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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

1. Family name Vēliņš

2. First names Rauls

3. Date of birth November 07, 1961

4. Nationality Latvian

5. Civil status married since 1983, wife Signe, sons Imants and

Kārlis

6. Education:

Institution	Ventspils Secondary School Nr1
Date: from ( month/ year ) to ( month/ year )	September 1969 June 1980
Degree(s) or Diploma obtained	Secondary Education

Institution	Riga Medical Institute/University of Stradina, Faculty of Medicine
Date: from ( month/ year ) to ( month/ year )	September 1980 June 1986
Degree(s) or Diploma obtained	Medical Doctor

Institution

Riga Medical Institute Internship

Date: from ( month/ year ) to (month/ year )

August 1986 July 1987

Degree(s) or Diploma obtained

A Specialist in Internal Medicine

Institution

Riga Medical Institute, Faculty of Postgraduate Training, Courses in Internal Diseases,

Date: from ( month/ year ) to ( month/ year )

October 1988 November 1988

Degree(s) or Diploma obtained

Certificate (exp. 2002)

Institution	Medical Institute of Leningrad, Russia
Date	11.1989. - 01.1990.
Degree(s) or Diploma obtained	Certificate

Institution	University of Dundee, UK
Date: from ( month/ year ) to ( month/ year )	09.1994.-06.1996.
Degree(s) or Diploma obtained	Master’s Degree in Medical Education

Institution	Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration
Date: from ( month/ year ) to ( month/ year )	09.2001.- 02.2004.
Degree(s) or Diploma will be obtained	MBA

7. Language skills

Language	Reading	Speaking	Writing
Latvian	native	native	native
Russian	excellent	good	good
English	excellent	excellent	good

8. Membership of professional bodies:

Member of the Latvian Association of Internal Medicine. Since 1987

9. Other skills

Working ability with PC- Word for Windows, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, e-mail

Driver’s licence since 1988

10. Present position

General Manager,

SIA Roche Latvia

11. Years with the company

Since March 1997 till December 2001 and since November 2008 till now

12. Key qualifications ( relevant to the programme ):

* creativity

* market access

* sales orientated team building

* management of compliance processes in the organisation

* experience in successful marketing activities including launches in the fields of cardiology, CNS, antinfectives, gynaecology, transplantology and oncology.

* yearly training courses: Market Access, Active Selling, Introduction in Marketing, Key Account Management, Territory Management, Leadership and Finance for Non–Finance Managers

* experience in organising workshops and large group meetings for different specialities of target groups

* experience in working with International Institutions

* experience in organising PR including press conferences

* experience in educating of Field Force

* experience in the procedure of Drug Reimbursement, keeping Corporative standards

* experience in the registration process including use of EU Centralised Procedure

* management of Key Opinion Leaders including attendance of International Meetings

13. Professional Experience Record:

Date : August 1988 August 1988	Ventspils Central Hospital, Medical Doctor in the Department of Internal Diseases

Date : September 1988 June 1991	Ventspils Central Hospital, the Chief of the Department of Internal Diseases

Date : August 1991 March 1996	Medical Academy of Latvia/University of Stradina, Department of Internal Diseases, Tutorial, Internist in the Department of Internal Diseases, Riga Hospital No 1

Date : March 1996 till March 1997	Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. Medical Representative

Date : Since March 1997 till December 2001	Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. Product Manager, DRA Manager
Date : 1998-2000	Stradini University Dpt of Medical Education Consultant
Date : Since December 2001 till 2004	Wyeth Whitehall Exp GmbH Head of the Representative Office in Latvia
Date : 2004- 2007	PharmaSwiss S.A. General Manager Pharmaswiss Latvia SIA
Date : 2007- 2008	Sandoz Latvia Sales & Marketing Mg Latvia Head of the Representative Officein Latvian
11.2008.-till now	SIA Roche Latvija General Managern~ 10 years with Roche

15. Hobby: basketball, chess and demographics