About us
Skia was set up by three partners experienced in communication and public affairs.
Randel Länts
Randel has long-term experience in politics at local, national and the EU level. He has been the secretary general of the Estonian Social Democratic Party, the chairman of the Viljandi City Council and an alternate member of the European Committee of the Regions.
Randel’s strength is understanding and navigating in politics. He has a wide cross-party and cross-sector network.
Randel has graduated from the faculty of State Sciences of Tallinn University and is studying the management of societal changes at the University of Tartu. He is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the State Forest Management Centre (RMK).
+372 508 4537
randel.lants@skia.ee
Sirli Peepson
Sirli has the background of long-term strategic communication, specialising in corporate social responsibility in recent years
Sirli’s strength is the ability to see entrepreneurship in wider societal perspective. She has advised various large and small organisations on combining their business strategies with the UN’s sustainable development goals.
She has advised various large and small organisations on combining their business strategies with the UN’s sustainable development goals.
Sirli has graduated from Tallinn University in Estonian Philology. She is a member of the Task Force on the Responsible Entrepreneurship Index and the Index Evaluation Team.
+372 556 648 68
sirli.peepson@skia.ee
Taavi Pukk
Taavi has been in the backrooms of politics for more than ten years. He has worked as an executive board member of Tallinn Television, Tallinn City Centre District Governor, advised politicians in Tallinn city administration and in the Estonian parliament. From 2010 to 2017 he worked as the press secretary for the Estonian Centre Party, from 2020-2021 he was a Member of Tallinn City Council.
Taavi’s strength is to see the links between social and political processes, to predict the changes that will result from them and the formation of public opinion. He likes solving complex and sensitive issues. Most of all, Taavi enjoys dealing with texts, from quick press releases to substantial articles.
Taavi has graduated from the Faculty of Public Administration of Tallinn University of Technology.
+372 564 951 87
taavi.pukk@skia.ee
Pavel Prokopenko
Having worked in both the public and private sectors, Pavel is well aware of the biggest challenges in the field of communication for public institutions as well as for private companies. He has been the press-secretary of the Police and Border Guard Board and the communications manager of the Ida-Virumaa crisis staff during the second wave of the corona pandemic. He worked as a customer communications manager at SEB and was a communications advisor to the Minister of Culture.
He likes to solve urgent situations where it is necessary to keep a cool head. At the same time, Pavel considers his knowledge of the Russian language to be his strength, which helps him understand different social groups and their needs.
Pavel graduated from the University of Tartu with a degree in political science. He is currently studying Change Management in Society at the University of Tartu.
+372 539 614 15
pavel.prokopenko@skia.ee