General Meeting

The highest body of NIIS is the General Meeting of its Members. The Members of NIIS are

  • the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication on behalf of the Republic of Estonia,

  • the Ministry of Finance on behalf of the Republic of Finland, and

  • the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs on behalf of the Republic of Iceland.

Representatives of the Members:

Erik Janson, (Acting) Government CIO, Deputy Secretary-General for Digital Development, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia

Jarkko Levasma, Government CIO, Director General, Public Sector ICT, Ministry of Finance, Finland

Birna Íris Jónsdóttir, CEO, Digital Iceland, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Iceland

Management Board

NIIS is managed and represented by the Management Board. The Management Board is elected for three years and may have one to three members. The members of NIIS have agreed that the Management Board shall comprise a single member who shall act as the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute. The CEO is in charge of the day-to-day management of the Institute, as referred to in subsection 26(1) of the Non-profit Associations Act.

Chief Executive Officer

Ville Sirviö, +372 7130 801, ville.sirvio@niis.org

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Advisory Group

The Advisory Group is formed to support the Chief Executive Officer and relay information and instruction between the operative level and the General Meeting. For clarity, the Advisory Group is not a formal organ of the Institute and has no decision-making power.

Advisory Group Members

Madis Tapupere, Government Chief Technology Officer, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia

Riho Kerge, Head of Department of State Data Exchange, Information System Authority, Estonia

Riitta Autere, Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Finland

Anssi Ahlberg, Chief Specialist, Digital Agency, Finland

Birna Íris Jónsdóttir, CEO, Digital Iceland, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Iceland

Ólafur Ingþórsson, Cloud Solutions and IT Security Manager, Digital Iceland, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Iceland