Klaipėdos Nafta. Mantas has been elected to the steering committee of CER, Europe's largest railway association. M. Bartuska has accumulated his professional experience in the fields of auditing, finance and management, worked as a consultant at BDO and Ernst & Young Baltic. For four years, Mantas was the Head of the Finance and Administration Department of the oil product handling company, later he became General Director of Klaipėdos nafta. Also, he chaired the board of the energy resource exchange operator UAB Baltpool for three years. He holds bachelor’s degree in management and business administration from Southern Denmark University and also, he graduated from leadership studies at Cambridge Judge and Business school.

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