The appointment of members of the Supervisory Board for the new term of office The Management Board of Grupa Kęty S.A. (hereinafter “the Company”) hereby informs that, on 31 May 2017, the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Grupa Kęty S.A. appointed the following members of the Supervisory Board for the tenth term of office:
The CVs of Mr Paweł Niedziółka and Mr Szczepan Strublewski were made available by the Company when the aforementioned persons were proposed by respective shareholders as candidates for members of the Supervisory Board and they can be found on the Company’s website. The CVs of other members of the Supervisory Board are presented below.
Mr Piotr Kaczmarek is a graduate from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, German philology. He is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and a licensed stockbroker. He has been associated with the capital market from the very beginning of his career. He has 19 years of experience in the analysis and valuation of financial instruments. He managed portfolios of shares of two largest pension funds in Poland: ING OFE and Aviva OFE. He is the co-author of the first on the market of pension funds standard Corporate Governance Principles.
Initially, he worked as a stockbroker in Dom Maklerski BMT S.A. (1994-1995) and in Bank Handlowy w Warszawie (1997-1998), and later as a capital market dealer in Bank Amerykański w Polsce S.A. (1999-2000). Between 2000 and 2008, he was employed with ING Nationale-Nederlanden Polska PTE S.A., where he was first a stock analyst, then a share portfolio manager and later the investment director for shares. In 2006, he was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the aforementioned company and became Director of the Investment Department. Between 2009 and 2010, he was employed as a manager in Skarbiec TFI S.A. From 2011 until May 2016, he worked with Aviva PTE BZ WBK S.A. first as a senior analyst and later as a share portfolio manager. Currently, he is a member of the supervisory boards of ROBYG S.A., Ferro S.A. and Harper Hygienics S.A.
Mr Piotr Kaczmarek, as he declared in his declaration, does not carry out business activities that would be competitive against the Company’s activities, does not participate in any other competitive business as a partner in a civil law partnership, a partner in a partnership or a member of authorities of any competitive company or of any other competitive legal person; and he is not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors maintained pursuant to the National Court Register Act of 20 August 1997.
Mr Bartosz Kazimierczuk graduated in 1995 from Fachhochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft in Berlin. He started his professional career in 1995 in Siemens AG (Polish affiliate: ZWUT Siemens S.A.) as an Economic Specialist. Between 1997 and 2001, he was the Expansion Director in DEA Mineraloel Polska Sp. z o.o. and from 2001 to 2011, he worked in Kaufland Polska Markety Sp. z o.o. Sp.k., initially as Head of the Expansion Department and later as the member of the Board of Directors responsible for the development of Kaufland chain of markets in Poland.
In addition, since 2005, he has been the manager of Tower Investments Sp. z o.o., which is now part of Tower Investments Group. Mr Bartosz Kazimierczuk is President of the Board of Directors and the largest shareholder of a developer Tower Investments S.A. listed on New Connect market.
Mr Bartosz Kazimierczuk, as he declared in his declaration, does not carry out business activities that would be competitive against the Company’s activities, does not participate in any other competitive business as a partner in a civil law partnership, a partner in a partnership or a member of authorities of any competitive company or of any other competitive legal person; and he is not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors maintained pursuant to the National Court Register Act of 20 August 1997.
Mr Wojciech Włodarczyk has a master’s degree in engineering. He graduated from the Management and Marketing Faculty, major in finance, in AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. He also completed PhD studies in economics in the Banking Faculty / Investment Banking in Poznań Academy of Economics. In 1994-1997, he worked in Biuro Maklerskie CERTUS Sp. z o.o. as a Securities Accountant licensed by the National Depositary for Securities (KDPW) and then as a Senior Securities Accountant, Primary Market Manager. From 1997 to 1999, he was employed in Mennica Państwowa S.A. [The National Mint] first as a financial analyst and then, from 1998 to 1999, as the Analysis Manager in the Precious Metals Unit. Between 1999 and 2005, he worked in PKN ORLEN S.A. in the following positions: a senior analyst in the Investor Relations Office (1999-2000); the Manager of the Investor Relations Office (2000-2002); the Strategic Projects Manager (from 2002 to August 2004); Vice-Director of the Strategy Office for Strategic Projects (from August 2004 until 2005). From 2000 to 2008, he was Chairman and Member of the Supervisory Board of Sanatorium Uzdrowiskowe Ciechocinek Krystynka Sp. z o.o. from ORLEN Group. From 2005 to 2007, in Ernst & Young, Business Advisory — Oil, Gas and Chemicals Group, he was a Senior responsible for consulting projects for companies from the industry. Then, in 2007-2008, he held the position of the Senior Expert in the Business Consulting Department in Doradztwo Gospodarcze DGA S.A. In 2008, he was a Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Remunerations Committee in CIECH S.A. From 2008 to 2009, he was a Member of the Board of Directors (from April until the end of May 2008) and then of President of the Board of Directors (from June 2008 until May 2009) in Operator Logistyczny Paliw Płynnych Sp. z o.o. In the aforementioned periods, he was a Member and Chairman of Supervisory Boards of the subsidiaries: Nafroserwis Sp. z o.o. and Naftor Sp. z o.o. He was a Member of Supervisory Boards of Projprzem S.A and Voxel S.A. At the moment, he is Member of Supervisory Boards of: Ceramika Nowa Gala S.A., Qumak S.A. Mr Wojciech Włodarczyk has his own consulting business and provides services mainly to the chemical, pharmaceutical, oil, gas, power and food processing industries.
Mr Wojciech Włodarczyk, as he declared in his declaration, does not carry out business activities that would be competitive against the Company’s activities, does not participate in any other competitive business as a partner in a civil law partnership, a partner in a partnership or a member of authorities of any competitive company or of any other competitive legal person; and he is not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors maintained pursuant to the National Court Register Act of 20 August 1997.
Mr Piotr Stępniak has higher education. In 1992, he graduated from the University of Guelph in Canada as a BA (Bachelor of Arts). In addition, in 1995, he graduated from ESC Rouen in France as an EMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration) and from Purdue University in the USA as an MSM (Master of Science in Management).
Mr Piotr Stępniak gained knowledge and experience in management working successively in the following companies: (i) in 1985-1992 in Air Canada -Toronto, Canada; (ii) in 1992-1997 in PepsiCola lnt’l, Somers, NY, USA; (iii) in 1998 in Bank Handlowy S.A. in Warsaw; (iv) in 1999-2000 as Development Director in ARMARK, Toronto, Canada; (v) in 2000-2001 as Marketing Director and then in 2001-2005 as Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Lukas S.A. and Lukas Bank S.A.; (vi) in 2005-2008 as 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) in 2003-2004, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy S.A.; (ii) in 2003-2007, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of TU Europa S.A.; (iii) in 2005-2006, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Getin Leasing S.A.;(iv) in 2005-2008, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Powszechny Dom Kredytowy we Wrocławiu S.A., Carcade Sp. z o.o. (Russia), Fiolet S.A. and Open Finance S.A.; (v) in 2007-2008, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Prikarpattya Bank (Ukraine); (vi) in 2006-2008, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Noble Funds TFI S.A.; (vii) in 2008-2009, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Fudusz Mikro Sp. z o.o.; (viii) in 2008-2013, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Skarbiec Asset Management Holding S.A. In 2005-2008, Mr Piotr Stępniak was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Getin Bank S.A., and in 2006-2008, he was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Noble Bank S.A. Currently, Mr Piotr Stępniak is a member of supervisory boards of the following companies: ATM Grupa S.A., Kruk S.A., Nest Bank S.A., Magellan S.A., Skarbiec Holding S.A., Asseco Business Solutions S.A.
Mr Piotr Stępniak, as he declared in his declaration, does not carry out business activities that would be competitive against the Company’s activities, does not participate in any other competitive business as a partner in a civil law partnership, a partner in a partnership or a member of authorities of any competitive company or of any other competitive legal person; and he is not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors maintained pursuant to the National Court Register Act of 20 August 1997.
Legal basis: § 5 Clause 1 item 22 and § 28 of the Ordinance of the Polish Minister of Finance of 19 February 2009 on current and periodic information to be published by issuers of securities and conditions of considering information required by the law of countries which are not EU members as equal.
