Ott Kaukver / Chairman of the Council
Nora Pärt / Council Member
Kaidi Ruusalepp / Council Member
Ranno Tingas / Council Member
Ott Kaukver holds a bachelor’s degree from Estonian Business School and master’s degree from INSEAD Business School. He is the Chief Technology Officer at Checkout.com, a payment processing company and previous CTO at Twilio and Skype. Building the 21st century digital infrastructure has made him Estonia’s most successful technological leader.
Nora Pärt has studied choral conducting and musicology at the Tallinn Higher Music School as well as at the Tallinn and Tbilisi State Conservatoires. She is Arvo Pärt’s wife and has been accompanying him throughout his musical journey. Nora may be called Arvo Pärt’s first archivist, having collected and systematised material about his work for decades. Since the establishment of the Arvo Pärt Centre Nora has played an intricate part in mentoring its development at the APC.
Kaidi Ruusalepp holds a bachelor’s in law and a master’s in Strategic Management which she acquired at Tartu University. She is the founder and CEO of Funderbeam, an investing and trading platform for investors to buy and sell equity stakes in private companies. Kaidi worked as a Legal Advisor for the Estonian Government in times where Estonia started to build-up its state information systems. She is also a member of the Digital Council of the President of Estonia Mr Alar Karis and the President of Estonian Founders Society for 2022.
Ranno Tingas has studied law at Tartu University and achieved his master’s in Law at Tallinn University of Technology. Ranno is a Tax Partner at Ernst & Young. He is also active as a Member of the Management Board of Ernst & Young Baltic and FinanceEstonia and a Member of the Taxation Committee AmCham Estonia.