He was the director of the Latvian Traumatology and Orthopaedics Hospital since 1994 and chief of its board since 1998, he left these offices on 5 July 2007.
"Financial Times" Eiropas izdevuma redaktors John Thornhill (Apvienotā Karaliste) laikraksta "Handelsblatt" galvenais redaktors Bernd Ziesemer (Vācija)