On 17 October, the shareholders’ meeting of LLC “Rīgas ūdens” adopted a decision to elect Māris Kleinbergs as the company’s third Supervisory Board member, bringing expertise in the company’s core business areas — water management and the provision of other engineering system services. His term of office is five years.

Māris Kleinbergs will join the current Supervisory Board of LLC “Rīgas ūdens”, which consists of Dace Ljusa and Imants Paeglītis.

The new Supervisory Board member was selected through a public application procedure. Applications were received from 13 candidates. The Nomination Committee evaluated the candidates in three rounds, with the involvement of an external recruitment consultant.

As a result of the selection process, the candidate who achieved the highest total score across all three evaluation rounds and best met the established requirements was nominated for election.

Currently, Māris Kleinbergs serves as Head of the Mineral Materials Production and Sales Department at the state-owned joint-stock company “Latvijas autoceļu uzturētājs” (Latvian Road Maintenance). Previously, he held the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LLC “Rīgas ūdens” (from 8 September 2020 to 25 February 2023), Chairman of the Board of the state-owned joint-stock company “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (Latvian Railways), and Chairman of the Board of LLC “SCHENKER”.

Mr Kleinbergs holds a professional Master’s degree in Engineering with a specialization in Mechanical Engineering from Riga Technical University.

In his application for the Supervisory Board member position at LLC “Rīgas ūdens”, Māris Kleinbergs stated: “My previous work experience at LLC ‘Rīgas ūdens’ was positive and gave me the opportunity to implement good corporate governance practices, as well as to structure internal audit and risk management processes within the company. I am genuinely interested in continuing the work that has been started and contributing my experience and knowledge gained from managing and overseeing state-owned enterprises and leading international companies to the further development of LLC ‘Rīgas ūdens’ and the achievement of its strategic objectives in line with the company’s strategic development plans.”

The main objective of LLC “Rīgas ūdens” is to provide high-quality and reliable water management services — ensuring the sustainable and secure use of Riga’s vital water resources, managing strategically important infrastructure, and promoting public involvement in water pollution prevention.