Nasdaq announced the appointment of Liene Dubava to Chair of the Management Board of Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange. Liene Dubava replaces Daiga Auzina-Melalksne who is leaving Nasdaq to continue her career as a professional board member.  Liene Dubava joined Nasdaq Riga in 2003 as an Issuer Relations Officer. In 2006, she assumed responsibility as the Head of Trading and Listing and joined the Management Board in 2007.

Since 2012 Liene Dubava has been responsible for the services provided to listed companies in Nasdaq Baltic. Liene has greatly contributed to the development of the Latvian and Baltic capital markets, among other initiatives she has been responsible for improving corporate governance and investor relations practices among listed companies marking a shift towards greater transparency and market integrity.  Liene serves on the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia, and she is a member of the Latvian Corporate Governance Board under the Latvian Ministry of Justice. Liene Dubava has a Master?s degree in Economics from the University of Latvia, and an Executive Master of Business Administration from the Riga Business School /Riga Technical University.

Daiga Auzina-Melalksne, who currently serves as the Chair of the Management Board of Nasdaq Riga, has announced her intention to leave Nasdaq at the end of September to pursue a professional board member career. Daiga has been leading Nasdaq Riga since 2005 and the Baltic exchanges since 2012. Daiga has championed the integration of the Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius stock exchanges into a common Nasdaq Baltic offering, she has actively advocated the benefits of developing the local capital markets ecosystem in Latvia and across the Baltics.

Daiga was a member of the High-Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union by the European Commission contributing to the development of the EU Capital Markets Union action plan. The appointment of Liene Dubava will be effective on October 1, 2023.