A high-level insurance manager has won a tender to become Latvia's State Revenue Service's director-general, State Chancellery Director Martins Krievins, who chaired the panel assessing the candidates, told reporters Tuesday.

Ilze Cirule, who holds an M.B.A. from Riga Business School and has been heading the finance division at Gjensidige Baltic insurance company since 2012, was selected as head of the Latvian tax authority after three rounds of the tender.

Latvian Finance Minister Dana Reizniece-Ozola is expected to interview Cirule on Thursday, and the government will decide her appointment on November 8. Read the full story Insurance manager wins tender to become LATVIA's tax chief