Board

Duties and Responsibilities of the AST Management Board:

The AST Management Board manages and directs the business of AST, and is responsible for accounting in accordance with the regulatory enactments. The Management Board manages the property of AST and handles its funds in accordance with the regulatory enactments, the Statutes, and the decisions of the Shareholder and the Shareholders’ Meeting. The tasks and responsibility of the AST Management Board are subject to the laws and regulations. The operating principles of the AST Management Board, as well as its main responsibilities are set out in the Statutes and the Statutes of the Management Board.

The AST Management Board jointly represents AST. The members of the Management Board may authorise one or more members of the Management Board to enter into certain transactions or certain types of transactions.

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+ Rolands Irklis - Chairman of the Board

Work experience

2023 – Present

AS Augstsprieguma tīkls Chairman of the Board

2022 – Present

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Member of the Audit Committee (expert)

2021 – 2023

State Audit Office, Auditor General

2018 – 2022

Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA), Course Instructor

2019 – 2021

Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER), Vice-President

2019 – 2021

European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), Vice-Chairman

2011 – 2021

Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, Chairman (2016–2021), Member of the Council (2011–2016)

2015 – 2016

Energy Community Secretariat, Consultant

2010 – 2011

Attorney at Law

2007 – 2010

Latvijas Banka (Bank of Latvia), Legal Advisor

2003 – 2007

Ecovis Convents Law Office, Lawyer

Education

2017 – 2020

Riga Business School (RTU), EMBA programme

1999 – 2005

University of Latvia, lawyer's qualification (5-year programme, equivalent to a Master’s degree)

Term of office: 6.12.2028

+ Arnis Daugulis - Member of the Board

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Work experience

2021 – Present

AS 'Augstsprieguma tīkls', Member of the Board

2016 – 2021

AS 'Augstsprieguma tīkls', Head of the Information Technology Department

2015 – 2016

State Chancellery, Consultant in the Department for Public Administration Policy

2012 – 2015

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Deputy State Secretary for Information and Communications Technology

2011 – 2011

AS 'Latvenergo', Consultant of the Board

2006 – 2011

AS 'Latvenergo', Member of the Board (Information Technologies and Telecommunications)

2000 – 2006

AS 'Latvenergo', Head of the Information Technology Department

Education

1995 – 1998

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, (Kungl Tekniska Hogskolan, KTH) Licentiate of Engineering

1990 – 1995

Riga Technical University, Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Term of office: 14.07.2026

+ Gatis Junghāns - Member of the Board

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Work experience

2016 – Present

AS 'Augstsprieguma tīkls', Member of the Board

2022 – Present

'Baltic RCC' OÜ, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Member of the Supervisory Board

2024 – Present Riga Technical University, professor

2017 – 2023

Riga Technical University, Associate Professor

2015 – 2016

'Elektrum Lietuva UAB' (Lithuania), Member of the Council

2008 – 2015

'Elektrum Lietuva UAB' (Lithuania), Chairman and CEO, Member of the Board

2015 – 2016

'Elektrum Eesti OÜ' (Estonia), Member of the Council

2007 – 2015

'Elektrum Eesti OÜ' (Estonia), Member of the Management Board

2006 – 2014

AS 'Nordic Energy Link' (Estonia), Member of the Council

2007 – 2016

AS 'Latvenergo', Head of Sales Department

2005 – 2007

AS 'Latvenergo', Project Manager

2003 – 2005

AS 'Augstsprieguma tīkls', Electrical Engineer

2000 – 2003

AS 'Latvenergo' structural unit 'Rīgas Elektrotīkls', Electrical Engineer

Education

2012 – 2018

Riga Business School, Master of Business Administration

2008 – 2010

Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Master of Business Administration

2003 – 2008

Riga Technical University, Faculty of Power Engineering, Doctor of Engineering

2001 – 2003

Technical University, Faculty of Power Engineering, Master's degree in Engineering

1997 – 2001

Riga Technical University, Faculty of Power Engineering, Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Term of office: 24.04.2026

+ Ilze Znotiņa - Member of the Board

Work experience

2024–Present

Augstsprieguma tīkls AS, Member of the Management Board

2024–Present

Internal Security Academy, Master’s study programme “Management of Law Enforcement, Criminal Punishment and Rescue Services”, implemented by the Faculty of Business, Management and Economics of the University of Latvia, lecturer

2023–2024

International Monetary Fund, Expert

2023–2024

SOFRECO, Expert

2023–2024

European Commission, Expert

2023–2024

Sworn Attorney-at-law

2018–2022

Financial Intelligence Unit, Director

2018–2022

Head of the Moneyval Latvia Delegation

2010–2017

Deloitte Legal, Partner

2010–2017

Deloitte Latvia, Head of the Legal and Fraud Prevention Department

2008–2010

AB Znotina&Rubene, Partner

2005–2008

AB Sorainen, Lawyer

2001–2007

Rīga Stradiņš University, Lecturer

2002–2004

ZAB Broks un partneri, Lawyer/Assistant Lawyer

1997–2003

Law Office of Sworn Attorney-at-law M. Šadurs, Lawyer

1996–1997

Riga Secondary School No. 2, Teacher

Education

2004–2010

University of Latvia, Doctoral studies

2000–2001

Riga Graduate School of Law, Master’s degree in Law

1995–2000

University of Latvia, Bachelor’s degree in Law

In office until: 31.01.2029

 

+ Imants Zviedris - Member of the Board

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Work experience

2015 – Present

AS 'Augstsprieguma tīkls', Member of the Board

2017 – 2018

AS 'Conexus Baltic Grid', Member of the Council

2014 – 2015

AS 'Latvijas elektriskie tīkli', Technical Director

2011 – 2015

AS 'Latvijas elektriskie tīkli', Member of the Management Board

2011 – 2011

AS 'Latvijas elektriskie tīkli', Chairman of the Management Board

2005 – 2011

AS 'Augstsprieguma tīkls', Chairman of the Board

2000 – 2005

AS 'Latvenergo' branch 'Augstsprieguma tīkls', Technical Director

1998 – 2000

AS 'Latvenergo' branch 'Augstsprieguma tīkls', Head of Operation and the Safety Equipment Monitoring Service

1996 – 1998

AS 'Latvenergo' branch 'Augstsprieguma tīkls', Energy Grid Dispatcher of the Dispatcher Service

1995 – 1996

AS 'Latvenergo' branch 'Augstsprieguma tīkls', Technician of the Dispatcher Service

Education

1993 – 1996

Riga Technical University, Power Supply, Engineer-electrician

1986 – 1990

Riga Polytechnic Institute, ECM (Electric computing machines) Equipment and Devices, Technician-electrician

Term of office: 17.12.2024