Date of birth

2 October 1958

Place of birth

Karaganda, Kazakhstan

Education

1993–1995

MA in Business and Financial Management, Michigan State University, USA

1982–1987

Diploma in Psychology and Teaching Psychology, Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University)

1976–1979

Diploma in Radio-Electronics, Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (currently Kaunas University of Technology)

1976

Secondary School No 1 (currently Jeronimas Ralys Gymnasium) in Jonava

Work experience

2015–2016

Independent Financial Analyst and Consultant

2012–2014

Advisor on Finance to the Prime Minister, Algirdas Butkevičius

2009–2010

Television Host, Baltic Television Programme Svarbus pokalbis

1995–2005

Head, Investment Division; Head, Finance Department; Member, Board, insurance company Lietuvos draudimas

Political career

No party affiliation

Miscellaneous

Activities: Founder, peer psychological assistance groups; interpreter at seminars; sociological polls (since 1987); Co-Founder, private cooperative Nauji kontaktai (1989)

Publications and media: over a hundred of articles on finance and economy; regular participation in radio and television programmes; delivery of presentations; acting as host of events

Books: Lietuvos krizės anatomija (2010), Swedbanko byla (2015)

Initiatives: Initiator and Coordinator, publication in Lithuanian of the book entitled Phishing for Phools: the Economics of Manipulation and Deception by Nobel Prize winner Robert J. Shiller

Foreign languages: English, Russian

Hobbies: journalism, book publishing

Family

Married with a child