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Edvardas joined Girteka Logistics in 1997, as the fourth employee of the company, becoming Chief Executive Officer in 2008, contributing to successful and sustainable growth of the company.
Alongside the vast experience in Logistics, Edvardas holds International Executive MBA from the BMI Institute, completed programs at the Wharton School and Honsha.
Edvardas is a minority shareholder and a Board Member at Girteka Logistics.
Pavel started his career in Girteka Logistics in 2011 as a Transport Coordinator in the Excised Cargo Unit. Since 2014, he continued his career at the Russian business unit as a Manager of the Thermoregulated Cargo Department responsible for cargo transportation from Europe to Russia by thermoregulated trailers.
Pavel completed a Master’s degree in Marketing, Strategy and Management at the BI Norwegian Business School in 2019, as well as a Master’s degree in Marketing at the ISM University of Management and Economics in 2020.
Jens Romer Sode joined Girteka Logistics in 2021, as Chief Operating Officer of the Scandinavian business unit, bringing over 30 years of professional experience in logistics.
Before joining Girteka Logistics, for the past three years, Jens worked as the Regional Vice President for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) at APL Logistics. During his tenure there, he strengthened the organization’s presence within the region, focusing on strategic growth, employee engagement and personally led several key commercial projects. Prior to that, Jens worked at Damco as the CEO of the Benelux area and as the Global Head of Lifestyle Vertical. In total, his career within the Maersk group spanned more than 20 years in various roles.
Z. Mikoliūnas holds a Bachelor of Science in IT engineering from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and Executive Master of Management at ISM University of Management and Economics.
Sigitas joined the company in 2006 as courier and grew along with the organization. With 10+ years of experience in transport and logistics, he was well performing by setting the direction of the company‘s strategy, maintaining long term relationships with key strategic partners and expanding business opportunities.
Sigitas completed his Bachelor of Transport Technological Equipment at Vilnius Tech in 2006 and will complete his Executive Master in Management at ISM University of Management and Economics in 2021.
He has experience in commercial strategy and organization development the development of the organization from previous responsibilities in Girteka Logistics.
Leading Class Trucks Business Unit, Mindaugas draws from his deep knowledge of global strategy implementation and multinational markets across industries.
Mindaugas’ experience as Managing Director in previous companies gives him outstanding ability to bring the big picture perspective to products, markets and company divisions.
Mindaugas holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Economics from KTU.
He brings an extensive global and multicultural experience in his previous roles running global organizational re-designs in Maersk Line, successfully leading large projects in all aspects of HR/People, including M&A, Incentives, Performance, HRIS system selection, and implementation, Leadership, Learning, etc.
Jens H. Jensen holds an MBA from IMD, Switzerland, a graduate diploma from Copenhagen Business School and officers’ education from the Royal Danish Military Academy.
Prior to joining Girteka Logistics, Vytenis accumulated extensive experience in finance, including as Head of Finance and Administration at Adampolis Group, Vice President Finnance and Administration at Avion Express and Group CFO at Scandagra Group.
Vytenis has completed an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) at Baltic Management Insitute and holds a Bachelor in Economics from Vilnius University.
In 2019, Martynas Sarapinas was appointed Chief Information Officer at Girteka Logistics. His responsibility covers all aspects of organizational digital transformation including technology & engineering functions, strategy execution initiatives and operational excellence.
He previously held positions as First Vice President at Danske Bank, MobilePay and strategic transformational roles at Barclays Bank PLC.
Martynas Sarapinas holds a Master’s degree in Finance & Business Management, along with several executive education programs at Oxford Saïd Business School and Kellogg School of Management.
Mindaugas joined Girteka Logistics in 2008 as Transport manager, and growing together with the company, he was appointed as Head of Transport Process division. In 2017 he was appointed Head of Transport Development division, responsible for transport management, fleet maintenance and truck drivers performance, becoming Chief Transport Officer in 2019.
Prior to joining Girteka Logistics Mindaugas was an Engineer in a nuclear powerplant. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from KTU.