Management Board
The members of the Management Board are Kerstin Pilt (Chairman), Andre Nõmm, Andres Kurgpõld and Gerd Laub.
Competence of the Management Board
The Management Board is competent to pass all resolutions related to performance of the obligations of the Finantsinspektsioon, and to perform all obligations and exercise all rights which pursuant to the Financial Supervision Authority Act are not in the competence of the Supervisory Board, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board or the Chairman of the Management Board.
The Management Board shall decide on:
- the issue and revocation of activity licenses and other issues relating to activity licenses
- the grant of consent, permission or concordance
- issues relating to the performance of the registration obligation and entering items in lists; the issue of precepts; the application of administrative coercive measures
- the imposition of administrative penalties
- the ordering of special audits or expert assessments
- the establishment of a moratorium or a special regime and the performance of related acts
- the filing of bankruptcy petitions and the performance of other acts relating to bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings.
The list above does not apply to the banking sector. The largest banks in Estonia come under the supervision of the European Central Bank. The European Central Bank takes decisions on issuing or withdrawing operating licences and on the major shareholders of all the credit institutions operating in Estonia.
Supervisory Board
The activities of the Finantsinspektsioon are planned and the management thereof is monitored by the Supervisory Board of the Authority. The Board consists of six members, two of whom are members by virtue of office - the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Bank of Estonia - and four of whom are appointed members.
One-half of the appointed members are appointed and removed by the Government of the Republic on the proposal of the Minister of Finance and one-half by the Board of the Bank of Estonia on the proposal of the Governor of the Bank of Estonia. The Minister of Finance is the Chairman of the Board by virtue of office.
The members of the Supervisory Board:
Mr. Jürgen Ligi, (Chairman), Minister of Finance
Mr. Madis Müller, Governor of the Bank of Estonia
Mr. Veiko Tali, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Estonia
Mr. Joel Kukemelk, Member of the Supervisory Board of the Bank of Estonia
Mr. Ardo Hansson, Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister
Ms. Evelyn Liivamägi, Deputy Secretary General for Financial and Tax Policy of the Ministry of Finance
Competence of the Supervisory Board
The competence of the Board derives from the Financial Supervision Authority Act, and pursuant to the Act, the Board shall:
- approve the operating strategy of the Finantsinspektsioon on the proposal of the Management Board of the Authority
- approve, on the proposal of the Management Board, the budget of the Finantsinspektsioon and make a proposal to the Minister of Finance concerning the rate of the share of the supervision fee calculated on the basis of assets for the following budgetary year
- approve, on the proposal of the Management Board, the bases for setting up the structure of the Authority and for the payment of remuneration
- appoint the members of the Management Board and elect the chairman of the Board from among the members; remove members of the Management Board
- decide on entry into, amendment of and termination of contracts of service with the Chairman and Members of the Management Board
- approve the size of the remuneration and additional remuneration payable and the social guarantees provided to the Chairman and Members of the Management Board
- decide on the filing of a claim against the Chairman or a Member of the Management Board concerning compensation for damage caused by him or her to the state through violation of a legal act or his or her obligations
- approve the annual report of the Finantsinspektsioon submitted by the Management Board
- approve the rules for the activities of the Supervisory Board.