Mr. Paulius Martinkus is Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania since 29 December 2016. Paulius is responsible for aviation, road, rail and maritime policy departments within the ministry. After graduating from Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (BSc in Economics and Business) he worked as Project Manager at GILD Bankers (Tallinn, Estonia, 2006-2009) and Group Finance Controller at JSC "the Book" (2009–2011). Later he was Head of Governance Coordination Centre for State-Owned Enterprises (2011–2013), President of Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance (2014–2016). Since 2008 he has served as professional member of Boards of Directors in private and state-owned enterprises. Currently Paulius holds board member position in state owned enterprises JSC "Lithuanian Railways", SE “Klaipėda State Sea Port Authority” and JSC “Smiltynės perkėla”.