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Latvian Business Delegation to Canada September 20 - 26, 2006 As on 04.09.2006. Latvian Business Delegation to Canada September 20 - 26, 2006 No Company Executive(s) Company Address Range of Activities Potential Partners / Interests / Desirable (participating at the visit) (contact person in Latvia) Forms of Co-operation in Canada ORGANIZER 1 Mr. Andris Ozols Latvian Investment and Pērses street 2 Riga, www.liaa.gov.lv Organizer (Business Delegation) Director Development Agency LV-1442, LATVIA The objective of the Latvian Investment and Contact: Ms. Nika Kotoviča Phone: + 371 7039400 Development Agency (LIAA) is to promote business Ms. Nika Kotoviča Project Manager Fax: + 371 7039401 development in Latvia by facilitating more foreign Project Manager Phone: + 371 7039409 investment, in parallel increasing the competitiveness of Mob. Phone: + 371 2647 9886 Latvian entrepreneurs in both domestic and foreign Ms. Indra Freiberga E-mail: [email protected] markets. Head of the representative office in the UK FINANCIAL SECTOR 2 Mr. Gundars Grieze JSC TRASTA KOMERCBANKA Miesnieku Street 9, www.tkb.lv We would like to meet with representatives Chairman of the Board Contact: Ms. Sanita Purne Riga LV-1050, LATVIA Number of employees (in 2005, average): 166 from National Bank of Canada, Montreal as Phone: +371 7027787 Phone: +371 7027777 Total turnover (in 2005 EUR): 14,5 mln well as with Bank of Montreal, Montreal. We Mob.phone: +371 2936 6655 Fax: +371 7027700 Commercial bank JS “Trasta Komercbanka” is one of the have good relationship with both these banks Mr. Māris Fogelis E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] oldest banks of Latvia providing its clients complete set and would like to continue to develop it. First Vice Chairman of of safe, mobile, fast, loyal and trustworthy financial We maintain USD account with National bank the Board services. Trasta Komercbanka caters for exclusiveness of of Canada and CAD account with Bank of banking service, which is ensured by Private Bankers Montreal. We look forward to develop institution. interbank cooperation. Services of Trasta Komercbanka are the following: We are the only Latvian Bank who has a Account opening and maintenance, Term deposit Representative Office in Canada: program, Crediting services, Payment cards, Trade 2 St.Clair Avenue East, Suite 800, Toronto, financing, Securities operations, Trust operations, Ontario, M4T 2T5, Phone: +1 (416) 644 4941, Currency trade transactions, Corporate finance services, Fax: +1 (416) 644 4946 Mr. Aleks Rednevs, Remote banking services. Head of the Representative Office in Canada. 3 Mr. Mārtiņš Bondars LATVIJAS KRĀJBANKA, JSC 1 Palasta, Riga www.lkb.lv Meetings with financial institutions of Canada. Chairman of the Board Contact: Mrs. Ina Ceicāne-Gurtlava LV-1954, LATVIA Number of employees (in 2005): 874 We are interested in meeting the National Bank Mob. phone: + 371 26476542 Phone: + 371 7092001 Total turnover (in 2005, EUR): 23,6 mln of Canada, Montreal. E-mail: ina.ceicane- Fax: + 371 7092000 Main activities: Banking services. [email protected] 4 Mr. Inesis Feiferis VAS Hipotēku banka Doma laukums 4 www.hipo.lv ?? Chairman of the Board & State Joint Stock company Rīga LV-1977, LATVIA Number of employees ( in 2005, average): 550 President „Mortgage and Land Bank of Phone + 371 7774010 Range of Activities: Mortgage Bank Latvia” Fax: + 371 7820143 The only shareholder of the Mortgage Bank is the Contact: E-mail: [email protected] Latvian state. The Bank was founded with the aim of promoting the development of the national economy of the restored Republic of Latvia. The basic operational directions of the Bank are lending to small and medium-sized companies; mortgage lending and the issue of mortgage bonds. Nika Kotovica / CANADA participants Date: 12/09/2006 Time: 3.47 Pages 10 No Company Executive(s) Company Address Range of Activities Potential Partners / Interests / Desirable (participating at the visit) (contact person in Latvia) Forms of Co-operation in Canada INFRASTRUCTURE 5 Mr. Kārlis Miķelsons AS LATVENERGO P.Brieža street 12 www.latvenergo.lv We would like to meet representatives from Chairman Contact: Ms. Ingrīda Lāce Riga, LV-1230, LATVIA Number of employees (in 2005, average): 5300 energy companies. The topics of interest Director of Corporate Phone: + 371 772 8309 Total turnover (in 2005, EUR): 345 mln would be: Communications Dept. Fax: + 371 772 8880 Main activities: The state joint stock company • Energy sector structure, electrical energy, Ms. Ingrīda Lāce Phone: + 371 772 8820 E-mail: Latvenergo is an energy utility that generates and sells in particular Director of Corporate Mob. phone: + 371 2659 2613 [email protected] electricity and heat and provides electricity transmission • Energy policy priorities Communications Dept. E-mail: and distribution services. Since 2003 Latvenergo is • Organization and management of energy [email protected] authorized to provide telecommunication services to markets, corporate governance issues in external customers. Latvenergo is among the largest unbundled transmission and distribution enterprises in Latvia. companies. 6 Mr. Vitālijs Aišpurs ARCUS ELEKTRONIKA Ltd. Tīraines iela 1, Mārupes www.arcel.lv We would like to meet companies who produce Chairman of the Board, Contact:Mr. Vitalijs Aišpurs pagasts, Rīgas raj. LV-2138 Number of employees (in 2005, average): 30 products for electricity production and President of LETERA [email protected] LATVIA Total turnover (in 2005, EUR): 1.000.000,00 distribution, like General Electric, who integrate (Latvian Electrical and Ms. Anita Vinslava, Phone + 371 7675 752 Export markets (countries): EU projects in electricity industry. Electronics Industry Phone + 371 7 675 752 Fax + 371 7675 387 Export share (% of total sales): 15 What we expect: to establish contacts, to Association) Mobile + 371 2636 9303 E-mail: Main activities (brief description): Designing and propose our experience in R&D, to represent [email protected] arcus- production of software and hardware for electricity Canada companies in EU market, to go in [email protected] producers and distributors. Integration of SCADA common SCADA projects in the world. projects. Existing experience in Canada: we had common projec with GENERAL ELECTRIC HARRIS ENERGY CONTROLL SYSTEMS, then with GENERAL ELECTRIC NETWORK SOLUTION in USA, Melbourne. In that project was products of GE, who was produced in Canada. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES 7 Mr. Guntis Urtāns Exigen Services (Dati Exigen Ganibu dambis 17a, www.exigenservices.com Companies and institutions operating in public, Chief Operating Officer Group, Exigen Latvia) LV- 1045 Riga, LATVIA Number of employees: 620 banking, telco and transportation fields that Contact: Ms. Inga Āriņa-Vilne Phone: +371 706 7777 Total turnover (in 2005, EUR): 20 mln would like to outsource IT services. Phone : +371 7032700 Fax: +371 738 1218 Export markets (countries): US, , Germany, Switzerland, Our primary list would include: Royal & Sun Fax : +371 703 2710 UK, Scandinavia, Canada, Australia Alliance, Scotia Bank, Toronto Dominion Bank, Mobile: + 371 2910 8565 Export share (% of total sales): 90% Bank of Montreal, Canadian Bank of E-mail: Main activities (brief description):. Commerce, Royal Bank of Canada, [email protected] Exigen Services provides application development and Allstate Insurance Company of Canada, application maintenance outsourcing, system Desjardins Group, ICBC, ING Canada, Lombard integration, legacy modernization and solution delivery Canada Ltd, Manitoba Public Insurance services. we would like to invite representatives of the The company focuses on serving the selected industries We would also like to include our existing - banking, insurance, communications, IT services and partners, following Canadian companies to the public sectors. business forums planned during the visit: Medavie Blue Cross (Moncton, New Brunswick), Bell Aliant (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Rogers Communications (Toronto, Ontario) Co-Operators Insurance. Nika Kotovica / CANADA participants Date: 12/09/2006 Time: 3.47 Pages 10 No Company Executive(s) Company Address Range of Activities Potential Partners / Interests / Desirable (participating at the visit) (contact person in Latvia) Forms of Co-operation in Canada 8 Mr. Aivars Arums BALTIC DATA, Ltd. Dzirnavu iela 140 www.balticdata.lv Companies who are looking for long time Dr. Ing., President Contact: Mr. Aivars Arums Rīga, LV-1050 LATVIA Number of employees (in 2005, average): 43 cooperation for software development. Phone + 371 7222617 Phone + 371 7222617 Total turnover (in 2005, EUR): 2,6 mln Mobile: + 371 2920 9905 Fax: + 371 7820251 Export markets (countries): Germany, Baltic States Mrs. Astrīda Aruma E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: Export share (% of total sales): 2% Financial Director [email protected] Main activities: IT wholesale and retail (7 computershops), PC assembling, ERP system sales and service, software development. 9 Mr. Jānis Režais TietoEnator, Ltd. Lacplesa iela 41, Riga, www.tietoenator.lv Potential partners: Member of the Council Contact: Ms. Kristīne Špakovska LV-1011, LATVIA or www.tietoenator.com/financialsolutions 1. Banks, financial institutions developing Phone : +371 7286660 Phone + 371 728 6660 Number of employees (in 2005, average): 176 payment card business. Mobile : +371 2 9423040 Fax + 371 724 3000 Total turnover (in 2005, EUR): 9 398 920 EUR 2. Consulting, Processing companies, E-mail : E-mail: Export markets (countries): we have customers in 130 Software or Hardware vendors - dealing [email protected]
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