Competition
to fill the position of Chairman of Tallinn Port has begun
Juhan Tere, BC, Tallinn, 24.09.2015.
The Supervisory Board of Port of Tallinn has announced
a competition to fill the position of Chairman of the Management Board of Port
of Tallinn. The competition is being conducted by the personnel search company
Amrop/Executive Search Baltics OÜ, reports BC port’s press service.
According to Remo Holsmer, the Chairman of the
Supervisory Board, the candidates are expected to have, among other qualities,
an impeccable business reputation. “In addition to being familiar with the
fields of transit and logistics, an ability to understand the management
structures of the Estonian state as the company’s owner and top manager work
experience, the suitable candidate must also have an impeccable business
reputation as passing a security check is needed.”
“We also expect the candidate to have a higher
academic education, strategic thinking skills, high stress tolerance, good
analytical skills and preferably the command of Estonian, English and Russian
languages,” added Holsmer.
The competition is being conducted and suitable
candidates will be contacted by the personnel search company Amrop/Executive
Search Baltics OÜ. To set up your candidacy, please send your letter of intent
and your Curriculum Vitae (CV) to the address ott.karolin@amrop.com, using the
key phrase “TS Chairman of the Management Board”. More information is available
from Mr Ott Karolin by calling the phone number +372 6408700.
The confidentiality of all participants will be
ensured.
Port of Tallinn is a company owned by the Republic of
Estonia; its strategic goal is to develop the competitiveness of Estonia as a
maritime country. The activities of Port of Tallinn are divided mainly between
the following areas: cargo and activities related to handling it; passengers
and activities related to serving them; real estate development; shipping;
energy industry. The company employs more than 300 people and its forecasted
turnover in 2015 is ca 100 million euros.
Port of
Tallinn undergoes special audit, gets new board
BC, Tallinn, 03.09.2015.
The council of Estonian state-owned port operator
Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) convened for an extraordinary meeting on
Thursday and decided to announce a competition to find two new members of the
management board; before that, the company will undergo a special audit,
LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.
"The new board must start with a clean slate,
which is why before the election of the board, Port of Tallinn, in essence,
goes through three in-depth inspections – in addition to the internal audit and
the audit carried out by the temporary member of the board, lawyer Carri
Ginter, a special audit will be carried out in the company by an independent
auditing company. The auditor focuses on analyzing decisions made by the
previous board and on and economic expediency," said Chairman of the
Council of AS Tallinna Sadam Remo Holsmer.
Port of Tallinn temporary Board Member Carri Ginter
confirmed that there are around ten companies that are involved in the
corruption scandal. The other member of the Board, former Port of Tallinn Chief
Financial Officer Marko Raid hinted that these ten companies are managed from
2-3 concerns.
Due to the ongoing investigation, the names of the
companies cannot yet be revealed although some of them have been mentioned in
the Estonian press.
Ginter confirmed that the contracts concluded between
Port of Tallinn and other companies will be implemented inspite of everything.
Remo Holsmer said that despite the corruption case,
the work of shipyards building the new island ferries for Estonia is in
schedule.
Application for the job of board members of Port of
Tallinn will end on 5 October. The new board will be chosen by a new council
that will be appointed this month.
The by now former management of Estonian state-owned
port operator company Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) is suspected of being
involved in a large-scale corruption case. On August 26, Port of Tallinn
manager Ain Kaljurand and board member Allan Kiil were arrested, suspected of
taking major bribes over several years.
