Newly appointed Board of the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance (BICG) has unanimously elected Daiga Auziņa-Melalksne as the Chair of the Board for the upcoming year.
“Daiga has been with the Institute since its earliest days and since the very first initiatives to improve corporate governance in the Baltics. Her leadership is one of the reasons we now have a strong community, dedicated to advancing the best corporate governance practices in our region,” says Paulius Martinkus, President of the BICG.
Ms Auziņa-Melalksne is the Head of Exchange Services at Nasdaq Baltic Market. She chairs the Management Board at Nasdaq Riga and is a member of the Management Board at Nasdaq Tallinn.
“The BICG plays a vital role in shaping good governance practice in the Baltics. Good corporate governance is a precondition for the sustainable economic development in the Baltic region and co-operation between OECD countries. I look forward to contributing to Institute’s continued growth, promoting transparency and the best governance principles between SOEs and private enterprises, encouraging more support to these values equally from the policy makers and facilitating thought leadership among BICG community,” says Ms Auziņa-Melalksne.
Board of the BICG is appointed by the members of the BICG, at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), and establishes the strategies, goals and business procedures for the association.
Newly appointed members of the Board elect the Chair in their first meeting held after the AGM.
Ms Auziņa-Melalksne is taking over from Linas Dičpetris. More information about all of the BICG Board members can be found online here.
BICG is a non-profit and non-governmental organization missioned to deliver value to its stakeholders by promoting global competitiveness of enterprises in the Baltics and encouraging the businesses to adopt leading corporate governance practices.
CONTACTS:
Paulius Martinkus
President
Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance
+370 674 67354
paulius[at]bicg.eu
