Daniels Pavluts

Daniels Pavļuts is a Latvian multi-sector management professional. In parallel to many years of public service in variety of roles (civil service, Minister of Economy 2011-2014, Member of Latvian Parliament 2018-2021 and Minister of Health 2021-2022) Daniels has held a number of senior management positions in private (Swedbank, Zeno Consulting and others) and non-governmental sectors (Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Latvian Startup Association etc.).

Daniels has been active as a consultant and executive educator – in 17 years of practice various consulting and teaching projects with companies and governments have taken him to Armenia, Georgia, Iraq, Kosovo, Moldova and repeatedly to Ukraine. Daniels is a visiting lecturer at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and Riga Business School.

Daniels is also known for his support to innovation and startup ecosystem – he is one of the initiators and authors of Latvian Startup Support Law, co-founder of Latvian Startup Association, a mentor and investor in startups. Currently – Member of Advisory Board of the leading Baltic health data startup Longenesis.