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Jaanika Merilo | |
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Яніка Mери́ло | |
Born | Jaanika Mihhalevitš 16 November 1979 Tartu, Estonia |
Citizenship | Estonia Ukraine |
Alma mater | Estonian Business School University of Cumbria (2015) Rome Business School (2022) |
Occupation | Advisor |
Spouse | Jaak Ennuste |
Children | 1 |
Jaanika Merilo (Ukrainian: Яніка Борисла́вівна Мери́ло tr. Jaanika Boryslavivna Merilo) is an Estonian-Ukrainian reformer,[1][2] IT innovator,[3][4] and philanthropist.[5]
Since October 2019, Merilo has been an advisor to Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhaylo Fedorov.[6] She served as advisor to two Ministers of Infrastructure of Ukraine,[7] the mayor of Dnipro,[8] and the mayor of Lviv. She has served as expert advisor in Ukrainian State Agency of E-Government,[9] and is the founder of charity programmes BookAngel[5] and SoundAngel,[10] and a co-founder of NGO Herojam Slava.[11] Since March 2023 Merilo has been Special Advisor (in innovation and international co-operation) to the Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia and since 2024 Head of eHealth strategy of Estonia, while continuing as advisor to the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.[1]