RSE Supervisory Board approves the new Chairman of Management Board

11.02.2005 RIG

Riga Stock Exchange Supervisory Board on its meeting approved the Riga Stock Exchange Management Board. Daiga Auziņa-Melalksne was elected Chairman of Management Board (presently – Deputy Chairman of Management Board), to start on March 31, 2005. Guntars Kokorevičs, the present Chairman of Management Board, will leave on March 30, 2005.

Daiga Auziņa-Melalksne (36) has been with the RSE since 1998, and is the Head of Development and Services Department. Auziņa-Melalksne has been a manager of a number of strategic projects, including Riga Stock Exchange integration in the OMX Group, and launching of the Baltic list.

Gert Tiivas, President of OMX Exchanges Baltic Markets, says: “We are pleased to announce Daiga as the Chairman of the Management Board of the Riga stock Exchange. She has proven her capabilities as an effective leader, working in key management positions in the RSE over the past 6 years. Daiga has the drive and focus required to develop the Latvian securities market and continue to deliver our strategy of integrated Nordic-Baltic markets.”

Indars Aščuks has been elected Deputy Chairman of Management Board. Right now he is a member of the Riga Stock Exchange and Latvian Central Depository Management Board, and Integration Project Manager.

Supervisory Board elected also Ēriks Timpars a member of Management Board. Presently is heading the Finance Department of the Riga Stock Exchange and Latvian Central Depository Group.


For more information, please contact:
Krista Grīntāle
Corporate Communications Director
Riga Stock Exchange
Phone: +371 7212431