Rokas Masiulis

Rokas Masiulis
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office 13 December 2016 – 7 August 2019
Prime Minister	Saulius Skvernelis
Preceded by	Rimantas Sinkevičius
Succeeded by	Jaroslav Narkevič
Minister of Energy
In office 25 September 2014 – 13 December 2016
Prime Minister	Algirdas Butkevičius
Preceded by	Jaroslavas Neverovičius
Succeeded by	Žygimantas Vaičiūnas
CEO of Litgrid since 2021
Personal details
Born	(1969-08-06) 6 August 1969 Vilnius, Lithuania
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Vilnius University

Rokas Masiulis (born 6 August 1969) is a senior manager and a Lithuanian politician. He is former Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania and Minister of Energy of Lithuania. He is the chief executive officer of Litgrid.

Early life and studies

Born in Vilnius, Rokas Masiulis holds a degree in International Relations and Political Science as well as master's degree in Economics from Vilnius University.

Career

He spent 15 years working in private sectoring, including companies such as Arthur Andersen LLP and Ernst & Young. Before joining the government, Masiulis was CEO and later also as a member of the Board of Directors at the state-controlled oil terminal operator Klaipėdos Nafta. During his term as CEO of Klaipėdos Nafta, Masiulis was in charge of the implementation of LNG terminal project. LNG terminal has started its operation in December 2014. The import facility FSRU Independence was essential in breaking the monopoly of Russia's Gazprom over gas supplies to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Masiulis was also CEO of Lithuania's natural gas trading company LITGAS and Director of Business Development as well as Finance of LEO LT, an electricity holding company.