Ex-chief of staff at Pipedrive and Tuum Liina Vahtras will lead the Estonian e-Residency program
Overview
Liina Vahtras, ex-chief of staff at Estonian CRM and intelligent revenue management platform Pipedrive and banking platform Tuum, has been appointed as the new CEO of the Estonian e-Residency program.
Appointment Details
Liina Vahtras was chosen as the best candidate for this position in the public competition organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications and the joint institution of Enterprise Estonia and KredEx.
Responsibilities
- Successful implementation of the e-Residency program's strategy for 2022-2025
- Increasing the economic impact of the e-Residency program to €100M per year by the end of 2025
Background
- Worked as a chief of staff at Tuum from 2022 to 2023 and at Pipedrive from 2017 to 2022
- Helped lead the management teams and develop growth strategies
- Advised former Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas on strategic and e-governance issues from 2015 to 2017
- Worked as a PR and marketing manager at Nortal from 2012 to 2015
- Worked as an adviser in the office of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and headed the public relations of the Reform Party from 2007 to 2010
Education
Vahtras has a master's degree in e-governance technologies and services management from Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech).
E-Residency Program
- Established at the end of 2014
- Aims to provide foreign citizens with secure access to the e-services of Estonia
- Diversifies the Estonian economy and increases the state's revenue base
Program Impact
To date, 102,2K people from 176 countries have become Estonian e-Residents (not counting re-applications and revoked identity cards), who have created more than 25K Estonian businesses.
In 2022, e-resident Estonian companies paid €48,4M in labor and dividend taxes to the Treasury.