Rūta
Bajarūnaitė
Rūta Bajarūnaitėis a Chief officer at the Sanctions Group at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. In her daily activities, she is responsible for the preparation and coordination of proposals for sectoral measures, including the support for individual listing proposals. She also provides policy guidance and monitors international trends and developments in the area of sanctions.
Before joining the MFA, Rūta gained professional experience in the area of anti-money laundering and sanctions at the Center of Excellence in Anti-Money Laundering (public-private partnership established in Lithuania), where she led the Legislative Initiatives and Methodology Group and Sanctions Task Force. Prior to that, Rūta worked as a bilingual lawyer and supported an international law firm on a high-profile anti-money laundering investigation in Stockholm. Later, she joined KPMG Lithuania as an AML advisor.
Rūta Bajarūnaitė holds two masters degrees (in international law and in international economics and politics) from Mykolas Romeris University in Lithuania.