About us

Nortrade is a staffing and recruitment company founded in Latvia.

Since 2005 Nortrade (previously Baltic Personnel) cooperates with Norwegian hotels and restaurants and we primarily staff chefs – from kitchen assistants to executive chefs or chefs de cuisine, as well as waiters.

Our main goal is TO BRING TOGETHER THE RIGHT WORKPLACE WITH THE RIGHT EMPLOYEE – as a solution for temporary or longer employment.

Nortrade is always in continuous development. Over the years, both the number of our cooperation partners and the number of employees have grown. In 2021, Nortrade established an office in Spain which is recruiting Spanish employees.

We never stop looking for new markets – both in recruitment and cooperation.

Our team is not large, but we are professionals in what we do, and we have extensive experience in running the company and working with human recourses.

Building trust is a process. Trust results from consistent and predictable interaction over time.

Barbara M. White

Edgars Rupeiks

Executive manager
edgars@nortrade.lv

Edgars Rupeiks founded the company, and currently serves as its owner and manager. Edgars has a master's degree in tourism from The Norwegian School of Hotel Management and he has worked at Norwegian restaurants and hotels in different positions, even as a hotel manager. He speaks Norwegian and English.

Evija Rupeika

Office manager
evija@nortrade.lv

Evija Rupeika has been with the company since its founding. Evija is responsible for paperwork and all administrative duties. Having obtained a bachelor's degree in Hotel Management from the Norwegian School of Hotel Management, Evija has worked at Norwegian restaurants and hotels in different positions.
Evija has also studied accounting and financial planning. She speaks Norwegian and English.

Jānis Lauris

Sales manager Sweden
janis.lauris@nortrade.lv

Jānis has joined Nortrade recently within its geographical expansion to Sweden to manage and support sales services. He has more than 20 years of sales experience in B2C and B2B, that will help to define the best solution for any service enquire. Jānis is fluent in English and Russian languages.

Olga

Recruitment Specialist
olga@nortrade.lv

Olga works as a recruiter at Nortrade, handling all vacancies in the hospitality sector. She also manages Nortrade's social media, so she would greatly appreciate your likes on our Facebook and Instagram pages.
With a degree in sociology, she has excellent people skills. Olga speaks Latvian, Russian, and English fluently.

Tomass Godins

Head chef

Tomass Godins is a head chef with more than 20 years of work experience, has experience as a restaurant manager and as a lector at The Restaurant Service School, regularly teaches master classes, and gives seminars.

Francisco Moraleda Martin

Head chef / Recruitment specialist
francisco@nortrade.lv

Francisco is a professional chef with more than 10 years of experience. He also has a diploma as a chef. Before Francisco joined our team as a selection specialist, he worked as a cook in Norway for Nortrade’s cooperation partners for almost two years. Francisco speaks Spanish and English.