There are changes in the Management Board of LSC Shipmanagement Ltd., the daughter company of JSC Latvijas kuģniecība (LASCO - Latvian Shipping Company). Shipping professional Ansis Zeltins has become the new chairman of LSC Shipmanagement Ltd. Management Board. The former chairman Vladimirs Chumachenko will continue as a board member of the company. At the same time Raivis Veckagans LASCO Vice President and Board Member, JSC Preses nams Chairman of the Supervisory Council has resigned from his position as a Member of LSC Shipmanagment Ltd. Management Board. Consequently the number of LSC Shipmanagement Ltd. Management Board remains the same as foreseen in the Statutes and standing orders of the company’s Management Board and it is run by three highly qualified specialists of the branch.

The professional experience of Ansis Zeltins, the new Chairman of LSC Shipmangement Ltd. Management Board, has been closely related to the shipping industry – over the last nine years he has been running the Maritime Administration of Latvia as the Chairman of its Management Board and has participated actively in development of important projects for the industry, like implementation of the European Union and international marine legislation in Latvia and elaboration of other programs of similar importance. Along with the direct professional duties Ansis Zeltins has also been representing the interests of Latvia in internationally known and respectable organizations and fulfills Management Board member’s duties at the European Marine Safety Agency (EMSA).

In accordance with the long term business goals of LSC Shipmanagement Ltd. focusing on intensive expansion of the potential client base and their attraction providing high quality ship management and crewing services for LASCO as well as other ship owners, the shipping experience of Ansis Zeltins and his wide international business contacts will contribute to attainment of the goals set.

For information:

Ansis Zeltiņš
Chairman of the Management Board “LSC Shipmanagement” Ltd.

Professional experience:

2000-2009 Maritime Administration of Latvia - Chairman of the Board, director

1998-2000 “Teekay Shipping Company” – chief mate on Aframax type tankers

Education:

2003 – 2005 Salford University, MBA
1993 – 1998 Latvian Maritime Academy, Bachelor degree in ship management/ navigation

Organizational experience:

Project management “GMDSS shore system implementation in Latvia”;
participation in project “Marine safety enhancement in Latvia” and others.

Languages:

Native language – Latvian, good command of English and Russian.

 
For more detailed information:
Marita Ozoliņa-Tumanovska
Head of PR & Advertising Department
Telephone +371-6702-0120, 2928-7169
marita.ozolina@lscgroup.lv