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Welcome to the FONTES website. We understand that the cornerstone of any successful organisation is its leadership. FONTES’ mission is to introduce companies to outstanding, talented executives by building partnerships that foster innovation, growth and long-term organisational success. FONTES specialises in identifying, attracting and developing senior and middle managers to take your organisation to new heights. Our attention to customer needs, flexibility and more than 25 years of experience make us the trusted partner of choice for companies in all sectors. FONTES will help you build an outstanding management team that will drive your organisation’s strategic objectives to new levels of success.

Contact Anna Litvinas, Managing Partner and Member of the Board of Fontes, at +371 27808699 or by e-mail at [email protected].

News

We invite applications for the position of Board Member at VSIA “National Mental Health Center.”

The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Latvia Announces a Competition for the Position of Board Member at VSIA “National Mental Health Center” with Expertise in Change Management

Board for Unified Public Media LSM Confirmed

The Council of Public Electronic Mass Media (SEPLP) confirmed the board of the unified Latvian Public Media (LSM) on Wednesday, November 13, for a five-year term. Baiba Zūzena has been appointed as Chairperson of the Board, while Ieva Aile, Inese Tanne, Ilze Ogle, and Ingemārs Vekteris have been appointed as board members.

VAS “Latvijas dzelzceļš” Announces Competition for the Position of Chairperson of the Board

VAS “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (Latvian Railways) is the infrastructure manager for Latvia’s public-use railway network and the leading company within the Latvian Railways group. VAS “Latvijas dzelzceļš” is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and development of railway infrastructure and provides a comprehensive range of services, including access to public-use railway infrastructure, cargo processing, technical maintenance of wagons, electricity distribution and sales, rental, IT, telecommunications, and principal services.

Galleria Riga is looking for a Marketing Manager

Galleria Riga is a modern, multifunctional shopping center in Riga that offers a wide range of shopping and services, conveniently located at Dzirnavu Street 67 in the heart of the city. Galleria Riga is a great workplace for ambitious employees who are open to innovative ideas and driven to achieve excellent results.

SIA “Latvijas Digitālās veselības centrs” Board Member Position

Starting from October 1, 2024, SIA “Latvijas Digitālās veselības centrs” will begin its operations in line with its strategic goal of developing and efficiently managing the digitalization of the health sector. The aim is to promote collaboration among stakeholders, create essential digital health services for society, and improve the ICT infrastructure for healthcare, enhancing the broader use of digital technologies in the sector.

High Earners

Compensation is, of course, an important factor for employees, but it is rarely the only or decisive reason when choosing a new job. We shared a brief comment with Ir magazine about other motivational aspects that are crucial when applying for board positions. For employers, salary isn’t the sole criterion when hiring new leaders either.

Reviews

It was a great pleasure to work with the professional team at Fontes Executive search, who helped VAS "Valsts nekustāmie īpašumi" to recruit a professional, capable team.

Fontes carried out a full selection cycle, starting with the candidates' presentation, interview and management skills test.
It also helped the Council to successfully consolidate and induct the new Board.

For the selection of candidates for the Board of Directors Latvenergo AS established a constructive and successful cooperation with SIA "Fontes Executive Search", whose employees efficiently organised their work, quickly and promptly made decisions in accordance with the interests of the client.

Given that unforeseen circumstances arose in the decision-making process during this selection process, we note in particular the ability of Fontes Executive Search Ltd to keep candidates interested in the position for an extended period of time.

Overall, we also rate Fontes Executive Search as a professionally convincing recruitment service provider.

We rate the cooperation in executive search as excellent, we felt very responsive from the company and the communication was easy.
The information provided by the Fontes consultants on the possible candidates selected for the vacancy, their professional experience, competences, reputation and other qualities, was comprehensive and structured.

As a result, the selection project offered two strong finalists for the challenging position of Member of the Management Board of JSC Latvijas Gāze.

Between 2015 and now, Fontes has carried out around 17 successful candidate selections for the LCM.
The selection process managed by Fontes is always of high quality, well structured and organised, and is carried out within the deadlines set by the LCM.
The Fonte team not only searches for a candidate who meets the LCM's education and work experience requirements, but also carefully assesses the candidate's personal qualities and their ability to fit into the existing LCM team.

Fontes Executive Search carried out the full recruitment process - market research and outreach, job advertisement, interviews, reputation checks, reference checks, in-depth candidate assessment.

Fontes Executive Search Ltd's communication throughout the selection process was professional, providing support and advice on the necessary aspects of the selection process.