Company governing bodies

Piotr Stępniak has higher education. In 1992, he graduated from the University of Guelph in Canada as a Bachelor of Arts (BA). Further, in 1995, he was granted the degree of Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) by the ESC Rouen in France, and Master of Science in Management (MSM) by the Purdue University in the USA. Mr Stępniak gained knowledge and experience in management working successively in the following companies: (i) 1985-1992 Air Canada – Toronto, Canada; (ii) 1992-1997 PepsiCola lnt’l; (iii) 1998 Bank Handlowy S.A. in Warsaw; (iv) 1999-2000 Development Director of ARMARK, Toronto, Canada; (v) 2000-2001 Marketing Director and then in 2001-2005 Vice President of the Board of Directors of Lukas S.A. and Lukas Bank S.A.; (vi) 2005-2008 President of the Board of Directors of Getin Holding S.A. Mr Piotr Stępniak has many years of experience in performing the function of a member of Supervisory Boards of numerous companies: (i) 2003-2004 Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy S.A.; (ii) 2003-2007 TU Europa S.A.; (iii) 2005-2006 Getin Leasing S.A.; (iv) 2005-2008 Powszechny Dom Kredytowy we Wrocławiu S.A. and Getin Bank S.A; (v) 2006-2008 Noble Bank S.A., Carcade Sp. z o.o. (Russia), Open Finance S.A. and Noble Funds TFI S.A.; (vi) 2007-2008 Prikarpattya Bank (Ukraine); (vii) 2008-2009 Fudusz Mikro Sp. z o.o.; (viii) 2008-2018 Skarbiec Asset Management Holding S.A. and Skarbiec Holding S.A. Currently, he is a member of the Supervisory Boards of: Kruk S.A., Moovena Ubezpieczenia Sp. z o.o., Nest Bank S.A., BFF Polska S.A., Asseco Business Solutions S.A., Grupa Kęty S.A., Fenville Investments sp. z o.o., Vehis Sp. z o.o., VRG S.A., and W.Kruk S.A.

Piotr Kaczmarek – a graduate of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, German language studies. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a licensed stockbroker. Since the beginning of his professional carrier Mr Kaczmarek has been related to the capital market. He has 19 years of experience in analysing and measuring financial instruments. He managed the portfolios of two largest pension funds in Poland: ING OFE and Aviva OFE. He is a co-author of the first model ‘Corporate Governance Principles’ on the pension funds market. Initially, Mr Kaczmarek worked as a securities broker at the BMT S.A. brokerage house (1994-1995) and Bank Handlowy in Warsaw (1997-1998), and subsequently as a capital market dealer at Bank Amerykański w Polsce S.A. (1999-2000). In the years 2000-2008 he was related to ING Nationale-Nederlanden Polska PTE S.A., where he acted as a Stock Analyst, Share Portfolio Manager and Investment Director for Shares, respectively. In 2006 he was appointed member of the Society Management Board and took the position of the Investment Department Director. In the years 2009‑2010 he was employed as a manager at Skarbiec TFI S.A. In 2011-2016 Mr Kaczmarek worked at Aviva PTE BZWBK S.A., holding the positions of a Senior Analyst and later Share Portfolio Manager. He has long years of experience in working at audit committees of stock companies. In the past, he was a member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of Audit Committee at ROBYG S.A., member of the Supervisory Board and Audit Committee at HAPER HYGENICS S.A., and member of the Supervisory Board at a private company NOVASERVIS SPOL. S.R.O. At the moment, he is member of the Supervisory Boards and Audit Committees at public companies: GRUPA KĘTY S.A., ERBUD S.A., FERRO S.A., DEVELIA S.A., VRG S.A.

Paweł Niedziółka graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics in 1998 with a major in finance and banking. In 2000, he was awarded a doctoral degree in economics at the Collegium of Management and Finance of the Warsaw School of Economics, and in 2010 became an assistant professor. Currently, he is employed at the Institute of Banking of the Warsaw School of Economics as an associate professor, where heads the Financial Risk Management Department. Mr Niedziółka is a member of the Polish Association of Finance and Banking, and the Committee on Financial Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Second Prize Winner in the Contest of the President of the National Bank of Poland for the best post-doctoral thesis and the winner of other prizes for his scientific and educational work. He is the author of about 140 scientific publications and a lecturer at bachelor’s, master’s, postgraduate and PhD courses. Expert at the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP), representing the Polish Banks Association, and a lecturer at Polish and International conferences and training courses. Combining his work at the Warsaw School of Economics with practical banking, he manages the Structural Financing Team at Bank Millennium S.A. (previously, he was associated with Credit Lyonnais Bank Polska and Bankgesellschaft Berlin). He has been an independent member of the Supervisory Board of Grupa Kęty S.A. in the years 2014–2020, and in the years 2017–2020 the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Przemysław Rasz is a graduate of a dual program of Poznań University of Technology and the University of Economics in Poznań and obtained a MSc. Eng. degree in Chemical & Food Industry in 1988. In 1998 he completed post graduate studies in value based management at the Central School of Commerce (SGH) in Warsaw. His professional career begun in 1989 at Izolacja Zduńska Wola. He joined its executive board in 1994 and in 1996 led the team responsible for its IPO at Warsaw Stock Exchange. After the company’s acquisition by Icopal a.s. of Denmark, a global leader in roof waterproofing insulation materials in 1999, he became the CEO of the Polish business and, two years later, member of Icopal’s global board, with responsibility for innovation and business development. Under his leadership Icopal Poland experienced a period of consistent and profitable growth marked by strategic acquisitions, green field investments, restructurings, and introductions of new products and waterproofing systems, which firmly established the company as an unquestioned leader in Poland and the CEE region. During that period the company developed close ties with technical universities resulting in several successful innovative systems of waterproofing products and solutions. Simultaneously, in his capacity of a member of the global board, he participated in the transformation of a loose network of acquired companies into a uniform global business entity. After Icopal’s acquisition in 2007 by private equity fund, Investcorp, Przemysław took over direct responsibility for the CEE region, which he led until 2016, when the company was sold to a US based strategic investor, Standard Industry. He played an important role in the sale process, among others as a trustee of a group of key executives and minority shareholders during the negotiations. Thereafter, he continued in a role of Global VP, and following the acquisition of Brass Monier, he managed the merged organization, BMI, in Poland until 2018. Currently, as the CEO of Grade Group PL Sp. z o.o. as well as shareholder and member of the Management Board of GRADE GROUP AS International Innovative Group based in Oslo, he has been implementing in Europe a patented production technology for flat roof recirculation drainage.

Przemysław Rasz is an active contributor to the development and well-being of construction and building materials industries in Poland. He served: two terms on a Board of Construction Materials Council of Minister/Chief Building Supervision Inspector, two terms as a Member of Scientific Council of Building Technology Institute in Warsaw, two terms as a Member of Building Design Chamber in Warsaw, four terms as a Deputy Chair of the Board of Polish Chamber of Construction Commerce and Industry, and two terms as the Chairman of Construction Committee (KIG) in Warsaw. Since 2019 he has focused on advisory and non-executive activities. In the years 2019 and 2020, until the time of COVID-19 related limitations, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors at Worthhouse Inc., a US subsidiary of the Budmat Group. He is an independent Member of the Supervisory Board of the Grupa Kęty S.A. Capital Group. Privately he is a devoted owner of R&R Gallery, Poland’s largest gallery of silver and lighting in Łódź.

Wojciech Golak is a Legal Counsel, a graduate in Law from the Cardinal Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration. He also graduated from a Postgraduate Banking Course at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Warsaw, Centre for American Law, as well as the University of Florida, Levin College of Law. At the moment, he is a participant of the Koźmiński University Ph.D. Programme in Law, where he prepares his doctoral thesis devoted to restructuring processes financing.

Since the beginning of 2016 he has been running his own Legal Counsel’s Office. In the years 2007-2015 Mr Golak cooperated with the Polish Branch of the Belgian Brokerage House KBC Securities N.V., as a lawyer, legal counsel, representative and receiver, respectively, whereas in the years 2005-2007 he acted as a layer at the M. Furtek and Wspólnicy Law Firm.

Since 2016 Mr Golak acts as an independent member of the Supervisory Board of ROBYG S.A., where he sat at the Remuneration Committee and now sits at the Audit Committee.

Anna Włoszek graduated from the University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, in 2006. Further, she took a post-graduate course in accounting at the Katowice University of Economics, Faculty of Finance and Management.  At the Kraków University of Technology, Polish-American School of Business, she obtained the title of Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA). Since the beginning of her career, she has occupied managerial positions at business companies and specialised in public procurement orders. Since 2019, she has been President of the Management Board of the Agency for Development of the Western Małopolska Region [ARMZ S.A.]. Within her social and business activity, Anna Włoszek has engaged in the operations of institutions in the Małopolska Region.