Ieva Valeškaitė is the Vice-Minister of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania. Since joining the position of Vice-Minister, Ieva Valeškaitė has been in charge of the Business environment department and recently began to supervise the activities of the Industry 4.0 department. Additionally, the Vice-Minister established a unit for economic analysis within the Ministry.
The Vice-Minister has 10 years of work experience in economic policy analysis, business regulation, and taxation, and has implemented tax projects in the Lithuanian and foreign non-governmental sectors. It has been her responsibility as a senior policy expert at the Lithuanian Free Market Institute for the past five years to curate projects related to improving the business environment, improving the quality of legislation, and increasing tax transparency. Her experience includes working for the Foreign and European Union Affairs Division of the Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania between 2012 and 2015.
Ieva Valeškaitė has completed two bachelor’s studies ‒ international economics and political science ‒, as well as master’s studies in applied macroeconomics at Vilnius University.
