Randel has long-term experience in local, national and EU politics. He has been the secretary general of the Estonian Social Democratic Party, the chairman of the Viljandi City Council and an alternate member of the European Committee of the Regions. Randel was the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the State Forest Management Centre (RMK) in 2021-2023.
Randel’s strength is understanding and navigating in politics. He has a wide cross-party and cross-sector network.
Randel has graduated from the faculty of State Sciences of Tallinn University and Randel has a master’s degree (cum laude) in social sciences from the University of Tartu.