Since May 2015, Taimar Peterkop was in charge of the Estonian Information System Authority.
During the period 2000–2001, Peterkop worked as a lawyer at the Government Office and from 2001–2008, at the Ministry of Defence, the first four years of which was spent in the Legal Department as Head of the Office of International Law, and the last three years as Head of the Operations and Crisis Management Department.
2008–2010 Peterkop served as Defence Counsellor at the Estonian Embassy in Washington, D.C. After that, he was the Deputy Secretary General for Legal and Administrative Affairs of the Ministry of Defence.
Taimar Peterkop is a graduate of the University of Tartu School of Law and the United States Army War College, and holds a Master’s level degree in Strategic Management.
He was born in Tallinn, on 20 January 1977.

Jaanus Uiga's field of activity in the ministry is energy and mineral resources.
Jaanus has previously worked in the private sector as an environmental manager, in the public sector in the field of energy, and in the third sector in the field of energy and green economy. He has also been a member of the management bodies of companies.
Jaanus has obtained a master's degree at the Estonian University of Life Sciences and the Estonian Business School.

Alo Aasma is the Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, responsible for areas such as risk management, including food security, local governments, and public transport. Previously, Alo has led an export-oriented machinery industry company and has served as both a mayor and a county governor. He has also been a member of the management bodies of various companies and foundations. Alo Aasma holds a master's degree in economics and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Tartu.

Tõnu has worked as chief economist at Swedbank since 2013. He has work experience in private and public sector, including the Bank of Estonia, pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) and Statistics Estonia. In MSD, he managed the business unit in Estonia and in the statistical office, the national accounts unit. Tõnu has long-term experience as a guest lecturer at different universities in Estonia.

Economic expert, has previously worked at the IMF, in the World Bank, in the European Commission, and in the Bank of Estonia.

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Tartu, majoring in finance and credit.
Having a extensive economic and management experience, having managed large companies and organizations - ETK Hulgi AS (today COOP), Rautakesko Eesti AS (K-rauta store chain, Kesko Corporation

Andrus Durejko is the CEO of Eesti Energia from April 2023. Enefit operates in the Baltic and Nordic electricity and gas markets, as well as the global liquid fuels market. Enefit offers energy solutions ranging from electricity, heat and fuel production to sales, customer service, and consulting.
Prior to Enefit Andrus Durejko was working as Chair of the Management Board at Ericsson Eesti and Ericsson Latvia. In addition, he has worked as an Ericsson Eesti AS Board Member in the field of technology, program director in Nordic and Baltic countries and chief technology officer. He was also Regional Director of Ericsson Ukraine in the field of mobile core networks.
Andrus Durejko is an Advisory Board Member at the AI and Robotics (AIRE) Center.
He has graduated from Estonian University of Life Sciences in Electrical Power Engineering (M.S) and completed MBA courses in Estonian Business School.

Graduated from the University of Tartu in 1989 with a degree in Economic Cybernetics, with honors. Afterward, he pursued doctoral studies but did not complete them. Since then, he has participated in various international leadership training programs to further his development.

He began his career as a programmer in 1988. In 1993, he was appointed Head of Treasury at the Estonian Investment Bank (Eesti Investeerimispank). Following the merger of Estonian Investment Bank and Forekspank in 1998, he became CFO and Board Member at Optiva Bank.
In 2001, he participated in the privatization of Narva Power Plants, serving as Financial Director for NRG Estonia and Narva Power Plants. In 2002, he joined AS Hansapank as Head of the Corporate Banking Division. From early 2008 until late 2014, he oversaw Swedbank’s operations in Estonia. Between 2015 and 2017, he was responsible for Swedbank’s activities in the Baltic countries, also being a member of Swedbank AB’s Group Executive Management.
In addition to his professional roles, he has held several public offices, including CEO of the Estonian Banking Association, Chairman of the Young Teachers’ Council (NGO Noored Kooli), and Member of the Estonian Health Insurance Fund’s Council, among other positions.

More than 20 years’ experience in finance, telecom and media, in-depth knowledge about technology, fintech and startups, strong analytical skills, high problem solving ability, and communication skills.

Uko Valtenberg has been the Group Chief Information Security Officer at Eesti Energia since July 2023. Eesti Energia is an international energy company that produces energy in an increasingly environmentally sustainable manner and offers a wide range of energy solutions. Uko is responsible for the cybersecurity strategy and operations for the company's IT and OT systems, ensuring the protection and risk management of critical infrastructure.
With a strong military background, Uko served as the Head of the Cyber and Information Operations Center in the Estonian Defense Forces, where he gained unique expertise in national defense and cyber warfare. His most significant achievement during his service was the creation of the Estonian Defense Forces’ Cyber Range, transforming it from concept to full operational capability. Uko was also responsible for the development and management of NATO’s Cyber Range, a platform designed for cyber training and exercises to strengthen global cyber resilience. He actively participated in various NATO cyber exercises, providing technical support through the Cyber Range, and led twice the Estonian Blue Team in the internationally renowned Locked Shields exercise.
In terms of education, Uko graduated from the Estonian National Defence College with a degree in military leadership and also holds a Master's degree in Cyber Defense from Tallinn University of Technology.
Uko is passionate about cross-sector collaboration, knowledge sharing, and advancing cybersecurity education. His work in enhancing enterprise security, building secure digital infrastructures, and promoting industry-wide compliance has established him as a thought leader in both civilian and military cybersecurity.

I have been involved in the strategic management of data and analytics for over 15 years. I consider it important that data-based activities are as simple as possible and that the result we are aiming for is very clear. I am a guest lecturer in the MBA program at Tal-Tech, everyday I help to find value in data at Telia.
I have been working as a manager of analysis in Telia for the last 8 years, before that I managed valuation and data analysis in Tallink Group.

Ross has been His Majesty’s Ambassador to Estonia since June 2021. Prior to that he has served in a variety of roles within the UK civil service and on secondment to the private sector (cv below). Ross is married and has a daughter born in 2015 and two sons born in 2017 and 2019. Ross speaks Arabic and some German and French, and is learning Estonian. Ross tweets @rceallen

2016 – 2020 Deputy Consul General New York and Deputy Trade Commissioner, North America
2015 – 2016 UK Trade and Investment (now Department for International Trade)
2014 – 2015 Head of Consular Assistance Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
2013 – 2014 Secondment to Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, London
2010 – 2013 Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office
2008 – 2010   First Secretary, British Embassy, Washington DC
2007 – 2008 Press Officer to the Minister for Europe, FCO
2003 – 2006 Her Majesty’s Consul, Political, Jerusalem
2002 – 2003 Full time Arabic language training
2001 – 2002 Non-proliferation department, FCO
2001     First class BA (Hons), Theology, Trinity Hall, Cambridge