Executive Board MemberThe Council appointed Mr Simonas Krėpšta as AMLA Executive Board Member, effective June 1, 2025.
Before this appointment, Mr. Krėpšta served as a Board Member at the Bank of Lithuania, overseeing financial market supervision and digital development. He previously held the position of Chief Economic Adviser to the President of Lithuania, leading the Economic and Social Policy Group.
He holds a master’s degree in economics (Finance and Banking) from Vytautas Magnus University.
Career
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA)
2025-present
Executive Board Member
Bank of Lithuania
2021– 2025
Member of the Board responsible for financial market supervision and digital development
Presidency of the Republic of Lithuania
2019 – 2021
Chief economic adviser to the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Head of Economic and Social policy group
Bank of Lithuania
2018 – 2019
Head of EU Twinning project financial stability component
2014 – 2019
Director of Financial Stability Department
2012 – 2014
Head of Macroprudential Policy Division
2013
Seconded to the Bank of England
2008-2012
Senior economist at the Financial Stability Division
ISM University of Management and Economics
2010-2013
Lecturer
Swedbank
2006-2007
Assistant Corporate Client Manager
Education
2020
Executive MBA, Baltic Management Institute
2008
Master’s degree in economics (finance and banking), Vytautas Magnus University
2008
Exchange studies at Cracow University of Economics, Poland
2006
Exchange studies at Fachhochschule Nordhausen, Germany
2006
Bachelor’s degree in economics, Vytautas Magnus University