Commissioner, Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, European Commission Virginijus Sinkevičius is a Lithuanian politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries in the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen since 2019. He previously was a Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania.

In 2012–2015, Sinkevičius was an author and editor of the news portal Lithuania Tribune. In 2013–2014, he served as an assistant project manager at the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington, D.C. In 2014, Sinkevičius worked as an international group project manager in Lietuvos paštas; In 2014–2015, he participated in the ‘Create Lithuania’ program. In 2015–2016, he was the project coordinator in the concession project of the Lithuanian Airports (LTOU). In In 2016, he was a team leader of the Group for Improving the Investment Environment in Public Enterprise Invest Lithuania. In 2017, Sinkevičius completed a Digital Policy course at the University of Oxford.