Baiba Zūzena is nominated for the position of the Chairwoman of the Board, Ieva Aile is nominated for the position of the Board Member for Program and Service Development, Inese Tanne – Board Member for Financial Management, Ivars Šulcs – Board Member for Technology Management and Ilze Ogle – Board Member for Human Resources Management, the Public Electronic Mass Media Council (SEPLP) said.
After the second round, the jury had shortlisted 12 candidates for the third and final round.
The Council's decision was adopted unanimously.
According to SEPLP, Zūzena is an experienced media professional, former CEO and Member of the Management Board of All Media Latvia, currently Head of the consultancy Komercizglītības centrs and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Getliņi EKO.
Ieva Aile is a current member of the Board of Programs and Services of SJSC "Latvijas Radio". Inese Tanne is currently the CFO of the consulting and digital services company Civitta Latvija Ltd. Ivars Šulcs is a former member of the Board of the information technology company Capital. Ilze Ogle is Strategic HR Manager at AB City, a healthcare products and services company.
The new Board will have to implement one of the most important processes in the history of public media - to ensure the successful merger of SJSC "Latvian Television" and SJSC "Latvian Radio" to create a stronger and better equipped public media company under the brand Latvian Public Media (Latvijas Sabiedriskais medijs, LSM).
