Mr Holm got his Master’s degree from Tartu University. He has a wide experience in the field of education having worked in the area of government of the Ministry of Education and Research for 18 years as a Legal Adviser, Director of the National Examinations and Qualifications Centre, ministry’s Deputy Secretary-General for General and Vocational Education, Deputy Secretary-General for Administration and ministry’s Secretary-General. In 2017-2018, Holm worked at the Ministry of Social Affairs as a Deputy Secretary-General for Employment.
Janar Holm has been a member of a variety of supervisory boards, including the Estonia National Opera, the Estonian Qualifications Authority, the Innove Foundation, the Tiger’s Leap Foundation and AHHAA Science Centre. He has also been a member of the Council of Ethics of Officials and the chairman of the supervisory boards of the Information Technology Foundation for Education and the National Archive
