Estonia Consular Corps Association of Philadelphia

Alvar is the former Director of US Investment and Trade with Estonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is an experienced investor, entrepreneur, mentor, connector, and strategist who has worked in, helped found, or advised dozens of companies in the USA, Bermuda, Ireland, the New Nordics region, and particularly in Estonia.

Alvar’s areas of focus include:

• Connecting North American investors to the Estonian investment ecosystem via hosting investor delegations (in both directions), North American seminars, webinars, etc.
• Sourcing Estonian goods and services for North American companies.
• Bringing the best of Estonia’s e-government innovations to the US.
• Helping Estonian companies enter the US market.

Alvar is a graduate of the University of Virginia (BA, French and Government) and the University of Oxford (MBA), and was born in Boston to Estonian World War II refugee parents. Alvar lives in Narberth with his wife and children.