Arturs Saveljevs | Board member and CCO
Riga International Airport

Arturs began his aviation career in 2003 when he joined Riga Airport Operations. In 2005, he was appointed the Non-Aviation Marketing Manager and later the Director of the Marketing Department. He assumed the role of the Director of the Commercial Department in 2007 becoming responsible for the airport’s non-aviation commercial activities and in September 2017 he joined the Management Board of Riga Airport currently being responsible for all airport’s commercial activities and marketing. He holds a master’s degree in airport planning and management from Cranfield University and a master’s degree in international economics from the University of Latvia. He is actively contributing to Airports Council International (ACI) activities by being a member of the ACI Europe Commercial Forum where he also served as the Chairman and as the Head of Airport City/Real Estate Task Force. He is a guest lecturer in aviation management at Transport and Telecommunication Institute and in airport property management at Cranfield University.   Arturs is a frequent speaker on airport commercial development at various local and global industry events. He is also active in local community by counselling regional municipality on business development at the Business Advisory Council of Marupe Municipality.   In his free time Arturs enjoys travelling with his family, playing tennis, and supporting the local aviation community.