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Roberts is a bridge-builder between startups, government, and society. He brings experience from the NGO, public, and business sectors – from leading defence communications and marketing at a defence tech company to shaping policy at the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Investors\u2019 Council in Latvia. He is also active in civil society as a council member of Transparency International Latvia \u201cDelna” and a board member of the association Ar pasaules pieredzi Latvij\u0101<\/em>. 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