VAS “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (LDz) has announced an open competition for the vacant position of chairman of the board, according to the company’s public information.
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The gross monthly remuneration for the Chairman of the Board of LDz is EUR 10,040.
You can apply for the competition until April 20, 2023.
Candidates for the position must meet the requirements set out in the Law on the Management of Shares of Public Persons and Capital Companies, meet and agree to comply with the restrictions on combining the position of a public official set by the Law “On the Prevention of Conflict of Interest in the Activities of Public Officials”, must agree to the status of a public official and the restrictions set for it.
Also, the candidate must meet the requirements of the Law “On State Secrets”, since the performance of duties is related to the admission to state secrets, the candidate must meet the requirements for obtaining a special permit for access to state secrets.
The candidate’s knowledge of the national language must be to the extent necessary for the professional performance of the tasks of the chairman of the board (at C1 level), while the knowledge of English, according to the common European standards for language learning, must not be lower than B2 level.
The candidate needs an academic higher or second-level professional higher education according to the field of competence of the position – in engineering, management, economics, finance, transport/logistics, law or another comparable field.
Also, the candidate must have at least three years of experience as a board member or a board member in a management position equivalent to a board member in a medium-sized or large capital company (company manager or other top-level position or head of a large independent structural unit that reports directly to the company’s management or the board), which ensures the task of the chairman of the board the competences and knowledge necessary for the performance, for the professional performance of duties related to the areas of responsibility of the chairman of the board.
The candidate needs knowledge and understanding of the operation and corporate management of state capital companies, as well as knowledge and understanding of the field of commercial activity and industry of LDz – issues related to the management of transport infrastructure and the technical field, transit and logistics. Previous work experience in these matters will be an advantage.
The personnel selection and evaluation process of the chairman of the board of LDz will consist of three rounds, and it will be implemented by the nomination committee of the selection competition and the personnel selection company SIA “Eiro Personalāls”.
Candidates who will be forwarded to the second round will be invited to submit a prepared presentation on the topic determined by the nomination commission (presentation duration – no more than 15 minutes) within five days at the latest.
It has already been reported that on February 9, the chairman of the board of LDz, Māris Kleinbergs, was dismissed from his position.
Currently, Rinalds Pļavnieks continues to work on the board of LDz, who temporarily holds the position of acting chairman of the board until the end of the competition, as well as board member Vita Balode-Andrūsa.
It was also announced that the turnover of the LDz concern last year, according to preliminary data, was 254.788 million euros, which is 2.3% more than in 2021, but the concern suffered a loss of 2.368 million euros compared to the profit a year earlier.
LDz is the manager of public railway infrastructure and the holding company of the group. The concern also includes “LatRailNet”, which determines infrastructure fees and distributes railway infrastructure capacity, “LDz Cargo”, which provides rail freight transportation and international passenger transportation, rolling stock repair and maintenance company “LDz rolling stock service”, security company “LDz security”, logistics company “LDz logistika”, as well as infrastructure construction and maintenance company “LDz infrastruktura”, whose liquidation process started in May 2022.
LDz was registered in 1991, and its share capital is 327,621,636 euros.