OREANDA-NEWS. November 19, 2010. Latvenergo AS Management Board will be chaired by Aris Zigurs, and it will be composed of five members. Uldis Bariss will continue as a member together with the two former members Arnis Kurgs and Arnis Daugulis and a new member Maris Kunickis.

The new Management Board Chairman A. Zigurs previously was the CEO of Rigas Siltums AS. The Management Board Member M. Kunickis, in turn, was the Director of the Riga municipality agency Rigas gaisma.

Aris Zigurs – education and work experience:

Qualification “engineer” after graduating from the Latvia University of Agriculture (LLU); Master’s degree (MBA) from the Riga Business Institute; Doctor of engineering sciences in electrical and power engineering, the Riga Technical University (RTU).

At the beginning of the 1990s, A. Zigurs was a senior engineer and pro-rector at the Latvian Academy of Agriculture and a senior engineer at the Public Utilities Department of the Jelgava Municipality. Up to the mid-1990s, he was the head and deputy executive director of the Municipal Department of Riga City Central District and business manager at the District Heating Department of Latvenergo VAS. In the period 1996-2010, A. Zigurs was the President and Management Board Chairman of Rigas Siltums AS.

Maris Kunickis – education and work experience:

BSc from the Faculty of Power and Electrical Engineering, RTU; qualification “engineer” from the Department of Power Plants, Networks and Electrical Systems, RTU; MSc from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, University of Latvia.

At the end of the 1990s, M. Kunickis was an electrical fitter at the North-East Electrical Networks of Latvenergo VAS. Since 2000, he has taken different positions in B/o Rigas gaisma SIA – power supply designer, work safety engineer, Head of the Technical Unit; Project Manager and Executive Director of the Riga municipality agency Rigas gaisma and its Director for the period 2008-2010.

The expert commission, supervised by the Ministry of Economics, recognized Aris Zigurs, the Director of Rigas Siltums AS, as the most eligible candidate for the post of the Management Board Chairman of Latvenergo AS already on October 5, while the full Management Board composition was announced on October 7.

Latvenergo AS is the leading Latvian power utility for generation and sale of electricity and thermal energy, expanding its business activity also in Lithuania and Estonia. Latvenergo AS renders services in telecommunications and information technologies as well. Latvenergo Group comprises five subsidiaries – Augstsprieguma tikls AS, Sadales tikls AS, Latvenergo Kaubandus OU, Latvenergo Prekyba UAB and Liepajas energija SIA.