Management team
Toms Platacis
Head of Financial Intelligence Unit of Latvia since 28 September, 2023
Toms Platacis held the position of Acting Head of Financial Intelligence Unit of Latvia (FIU Latvia) since 1st June, 2022. He has been a Deputy Head of the FIU Latvia since January 2021. Previously, he was leading Strategic analysis and Cooperation Coordination Division responsible for implementation of the Public-Private Partnership in the FIU Latvia. Toms Platacis contributes also as an evaluator to Moneyval/FATF peer reviews; he was one of the main evaluators of Bulgaria's technical compliance and effective implementation of international standards in the area of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) that was discussed at the 63rd Plenary session of Moneyval in Strasbourg, France in May 2022. Since July, 2023 Regional Representative of the Egmont Group Europe I Regional Group.
His previous professional experience relates to several law firms, including Deloitte Legal, where he specialized in financial crime prevention and participated in several large-scale projects abroad.
Toms Platacis holds a Master degree in Law from the University of Latvia.