Born: 7 March 1965, Muhu island, Estonia
Education: 1983 finished Orissaare High School
1990 graduated from Tartu University,
Faculty of Estonian philology
Career: 1990 – 1992 Director of Studies,
Tallinn Old Town Language Centre
1992 – 1995 Director of Division, Press and Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995 – 1998 Chargé d' Affaires a.i., Counsellor,
Estonian Embassy in Kyiv
1998 – 2000 Director of Division (Eastern Europe and Central Asia),
Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2000 – 2004 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the Republic of Lithuania
2005 – 2007 Director General, Press and Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2005 – 2012 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the Bosnia and Herzegovina
(residing in Tallinn and in Sofia)
2007 – 2011 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the Republic of Bulgaria
2009 – 2012 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the Republic of Serbia
(residing in Sofia and in Tallinn)
2011 – 2015 Head of Foreign Relations Department,
Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of Parliament,
Parliament of Estonia (Riigikogu)
2015 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the Republic of Austria
2015 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the Slovak Republic
(residing in Vienna)
Marital status: married, two children
Languages: English, Finnish, Russian