The European data collection company Norstat has hired Evelin Pae as Managing Director for Norstat Estonia. Norstat Estonia is a fully Norstat AS owned company with the responsibility for clients, data collection and business in the Estonia market.

Evelin has a vast experience from the Estonian marketing industry. She worked as a brand manager and trade marketing manager in Saku Brewery, part of Carlsberg Group, from 2009 to 2012 before she joined adidas where she was responsible for the sales and brand building of adidas Performance and Original and Reebok in the Estonian market. In 2015 she joined Bauhof Group where she has served as Marketing Director. Evelin is educated from the University of Tartu where she gained a master´s degree in English Language and Literature and Public Relations and from the Estonian Business School where she studied a MBA program in 2012.

Evelin replaces Kaspar Küünarpuu who has served as Managing Director for Norstat Estonia. Commenting on the new hire, Erling J. B. Eriksen says: We are very pleased with Evelin joining Norstat Estonia. She has a very interesting background and a large network in the Estonian Marketing Industry. Evelin gave us a more than solid impression during the interview process and I look forward to start working together with her. Her energy and ambitions are huge and matches ours. She will be a great manager for our Estonian company and a strong competent colleague for her Manager Director colleagues throughout Europe. Kaspar Küünarpuu has done a fantastic job managing and growing our Baltic Operations, Norstat Poland and Norstat International to the excellent Operations they are today. I am very grateful for Kaspars contributions and wish him all the best in his future endeavours. Today we have great management in all five companies and Kaspar can leave with a job very well done.

Evelin says: “It´s a great pleasure to join the Norstat team and a privilege to further develop the business in Estonia. Having been primarily working with consumer brands, I know and greatly value the high-quality service Norstat provides to its customers. This gives me confidence that together with the experienced team we can further develop the Estonian business in current customer segments as well as offer new solutions that help our customers grow in the changing business conditions”.