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I believe that a good business environment and vivid entrepreneurial spirit is what takes the Estonian economy forward. A good business environment motivates businesses to create higher added value and new high salary jobs. Through smarter and more expensive jobs it is possible to offer better salary to employees and thereby the life of Estonian people will improve. The success of Estonian enterprises is largely dependent on their success in export markets. It is important to offer to foreign markets such products and services for which there is a demand and for which it is possible to ask a higher price. I consider it important to maintain good connections with the existing trading partners and to constantly look for new markets with potential. I for my part support the developing of relationships in distant markets through the work in the Estonia-Japan and the Estonia-USA parliamentary groups.
Smith College (Northampton, USA) 1997, economics, French language and culture;
l’Université Paris IX Dauphine 1999, Master in international economy and finance
Ministry of Finance, coordinator of Estonia’s transition to Euro 2005−2006;
Swedbank, head of marketing and client relations in corporative banking 2006–2008;
OÜ Nelja Energia, project manager 2009;
Adviser to the Prime Minister 2009–2014;
Minister of Foreign Trade and Entrepreneurship 2014–2015
Knight of the National Order of Merit of France 2017.
Person of the Year Award of newspaper Postimees 2011