Rokas Masiulis (born 6 August 1969) is a

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and a

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n politician. He is former Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania and Minister of Energy of Lithuania. Currently, the

chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

Litgrid Litgrid AB is a Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator that operates Lithuania's electricity transmission grid. Litgrid is responsible for the integration of the Lithuanian electricity system into the European electricity infrastruct ...

Early life and studies

Born in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

, Rokas Masiulis holds a degree in International Relations and Political Science as well as master's degree in Economics from

Vilnius University Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow and ...

Career

He spent 15 years working in private sectoring, including companies such as

Arthur Andersen LLP Arthur Andersen was an American accounting firm based in Chicago that provided auditing, tax advising, consulting and other professional services to large corporations. By 2001, it had become one of the world's largest multinational corporati ...

and

Ernst & Young Ernst & Young Global Limited, trade name EY, is a multinational professional services partnership headquartered in London, England. EY is one of the largest professional services networks in the world. Along with Deloitte, KPMG and Pricewaterh ...

. Before joining the government, Masiulis served as CEO and later also as a member of the Board of Directors at the state-controlled oil terminal operator Klaipėdos Nafta. During his term as CEO of Klaipėdos Nafta, Masiulis was in charge of the implementation of LNG terminal project. LNG terminal has started its operation in December 2014. The import facility FSRU ''Independence'' was essential in breaking the monopoly of Russia's

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over gas supplies to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Masiulis was also CEO of Lithuania's natural gas trading company LITGAS and Director of Business Development as well as Finance of

LEO LT LEO LT AB or Lithuanian Electricity Organization ( lt , Lietuvos elektros organizacija) was a national energy holding company in Lithuania. The company owned shares of Lithuania's three major electric power production and distribution companies. It ...

, an electricity holding company.

References

Ministers of Transport and Communications of Lithuania Ministers of Energy of Lithuania 1969 births Living people Vilnius University alumni {{Lithuania-stub