Edvinas Grikšas CV

Date of birth:
31 May 1991

Education:
2016–2018: Mykolas Romeris University, Master of  Management
2009–2013: Vilnius University, Bachelor of History

Work experience:
September 2025 – present:
Minister of the Economy and Innovation

February 2024 – September 2025
Head of the Innovation Policy Group, Ministry of the Economy and Innovation

October 2021 – January 2024
Head of the Innovation Policy Division, Ministry of the Economy and Innovation

June 2020 – October 2021
Senior Official, Innovation Policy Division, Ministry of the Economy and Innovation

August 2019 – June 2020
Advisor to the Chancellery of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

December 2018 – May 2019
Member of the Board of UAB Varėnos Vandenys

August 2015 – May 2019
Chairman of the Board of UAB Varėnos Autobusų Parkas

July 2015 – July 2019
Head of the Kaniava Eldership, Varėna District Municipality Administration

February 2014 – May 2015
Manager at UAB Girteka Logistics

Represented the company in international and national organisations and institutions:
February 2024 – September 2025
Member of the Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee and the Science and Technology Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

July 2021 – September 2025:
Head of the Lithuanian Delegation to the European Space Agency

July 2021 – September 2025
Member of the Administrative Board of the European Space Programme Agency

July 2020 – September 2025
National representative and expert in the European Union's joint research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe, Cluster 4: Industry, Digital and Space.

November 2022 – September 2025
Member of the Board of Directors of the NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic Region (DIANA).

April 2023 – September 2025
Member of the Varėna District Municipal Council

Additional information:
Foreign languages: English (C1 – Proficient User) and Russian (B2 – Advanced User).
Family: married.