Lili Kirikal appointed as CFO of AS Ekspress Grupp

The Supervisory Board of AS Ekspress Grupp has appointed Lili Kirikal as the new Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Management Board, effective from January 30, 2025, for a three-year term.

Lili Kirikal comes from Sunly AS, where she served as Group CFO and Management Board Member. Previously, she worked as a transaction advisor at Ernst & Young in Finland and Estonia, and at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Estonia. Kirikal holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. In 2023, she was named Estonia’s Most Influential CFO by Äripäev’s Finantsuudised.ee portal.

“Lili Kirikal’s diverse and extensive experience from Ernst & Young’s transaction advisory services combined with her recent position as CFO at Sunly creates an excellent combination that will contribute to Ekspress Grupp’s development and support the further growth of our digital business model,” said Mari-Liis Rüütsalu, CEO of Ekspress Grupp.

As of January 30, 2025, the Management Board of AS Ekspress Grupp will consist of three members: Mari-Liis Rüütsalu (Chairman), Karl Anton, and Lili Kirikal.

AS Ekspress Grupp is the leading Baltic media group whose key activities include web media content production, and publishing of newspapers, magazines and books. The Group also operates an electronic ticket sales platform and ticket sales offices and offers outdoor screen service in Estonia and Latvia. Ekspress Grupp launched its operations in 1989 and employs almost 1100 people.

 

**Additional information:**

Mari-Liis Rüütsalu

AS Ekspress Grupp

Chairman of the Management Board

+372 512 2591

mariliis.ryytsalu@egrupp.ee