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Kristel Rünnimeri

Senior Expert
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Kristel Rünnimeri

Kristel works as a Senior Expert at the e-Governance Academy. Previously, she worked at the Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs as Programme Manager for the European Digital Identity Wallet, where she led and coordinated the activities required for the implementation of the digital identity wallet in Estonia. She also participated in international working groups, representing Estonia at the European level.

Kristel has extensive and diverse experience in the field of electronic identity. She worked for approximately 9 years as a lawyer at SK ID Solutions, Estonia’s trust service provider, where she led and coordinated several legislative and policy development projects. For example, under Kristel’s leadership, positions on the new eIDAS Regulation were developed within Digital Europe.

In addition, Kristel has experience negotiating complex public procurement contracts and has led negotiations of international licensing agreements. She has also contributed to the rollout of Smart-ID across the Baltic States.

Kristel holds a Master’s degree from the School of Information Technologies at Tallinn University of Technology and a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Tartu.