Mikk Marran is the Director General of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service since 1 January 2016. He started his career at the Estonian Defense Ministry in 1999, and eventually assumed the position of the Permanent Secretary in 2011 until 2015. From 2010 to 2011 he served as the Undersecretary for Defense Investments, prior to that as the Defense Counselor at the Permanent Representation of Estonia to NATO. Mr. Marran holds a M.A. from the National Defense University and a B.A. from Tallinn University. From 1 November 2022 he will continue his public service as the Chairman of the State Forest Management Board.

With over 20 years of work experience as a management consultant and sustainable finance expert, Tomas has supported a large number of corporates and financial sector actors to take a strategic approach on sustainability and integrate ESG into their business strategy, processes and practices. He has been KPMG Global Leader, Sustainable Finance services for three years and has also led the Sustainability Advisory business at KPMG in Sweden.

Sven Mikser was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. He is the Vice-Chair of the EP Delegation for Relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee as well as the Committee on Security and Defence and the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence. He served as the Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2016 to 2019. Between 2014 to 2015 and 2002 to 2003 Mr Mikser served as the Minister of Defence of Estonia. Sven Mikser has been a long-standing member of the Estonian Parliament throughout 1999-2019 and has been the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the National Defence Committee in the Estonian Parliament. From 2010 to 2015 Sven Mikser was the chairman of the Estonian Social Democratic Party. From 2008 to 2010 he was the Vice-President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

1992-1996 Estonian National Defense Academy (now known as The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences), Correction College, BA in Criminology (cum laude). In addition, I have studied public administration in the master's program at the University of Tartu and administrative management in the master's program at Tallinn University of Technology.
1996–2000 Head of the Probation Department of the Ministry of Justice
2000–2002 Head of the Internal Audit Department of the Ministry of Justice
2002–2007 Secretary General of the Ministry of Social Affairs
2007–2021 CEO of AS Hoolekandeteenused
From 23 August 2021 Secretary General of the Ministry of Social Affairs
I have been the chairman of the board of thinktank Praxis, the chairman of the board of the Network of Estonian Nonprofit Organizations, the chairman of the board of the Hea Hoog foundation, a member of the board of the NGO Sõbralik Eesti and a founding member of the NGO Naabrivalve.

Since 2018, Peeter Tohver has been the Chairman of Board of Wolf Group, a leading European manufacturer and seller of construction chemicals. Peeter has 35 years of experience in leadership in Estonia and abroad. He has managed the G4S Eastern European region, has been an adviser to the Transport Department of Moscow, Deputy Secretary-General of the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Chairman of the Board of Tallinn Kaubamaja.
Peeter Tohver's strength is leading teams, formulating and implementing management principles, and setting goals. He is a partner in the management service provider Velström Vallner Tohver.

Merle Maigre is the Senior Cybersecurity Expert at  e-Governance Academy, a nonprofit in Estonia helping governments to go digital . Previously she was Executive Vice President for Government Relations at CybExer Technologies, an Estonian firm that provides cyber training. Merle Maigre also served as the Director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn. Prior to that, she served as Security Policy Adviser to Estonian Presidents Kersti Kaljulaid and Toomas Hendrik Ilves. She has held roles in the Policy Planning Unit of the Private Office of NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and is a member of the International Advisory Board of NATO CCDCOE and a non-resident Senior Fellow with the Center for European Policy Analysis, the US thinktank.

Luukas Ilves is Estonia’s Government Chief Information Officer and Undersecretary for Digital Development at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications.
Most recently, Luukas was head of strategy at Guardtime, a leading blockchain company. He previously served in various positions for the Government of Estonia and the European Commission before joining the Lisbon Council, a Brussels-based think tank. Luukas is a graduate of Stanford University.

Mr Juhan Lepassaar took up his functions as the Executive Director of ENISA on 16 October 2019. He has more than 15 years of experience in working with and within the European Union. Prior to joining ENISA, he worked for six years in the European Commission, including as Head of Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip responsible for the Digital Single Market. In this capacity, he also led and coordinated the preparations and negotiations of the Cybersecurity Act.
Mr Lepassaar started his career in the EU affairs with the Estonian Government Office, leading for five years the national EU coordination system as the Director for EU affairs and EU adviser of the Prime Minister.

Education & Certifications

• Tallinn Technical University, master’s degree, Telecommunication, 2016
• Certifications: NATO Cyber Security Professional, CISA, CEH, GSEC, GCCC, CISSP, CISM, GWAPT, GMOB, CRISC, CGEIT

Background  

• Mihkel joined KPMG in 2018.
• 2013 – 2018 Estonian Ministry of Defense, chief cyber security specialist.
• The main tasks of Mihkel were the accreditation of classified information handling systems; reviewing documentation, reviewing controls, and evaluating the outcome of previous steps to finalize the decision and identify the necessary corrective actions; providing system owners advice on information security, accreditation and system design; participation in various international working groups dealing with information security and accreditation of multilateral and international systems; auditing different systems, assessing compliance of systems with NATO and EU legislation and requirements.
• 2010 – 2013 Estonian Air Force, information security officer.
• The main tasks of Mihkel were to advise system users on information security and manage security incidents; system security documentation development; preparation and implementation of risk assessments and risk management plans; implementation of TEMPEST measures and problem solving.

Professional experience  

• Mihkel has experience in the following industries: public sector, IT infrastructure, railways, financial.
• Mihkel has participated in several public sector information system penetration testing projects.
• Mihkel has carried out E-Voting audits for the 2019 elections.
• Mihkel has participated in several PCI DSS and OWASP level 2 penetration testing projects.

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Name:   Margus Noormaa 2. Employer:   State Information System Authority

3. Date of birth:   9th June 1970

4. Education
Tallinn University 2008-2010: IT management (MSc, cum laude)

5. Professional Experience Record:
2019-… - Director General, State Information System Authority
2011-2019 – Director, IT Centre of the Ministry of Finance
2006-2010 – Deputy Director General, Tax and Customs Board
2004-2006 - Head of Intelligence department, Tax and Customs Board
2002-2004 - IT Security Advisor, Customs Board

6. Membership of non-professional bodies:
-Member of Estonian Kickbike Union


Tallinn, Estonia 2022

Kristina Mikenberg has been working in Swedbank since 2004. In the last 12 years she has been part of Swedbank Baltic Management team in a number of functions – as Head of Credit, Head of Corporate Segment, Head of Anti-Financial Crime. In 2021, she took up the position as Chief Risk Officer and Member of the Management Board of Swedbank Baltics AS, a significant financial entity supervised by ECB. Her responsibility is to secure establishment and implementation of an adequate internal control system, including risk management framework, risk reporting and setting standards in risk area as well as promoting a sound risk culture.
She has built considerable international experience, and started her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt and has also worked for the EBRD in London, restructuring problem loans across Eastern Europe.
Kristina Mikenberg studied business administration at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich.

Tõnis Sepp has been working in the field of risk management since 2016 and currently heads the Risk and Compliance function at Eesti Energia Group. Tõnis’ function is to support the first line of defense (risk owners) in identifying and evaluating risks, and to ensure the integration of risk management activities into the Group's development and execution activities, as well as to support the first line of defense in ensuring that the Group's activities comply with relevant legislation and internal regulations, and are carried out in an ethical manner.

Experience

Estonian Business and Innovation Agency (former KredEx + former EAS)
Member of The Management Board
January 2022 - Present (10 months)
Tallinn, Estonia

KredEx
Chief Risk Officer / Member of the Management Board
April 2020 - December 2021 (1 year 9 months)
Tallinn / Estonia

Bigbank AS
Group Head of Operational Risk Control
November 2016 - April 2020 (3 years 6 months)
Tallinn / Estonia

Nordea Bank AB
3 years 6 months
Senior Operational Risk Officer (Group Operational Risk / Retail Banking)

September 2014 - October 2016 (2 years 2 months)
Senior Risk and Compliance Officer (Banking Baltic Countries)

May 2013 - August 2014 (1 year 4 months)
Nordea Bank Finland Plc Estonia Branch

Head of Operational Risk & Compliance (Banking Estonia)
May 2011 - May 2013 (2 years 1 month)

Swedbank AS
Head of Operational Risk department
September 2006 - January 2011 (4 years 5 months)

Swedbank AS (former Hansapank AS)
Head of Internal Audit department
January 2001 - September 2006 (5 years 9 months)

Hansapank AS
Financial auditor (Internal Audit department)
November 1996 - December 2000 (4 years 2 months)

Max Schön OÜ
Managing Director
April 1994 - November 1996 (2 years 8 months)
Tallinn, Estonia

Max Schön GmbH & Co KG
Trainee
March 1993 - April 1994 (1 year 2 months)
Lübeck, Germany

Education

Tallinn University of Technology
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General · (1986 - 1994)

Fachhochschule Kiel
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services · (1991 - 1992)

Born on April 17, 1967 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia.
1985 Graduated from Jõhvi Secondary School.
1985–1988 Compulsory military service in USSR navy.
Served as a Company Commander and as a Battalion Second in Command of the Kalev Single Infantry Battalion from 1992 to 1993.
Between 1993 and 1994 GEN Terras served as the commander of the Põhja Single Infantry Company.
He served as the commander of the Guard Battalion from 1998 to 2000.
GEN Terras was appointed the Chief of Staff of the Defence League Headquarters in 2000. From 2001 to 2004 he served as the Estonian Defence Attaché in Germany and Poland.
Between 2005 and 2008 GEN Terras served as the Chief of the Analysis and Planning Department and as Chief of the Planning Section, Analysis and Planning Department in the Estonian Defence Forces Headquarters. In 2007, GEN Terras served in the NATO Training Mission - Iraq as Deputy Chief of Staff.
GEN Riho Terras was confirmed on December 2008 as Permanent Secretary of the Estonian Ministry of Defence.
GEN Terras served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the Estonian Defence forces from January 2011 to March 2011 and then continued his service as the Chief of Staff of the Estonian Defence Forces.
GEN Riho Terras was appointed the Chief of Defence from December 5th 2011- December 5th 2018.
GEN Terras joined MILREM ROBOTICS as the President of the Defense Division on January 21th 2019
He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019 and he took up his mandate in February 2020.
In the European Parliament, he is a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA), Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and a substitute at the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI).

Tarmo Miilits’ career has been dedicated to law enforcement and internal security work both in Estonia and abroad. He initially graduated as a lawyer at Tallinn Specialised School of Law Enforcement. While already being an active member of Estonian Police, he carried on his studies in the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, where in 2002, he was awarded a Diploma in Police Studies and in 2012, Master's Degree in Internal Security.
His national career started in 1990 as an Instructor in the Estonian Police School. During his career in the Estonian police, Tarmo eventually became a Deputy Director General of Estonian Police and Border Guard Board. After this, from 2013 to 2016, he gained international experience through service in various senior positions, including as Deputy Head of the Mission, in the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL). Before joining the Estonian Ministry of the Interior in January 2022, Tarmo worked in the Estonian Internal Security Service.
Having served in internal security field for more than 30 years, he possesses unique know-how in the development of the field from the restoration of Estonia’s independence. He has been part of all the related processes, both success stories and the failures, with his extensive national expertise advancing Tarmo’s international career. Tarmo Miilits is known to be a valued leader of teams and organisations in crisis situations. He is effective in communication, both within his own organisation, but also with partners and the media. Apart from his native tongue Estonian, Tarmo has strong command of English and Russian. His dedication has been recognized with numerous international and national decorations.
Tarmo is married with two daughters and a son. His hobbies include sports and gardening.

Ms Liis Mure is the Security Policy Advisor to the President of Estonia. She assumed her position in October 2021.  For most of her career she has worked at the Estonian Ministry of Defence, including at the NATO and EU Department where she was in charge of policy development on NATO defence policy questions and the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy. Liis led the Estonian EU Presidency defence policy team in 2017 and acted as a national spokesperson for CSDP issues. Liis has also worked as a Strategic Analyst at NATO’s military headquarters SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) and as a Staff Officer (VNC) at the NATO Headquarters at the Defence Policy and Planning Division. She holds an MA from the University of Nottingham (UK) in International Security and Terrorism.