
10.00 Opening of the Forum
Santa Purgaile, Chairwoman of the FCMC
Jim Turnbull, Associate Director and Head of DCM – Local Currency and Capital Markets Development at the EBRD
10.15 10-step programme for the development of Latvia’s capital market
Ģirts Rūda, Member of the Board of the FCMC
10.35 Panel discussion: Issuers role in attracting investment (in English)
Moderator: Ivars Bergmanis, Head of Institutional Markets at LHV
Account of Experience: Tallinna Sadam
Discussion participants
- Marko Raids, Member of the Management Board, Chief Financial Officer at Tallinna Sadam
- Erik Hagström, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Linda Nektar
- Uldis Iltners, Member of the Management Board at AS “MADARA Cosmetics”
- Krišjānis Zariņš, Project Lead at CMDAF Baltic SME IPO Fund
11.40 Panel discussion: Promotion of investors’ interest in the Baltic capital markets (in Latvian)
Moderator: Ģirts Rūda, Member of the Board of the FCMC
Account of Experience: Juhan Lang, Head of the Equity Research Team, Äripaev
Discussion participants
- Andris Grafs, Vice President Latvia at the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance
- Andrejs Martinovs, Chairman of the Management Board at IPAS INVL Asset Management
- Pēteris Stepiņš, Chief Executive Officer at Swedbank Investment Management
- Māris Vainovskis, Attorney at law, Head of Investment Security and Protection Working Group, Foreign Investors’ Council in Latvia
12.40 Panel discussion: National capacity for the development of capital market (in Latvian)
Moderator: Santa Purgaile, Chairwoman of the FCMC
Account of Experience: Ignitis Group
Discussion participants
- Reinis Bērziņš, Chairman of the Management Board at Development Finance Institution Altum
- Ints Dālderis, Advisor to the Minister of Finance
- Mārtiņš Staķis, Chairman of the Riga City Council
- Daiga Auziņa-Melalksne, Chairwoman of the Management Board at Nasdaq Riga
- Vladislavs Vesperis, Deputy Head of the Cross-Sectoral Coordination Centre, Head of the Development supervision and assessment division
- Edmunds Valantis, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economics
13.50 – 14.00 Next steps and closing remarks