Janis joined Bellona to identify and support the role to be played by ports for industrial decarbonisation solutions, such as CO2 capture, transport and storage. Janis' work will focus on projects in Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular emphasis on the Baltic region. Janis previous roles include being Head of the Innovation Centre at the Transport and Telecommunication Institute, State Secretary at the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia, Head of Investment Attraction and the Export Promotion Division at the Ministry of Economics of Latvia. Janis has two Master degrees – one in Project Management at Boston University as a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow, and second in Law and Finance at Riga Graduate School of Law.