BIO

He started his career as a diplomat for Estonia, working with trade and investment policy at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2011-14). He was Consul & Economic Officer at Estonian Embassy in New Delhi (2014-18) and Political Counsellor at Estonian Embassy in Beijing (2018-19). In 2018 Mats joined Government of Estonia’s e-Residency programme, initially as Head of Business Strategy and from 2022 as Country Director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland based in Berlin. On two occasions he has also been part of startup teams as Co-Founder and Advisor. As a hobby, he has occasionally taken up journalism.