In 1980, he graduated from Vilnius University with a specialization in the field of industrial planning.
From 1983 to 1986, he studied for a doctorate at the Institute of Economics of the University of Vilnius.
From 1980 to 1983, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Vilnius, and then, until 1990, he was a researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
From the years 1993 to 2001, he was the director of the company "Sveikatos ekonomikos centro" ("Centre for Health Economics").
From 2004 to 2007, he was an assistant professor at the Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius.