SAF Tehnika is a progressive, socially responsible and financially transparent company that has implemented and strictly follows the principles of good corporate governance. We aim to optimize our corporate organization and transparency, as well as improve the quality of the information publicly shared by SAF Tehnika, thus increasing the desirability of our shares both for local and international investors, and substantiating the trustworthiness of our business. SAF Tehnika is being listed on NASDAQ Riga under the symbol SAF1R.

Zane Jozepa

CFO
 
Investor relations
Phone: +371 67046840
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Members of the board

Normunds Bergs

CEO, Chairman of the Board
Owns 289 377 shares (9.74%)
Normunds Bergs, born in 1963, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of SAF Tehnika JSC. Bergs is one of the founders of Fortech Ltd. (co-founding company of SAF Tehnika) where during the periods from 1990 to 1992 and 1999 to 2000 he acted as Managing Director and General Director, respectively. Following Fortech’s merger with Microlink in 2000, and the establishment of SAF Tehnika, Normunds Bergs became CEO of SAF Tehnika and a Member of the Management Board of Microlink JSC. From 1992 to 1999 Bergs worked at the World Trade Center Riga, where he held the position of General Director and became a Member of the Board of Directors in 1998. He is a long-term president of Latvian Electrical Engineering and Electronics Industry Association. Normunds Bergs graduated Riga Technical University in 1986 with a degree in radio engineering.
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Janis Bergs

Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Member of the Board
Owns 0 shares
Janis Bergs (born in 1970) has more than 20 years’ experience in IT industry. From 2000 until 2006 he served as Board member and later as CEO of the largest Baltic’s IT company Microlink. In 2006, he with other partners started company FMS that became leader in Latvian ERP market. In 2014 FMS was sold to largest ERP software company in Nordic VISMA. After acquisition FMS was renamed to Visma Enterprise and Janis worked there until January, 2015. Janis Bergs was Member of SAF Tehnika Council from November 2006 till August 2010, long term Chairman of Board of Latvian ICT Cluster and over 10 years served as Board member of Latvian IT and telecommunication association. Janis Bergs has graduated Riga Technical University as radio engineer and holds MBA degree from Riga Business School.

Didzis Liepkalns

CTO, Member of the Board
Owns 506 460 shares (17.05%)
Didzis Liepkalns, born in 1962, is member of the Board and Technical Director of SAF Tehnika. D. Liepkalns founded a private enterprise SAF in 1995 and co-founded the company SAF Tehnika in 1999. From 1985 to 1990 he worked as an engineer at the Institute of Electronic Engineering and Computer Sciences. D. Liepkalns graduated Riga Technical University in 1985 with a degree in radio engineering.
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Zane Jozepa

CFO, Member of the Board
Owns 0 shares
Prior to joining the company in May 2015, Zane worked for SIA Citrus Solutions, the company providing design, building and maintenance services for engineering and technical systems and infrastructure, and being daughter company of the leading IT and telecommunications services provider in Latvia – Lattelecom. Initially she started as financial controller and become a Head of Finance in 2008 and a Board Member in 2012. Within the company, Zane Jozepa was responsible for organization and supervision of financial management, budgeting, including goal setting and control. She has been involved in new business development and strategy setting, processes of control and analysis. Besides she has experience as credit and price setting administration got in SIA CocaCola HBC Latvia from 2004-2006. Zane Jozepa holds bachelor’s degree in finance management from Banku Augstskola (BA School of Business and Finance). Zane Jozepa does not have SAF Tehnika shares.

Press releases

SAF Tehnika Consolidated Interim Report for Q3 and 9 months of financial year 2023/24

15.05.24.

SAF Tehnika Supports RTU’s ‘RoboBattle 48’ Robotics Hackathon 

15.05.24.

Whitepaper study: Backing up eighty gigahertz with eighteen

24.04.24.

JSC “SAF Tehnika” 02.20.2024 signed an agreement with the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia

01.03.24.

Introduction of a new cloud computing service to expand data analytics capabilities of IoT sensors and ensure continuity of service (SAF Aranet Cloud Analytic)

29.02.24.

SAF Tehnika Consolidated Interim Report for Q2 and 6 months of financial year 2023/2024

07.02.24.

AS “SAF TEHNIKA” un Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte ir veikušas prognozējošu algoritmu grupu un modeļu precizitātes novērtējuma metriku analīzi, noteikuši telpās samazināmu sensoru veidus un apjomu un izstrādājušas temperatūras sensora prototipu

29.12.23.

SAF Tehnika Unveils Integra-X2: High Capacity Meets AES 256 Encryption

19.12.23.

Decisions adopted at the annual shareholders meeting of JSC SAF Tehnika on 13 December, 2023

13.12.23.

SAF Tehnika has successfully participated at the MJBizCon 2023

06.12.23.
Powers of the members of the Management Board are effective from 11.07.2016 to 10.07.2019

Council

Juris Ziema

Chairman of the Council
Owns 258 762 shares (8.71%)
Juris Ziema, born in 1964, co-founder of the Company, is Vice-Chairman of the Council and Production Director. From 1998 to 1999 he worked as an engineer at Didzis Liepkalns' private enterprise SAF. From 1987 to 1999 J.Ziema worked as an engineer at the Institute of Electronic Engineering and Computer Sciences. J.Ziema has graduated Riga Technical University with a degree in radio engineering in 1987.
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Andrejs Grisans

Vice-chairman of the Council
Owns 297 888 shares (10.03%)
Andrejs Grisans, born in 1957, is Member of the Council and Production Department Manager. A.Grisans has 20 years of experience in electronics and is one of the co-founders of SAF Tehnika. Prior to joining the Company, he owned and managed a private company specializing in electronic equipment engineering, production and distribution. From 1992 to 1999 A.Grisans was involved in entrepreneurial activities in the field of radio engineering. He worked as an engineer-constructor at the Institute of Polymer Mechanics from 1984 to 1992 and in the constructing bureau Orbita from 1980 to 1984. A.Grisans has graduated Riga Technical University with a degree in radio engineering in 1980.

Aira Loite

Member of the Council
Owns 8000 shares
Aira Loite - has resumed working in SAF Tehnika in a position of a Director of Digital Transformation in September 2021. She has extensive experience in management, finance, administration and IT, gained in companies operating in local and international markets. She worked as an Administrative Director (2019-2020) in a food production company “Forevers” Ltd.), metal processing company group “Torgy Mek” as Finance Director (2016-2019) and as a Director of Torgy Baltic SIA (2018-2019). Aira Loite has been a member of the Board of SAF Tehnika, Finance and Administrative Director (2007-2011), Managing Director (2011-2015). From 2006 to 2007, she worked as the director of the Business Information and Control Department of SIA Lattelecom. From 2000 to 2006, she was a member of the Board and Chief Financial Officer of SIA Microlink Latvia. A. Loite has graduated the University of Latvia in 1988 and holds Masters degree in Mathematics and MBA from Salford University, GB, obtained in 2009.
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Ivars Senbergs

Member of the Council
Owns 2 shares (0%)
Ivars Senbergs born in 1962, Member of the Council, also Chairman of the Board of SIA Juridiskais Audits, SIA Namipasumu parvalde, SIA Synergy Consulting, SIA Dzirnavu centrs, SIA IŠMU, SIA "RK Konsultācijas" and Member of the Supervisory Council of AS MFS bookkeeping. From 1999 until 2000 he worked as Finance and Administrative Director at SIA Fortech. I. Senbergs has graduated Faculty of Law, University of Latvia in 1986.

Sanda Reiharde

Member of the Council
Owns 0 shares
Currently leading Microsoft Azure business in Small and Medium segment in CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) 30+ countries. Almost 15 years spent in the information technology industry in various business development and sales leader roles in the Baltic and European markets. Previous experience in banking (Parex Bank, 2006-2008) and sales account management in a Danish and Swedish owned logistics company Baltic Transhipment Center (2000-2006). She graduated from Salford University in 2009 with MBA, as well as Riga Stradins University in 2021, and holds a Master degree in Clinical Psychology.
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Powers of the members of the Supervisory Council are effective from 20.11.2018 to 20.11.2021

 

 

 

 

 

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