Ieva Tetere

Ieva Tetere, CEO of SEB banka in Latvia since 2015 and Chairwoman of Council in Finance Latvia Association from 2019 until 2024. Before joining SEB in 2005 as Head on Internal audit, Ieva Tetere was a part of PricewaterhouseCoopers team both in Latvia and for two years in London. Ieva cares that society makes informed decisions. It is important for her that her colleagues in the bank have the opportunity to grow professionally and that they share their knowledge with both customers and the general public. 

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Ints Krasts

SEB's board member Ints Krasts will provide an insight into the CFO Baltic survey which was conducted in September this year with the aim of better understanding the economic mood, as well as providing you with valuable feedback on the current business environment and trends in Latvia and Baltics.

Ints Krasts has been a member of the Board of SEB banka and Head of Corporate Customer Service in Latvia since 2014. From 2024 he is also Co-chair of lending committee of Finance Latvia Association. Ints is strongly convinced that every challenge should be seen as opportunity. 

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Johan Javeus

Johan Javeus is Senior Economist at SEB and has more than 20 years of experience in Macro, FX and Fixed income analysis. Today Johan’s primary focus lies in topical research of new and hot trends in the economy and financial markets. Johan is an excellent and highly sought after public speaker on various topics such as AI, crypto currencies, and the outlook for macro and financial markets. Johan joined SEB in 2004 and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Uppsala university.   

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Tony Kylberg

Tony Kylberg, based in Stockholm, SE, is currently a Senior Advisor at SEB. After a Degree of Master of Laws, LLM, Tony has gathered a broad background and has hold such diverse positions as Lawyer at a Business Law Firm, Head of Legal Department and Head of a Sales Department within the finance industry, CEO of IT-Companies and of a Business Incubator and Partner/Investment Manager within a venture capital company. Also has been working as Head of Legal Baltic, Head of Procurement and CSO/CISO, Head of Group Security and Cyber Defence, within SEB.

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Vladimirs Mhitarjans

Vladimirs Mhitarjans has been working at Balticovo since 2013 and is currently the Chairman of the Management Board. Alongside this role, he is also actively involved in the restaurant business.
 
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Joseph Menaker

Latvian-born economist and entrepreneur who, after emigrating to the U.S., continued research work at the New York Department of Finance and Taxation. As an entrepreneur, co-founded ISP Optics and UAV Factory, both later sold to U.S. corporations. In 2022, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Currently, he serves on the boards of several international technology companies and funds and is a visiting professor at the University of Latvia and Riga Technical University
 
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Panel discussion - Growth, Resilience, and the Courage to Look Ahead? (in Latvian)*

Participants:

Vladimirs Mhitarjans, Chairman of the Board / Balticovo LinkedIn
Joseph Menaker, Board Member / Edge Autonomy LinkedIn
Matīss Kaža, Director, Producer / movie "Flow" LinkedIn

Matīss Kaža

He graduated in Film Directing from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and continued his education at the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles as well as the Latvian Academy of Culture. While studying in his second year in New York, he created his debut full-length documentary One Ticket, Please!, which went on to participate in several international festivals. In 2020, the documentaries "Klejotāji" and the feature film "Kino un mēs", followed in 2021 by the Western "Wild East. Kur vedīs ceļš". In 2022, Kaža’s films "Ūdens garš" and "Neona pavasaris" had their premieres. He is also the producer and co-writer of the animated film Flow (2024), which has won numerous awards, including the three most prestigious ones granted to a film – the European Film Academy Award, the U.S. film and television industry’s Golden Globe, and the Academy Award (Oscar). At the 97th Academy Awards, Matīss Kaža, at the age of 29, became the youngest Oscar nominee (and winner) in the category Best Animated Feature.
 

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Per Bjernekull

Per Bjernekull joined SEB in 1999 and has been in various positions. Started his career covering small sized companies in Stockholm region before joining as Account manager in Stockholm and developed quickly into a Client Executive. Per has since then held various positions such as Head of Large Corporate Coverage Sweden and General manager in SEB New York. Starting from 2018 Per has been Head of Financial Strategy of LC&FI, which means he has deep understanding of developing rewarding and sound portfolios of corporate client relationships with a strong connectivity to the SEB ecosystem, i.e. credits, product areas and senior management.

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