fields of youth work to Ministry of the Interior affairs Linda Mūrniece. Together with his business partner from Norway Tormod Stene-Johansen in 2012 established holding structure Latvian Development Fund (LDF). October 2016 he was elected in Board of Latvian Hockey Federation and appointed as the Vice-President and General Secretary of the Latvian Ice hockey federation. September 2021 Viesturs Koziols during IIHF ( International Ice Hockey Federation )semi-annual congress was elected as a Council member. Council appointed Mr. Koziols as a Chairman of IIHF Facilities Committee. December 2021 left position of General Secretary of Latvian Hockey Federation. Adventurer In 1999, together with Vilis Dambiņš and Gunārs Dukšte, Viesturs Koziols reached the North Pole in a hot air balloon. Together with his daughter Liva Koziola he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2000. In 2013 have climbed Himalayas mountains in Bhutan. References 1963 births Living people Businesspeople from Riga University of Latvia alumni