7 May 2009 12:36
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION
May 6, 2009
Report 27/2009: Appointment of Supervisory Board Members of Bank Pekao S.A. for new common term of office
Management Board of Bank Pekao S.A. informs that the following persons:
Paweł Dangel,
Paolo Fiorentino,
Federico Ghizzoni,
Oliver Greene,
Alicja Kornasiewicz,
Enrico Pavoni,
Leszek Pawłowicz,
Krzysztof Pawłowski
Jerzy Woźnicki
were appointed by the Ordinary General Meeting of Bank Pekao S.A. on May 5, 2009 as the Members of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A. for the period of common term of office, lasting three years, which will began on May 6, 2009.
Paweł Dangel
Born on June 9, 1955 in Warsaw.
Member of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A. from 10th September 1999.
He obtained degree of master of arts in Directing and Producing a Theatre Production at Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow. He followed the professional financial, insurance and management trainings in Bacon & Woodrow, Swiss Re, Lincoln National, ING Financial Services, Allianz Management Institute, IMD Executive Learning.
Professional career path:
In 1980-1984 he worked as Theatre Director in Poland inter alia in Teatr Wybrzeże in Gdańsk as well as Teatr Rozmaitości and Teatr Nowy in Warsaw, and since 1984 as Theatre Director and Lecturer in theatre schools, theatres and medial companies in London inter alia: The Rose Bruford College of Speech & Drama, Guidhall School of Music & Drama, Radio BBC and RWE.
Since 1986 he has worked as financial and insurance consultant in British insurance companies, sales and area manager of Cannon Assurance Ltd., Director of Elite Eastern Company Ltd., Sales Director of MGM Assurance and Chief Administration Officer for insurance in Manley Hopkins, Son & Cookes Ltd.
In 1994-1997 he was Vice President of the Management Board and Sales and Marketing Director of Nationale-Nederlanden Polska.
Positions held in governing bodies of companies and other organisations:
Since 1997 he has been performing the duties of President of the Management Board of Allianz Polska and Allianz Życie Polska.
Currently he is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Allianz Pension Fund Company, Vice President of Polish Association of Private Employers of Insurance Companies, Pension and Investment Funds at Polish Confederation of Private Employers "Lewiatan".
The activity of Mr. Paweł Dangel is not competitive to the activity of Bank Pekao S.A.
Mr. Paweł Dangel is not recorded in Insolvent Debtors Register kept in accordance with the Domestic Court Register Act.
Paolo Fiorentino
Born on January 23, 1956 in Naples.
Deputy Chairman, Secretary of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A. from 4th November 2007.
Graduated "Cum Laude" in Economics and Business at the University of Naples, he has been appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of UniCredit Group since July 2007.
In 1981 he started his professional career in Credito Italiano in 1981 where he obtained full experience in bank's branches dealing with retail and corporate customers.
From 1991 to 1994 he was Assistant Chief Manager responsible for Human Resources and Organization/Audit in one of the significant branches of Credito Italiano
From 1994 to 1996 he was Regional Deputy Chief Manager and Regional Head of Human Resources/Organization. In the years 1996-1999 he was Senior Manager and Organization & IT Systems Director at the Head Office of Unicredito Italiano.
In 1999 he was appointed Director of Unicredito integration process leading the know-how and best practices transfer among the different commercial banks of the Group and the creation of several group services companies. In the same year he was nominated C.O.O. of Bank Pekao S.A.
In August 2003 he was appointed Group Deputy General Manager of Unicredito Italiano and Head of the New Europe division. One year later, in July, he was nominated Head of Global Banking Services of UniCredit Group.
In July 2007 he was nominated Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer of UniCredit Group, in August 2007 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Capitalia (till 1st of October 2007) and in September he was nominated Chief Executive Officer of Banca di Roma.
Further appointments:
Member of the Board of Directors of Banca di Roma
Member of the Board of Directors of Banco di Sicilia
Vice Chairman, Secretary of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A.
Member of Audit Committee of Bank Pekao S.A.
Member of the Supervisory Board of HVB
Member of the Supervisory Board of Bank Austria Creditanstalt
The activity of Mr. Paolo Fiorentino is not competitive to the activity of Bank Pekao S.A.
Mr. Paolo Fiorentino is not recorded in Insolvent Debtors Register kept in accordance with the Domestic Court Register Act.
Federico Ghizzoni
Born on October 14, 1955 in Piacenza (Italy).
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A. since 25th July 2007
He holds a Degree in Law from the University of Law in Parma.
Professional career path:
He started his career in 1980 as customer relations manager at UniCredit's Piacenza Branch. Having worked as the Head of Credit & Marketing Department at the Piacenza Branch, Ghizzoni undertook the Branch Director position in Trieste between 1988 and 1989. Continuing his career as Director of Seriate Branch between 1990 and 1992, Ghizzoni was appointed as the Deputy General Manager to UniCredit's London Office.
After having been appointed the UniCredit's Singapore Office General Manager in 1995, Ghizzoni became Executive Director responsible for Corporate and International Banking between 2000 and 2002 at Bank Pekao S.A. In 2003 he started to work at Koç Financial Services, 50-50 joint venture of Koç Holding and UniCredit Group.
Being Executive Board Member of Koç Financial Services and all its affiliates, Ghizzoni has also been serving in the upper management, responsible of auditing, risk management, planning and control. After the acquisition by Koç Financial Services of Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi and its affiliates he became the COO & Executive Board Member of Koç Financial Services and COO & Vice Chairman of Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi.
From April 2007 till June 2008 he was First Deputy of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank BPH S.A.
Currently he is Head of Poland's Markets Division of UniCredit Group.
The activity of Mr. Federico Ghizzoni is not competitive to the activity of Bank Pekao S.A.
Mr. Federico Ghizzoni is not recorded in Insolvent Debtors Register kept in accordance with the Domestic Court Register Act.
Oliver Greene
Born on July 19, 1943 in Oxford (Great Britain).
Member of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A. since 1st June 2004.
He graduated Westminster School, 1956 - 1961; Oxford University, PPE. BA 1965, MA 1969.
Professional career path:
He started his professional career in Citibank NA in 1965 as trainee in London. Then he was selected for career development in New York, spending two years in the Scandinavia & Eastern Europe Division, followed by assignments in the Petroleum and Chemicals Departments, and as Planning Officer for the Senior Division Executive.
He returned to the UK in 1973 to Citicorp Leasing Europe as Head of Credit, later as Sector Head for leasing in Germany, Spain, Italy and new country development.
He served 4 years as chief of staff to Head of Europe, World Corporate Department undertaking market, personnel and financial planning.
In 1980-1988 he worked for Bankers Trust Company in London as Head of UK Division, World Corporate Department leading the team providing global banking capabilities to large UK multinationals. He was a Member of the Country Management Committee.
In 1988-1996 he fulfilled the following managerial duties in The Chase Manhattan Bank NA:
Managing Director - Head of UK Corporate Group (1988 - 1990) Member of country Management Committee, recruited to integrate Chase's UK banking and corporate finance relationships in capital markets, mergers & acquisitions and commercial finance.
Managing Director - Special Assets Recovery (1990 - 1994) selected to manage the bank's exposure to key impaired assets. Fulfilling this duties he represented Chase at conferences on insolvency/restructuring matters.
Managing Director - Europe Risk Executive, Global Payments & Trust (1994 - 1996) and Risk Council Member responsible for credit & operations risk management in Chase's European Payments and Corporate Trust businesses.
In 1996-1998 he worked for Union Bank of Switzerland as Managing Director- Investment Banking, Senior Banker managing corporate finance/advisory relationships with key UK FTSE Companies across all products & geography including debt and equity capital markets & derivatives, M&A, Advisory, tax products, securitisation etc.
In 1998-2003 he was Director - Head of Corporate Recovery in European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He was Head of the team responsible for the recovery of the EBRD's impaired assets. Over five years the team was involved with 50 impaired situations totalling in excess of €750 million.
He participated in various initiatives aimed at improved insolvency legislation & practice as an EBRD panellist at the World Bank insolvency conference, Bratislava 2000 and as the EBRD speaker at the 3rd International Forum on Non-performing assets, Moscow 2003.
Since 2004 he has been Consultant to the EBRD.
Positions held in governing bodies of companies and other organisations:
He was the Member of the Supervisory Board in Banca Comerciala Romana S.A. in Bucharest between 2004 and 2006. He is currently Member of the Supervisory Boards of Korado A S (Czech Republic), Estonia Cell (Estonia), and a Director of Chaarat Gold Holdings and Graham Greene Productions, Limited in the UK.
The activity of Mr. Oliver Greene is not competitive to the activity of Bank Pekao S.A.
Mr. Oliver Greene is not recorded in Insolvent Debtors Register kept in accordance with the Domestic Court Register Act.
Alicja Kornasiewicz
Member of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A. since 6th May 2009.
Ms Alicja Kornasiewicz has been the President of the Management Board of UniCredit CAIB Poland S.A.( former CAIB) since October 2000 and UniCredit CAIB AG Austria since September 2008. In addition she serves as the Head of Corporate Finance Advisory in the CEE within the scope of the merger of the Markets & Investment Banking and Corporate Banking divisions.
Mrs. Kornasiewicz gained her experience in different roles and areas of finance and the banking sector. From the beginning of her professional career, Mrs. Kornasiewicz held numerous positions of increasing responsibility utilizing her financial, accounting and economics knowledge and business and negotiating skills in both the private and public sectors. She is a Statutory Auditor (license no. 1777) and a Member of the National Board of Statutory Auditors.
She worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1993-1997), first in London as a senior banker and then as the Bank's representative in Poland, where she managed the Warsaw office. Key responsibilities included deal origination, structuring, due diligence investigation, negotiations, legal appraisal and monitoring of portfolio companies.
From 1997 to 2000, Ms. Kornasiewicz served as Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Treasury.
Between November 2001 - June 2008 she was the Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of Bank BPH S.A.
Mrs. Kornasiewicz holds a PhD degree, is the author of numerous publications and press articles, published both in the Polish press and abroad and has delivered many presentations and speeches concerning investment banking and capital markets to domestic and international audiences.
She is a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School, Boston and of the Executive Management Programmes at INSEAD.
Mrs. Kornasiewicz graduated from the Central School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw (presently the Warsaw School of Economics) with a Masters degree in Finance.
Functions fulfilled in companies:
President of the Management Board (Chief Executive Officer) UniCredit CAIB Poland S.A.
Chief Executive Officer in UniCredit CAIB AG
Member of the Management Board of UniCredit CAIB Hungary Ltd.
Member of the Supervisory Board of UniCredit CAIB Czech Republic a.s.
Member of the Supervisory Board of UniCredit CAIB Slovakia, a.s.
Member of the Supervisory Board of CA IB Securities (Ukraine) AT
Member of the Supervisory Board of UniCredit CAIB Romania SRL
Member of the Supervisory Board of UniCredit CAIB Bulgaria EOOD
Member of the Supervisory Board of UniCredit CAIB Serbia Ltd., Belgrade (Audit Committee)
Due to the fact that Bank Pekao S.A. and UniCredit CAIB Poland S.A. belong to the same Capital Group UniCredit Group, in the opinion of Bank Pekao S.A., Mrs. Alicja Kornasiewicz, newly appointed member of the Supervisory Board, does not carry out the competitive activity and does not participate in a competitive company. However as Bank Pekao S.A. and UniCredit CAIB Poland S.A. offer similar services and products on the Polish market they may be viewed in this context, as institutions competing each other.
Mrs. Kornasiewicz is not recorded in Insolvent Debtors Register kept in accordance with the Domestic Court Register Act.
Enrico Pavoni
Born on March 25, 1950 in Rome.
Member of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A. from 10th September 1999.
Professional career path:
Since the beginning of his professional career he has been in FIAT Group. In 1969-1972 he worked for FIAT Togliattigrad Project in Torino and then in 1973-1977 he was Truck Commercial Department Area Manager Eastern Europe in FIAT VEICOLI INDUSTRIALI in Torino. In 1978-1989 he was Director of FIAT representative office in Poland and in 1990-1992 Director of FIAT representative office in Russia.
In 1992-1995 he held once again the position of Director of FIAT representative office in Poland. In 1992 he was the member of negotiation team taking part in the privatisation process of The Car Factory in Bielsko-Biała on the base of which three companies with the share of State Treasury and FIAT were established: FIAT Auto Poland S.A. (car production), Magneti Marelli Poland S.A. (car components production) and Teksid Poland S.A. (metallurgy). He coordinated the FIAT investments in Poland. In the following years he took part in establishing the next FIAT companies in Poland: FIAT Lubrificanti POLAND, Gilardini Poland and Toro Poland Investments (insurance).
Since 1995 he has been President of FIAT POLSKA Sp. z o.o. representing FIAT Group in Poland. Within the framework of competences granted by FIAT S.p.A. he has coordinated and supervised over the all enterprises of the Group taken in Poland, inter alia in 1998 he supervised over the take-over of Agriculture Machines Factory BIZON in Płock by New Holland from FIAT Group, he supported establishing FIAT Bank Polska S.A. (car loans) and FIAT Finance Polska (car leasing). From the beginning he fulfilled the various duties in the supervisory boards and management boards of all FIAT enterprises.
During 10 years (1992-2002) He performed duties of Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of FIAT AUTO POLAND S.A.
From 1999 till taking by FIAT POLSKA the IT, telecommunication, accounting and HR services from all FIAT companies in Poland he was managing of services sector rendered to FIAT Group in Poland. In 2001 there were established various companies in order to render this services: Business Solutions Polska (currently Fiat Services Polska), Ingest Segim Polska and Sadi Polska - Agencja Celna. From among this companies Fiat Services Polska and Sadi Polska - Agencja Celna are currently in FIAT Group.
Since 8 April 2002 he has also performed the duties of President of FIAT AUTO POLAND S.A.
He was honoured by President of Polish Republic with the Award of Order of Merit of Republic of Poland (1991), with the Officer's Cross of Italian Republic (2001) and with the Commander's Cross of Order of Merit of Republic of Poland (2004).
Positions held in governing bodies of companies and other organisations:
He is President in Fiat Services Polska Sp. z o.o., SADI Polska Sp. z o.o. and Sirio Polska Sp. z o.o.. He is also President of Association of Private Employers of Car and Tractor Industry and Deputy President of Polish Confederation of Private Employers "Lewiatan".
The activity of Mr. Enrico Pavoni is not competitive to the activity of Bank Pekao S.A.
Mr. Enrico Pavoni is not recorded in Insolvent Debtors Register kept in accordance with the Domestic Court Register Act.
Leszek Pawłowicz
Born on April 10, 1951 in Gdańsk.
Member of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A. from 8th January 1998.
He graduated in economics from Gdansk University in 1973.
In 1977 he obtained a Ph.D. in economics and in 1988 habilitacja (the highest Polish academic qualification) in economics.
Professional career path:
Since the beginning of his professional career he has been in Faculty of Production Economy (now: Faculty of Management) in Gdansk University where he passed by all levels of academic career. In 1993 he obtained the title of Professor of Gdansk University. Since 2003 he is Director of Banking Department of Gdansk University.
Since 1990 he is Deputy President of the Board of "Instytut Badań nad Gospodarką Rynkową" (The Gdańsk Institute for Market Economics)
Since 1992 he has been Director of Gdańsk Academy of Banking.
Previously he was Chairman and then Member of the Supervisory Board of Bank Gdański S.A., Member of the Programme Board of "Bank" Monthly, Member of the Expert Group for VBM of Polish Telecom S.A., Member of the Scientific Board of Bank Gospodarki Żywnościowej S.A., Chairman of Economic Section in Scientific Research Committee and Member of the Board of PPUP Poczta Polska.
Positions held in governing bodies of companies and other organisations:
Currently he is Member of the Supervisory Board PTE Allianz Polska S.A., Member of the Board of BEST S.A, President of the WSE Supervisory Board, Member of the Programme Board "Finansowanie Nieruchomości" Quarterly.
The activity of Mr. Leszek Pawłowicz is not competitive to the activity of Bank Pekao S.A.
Mr. Leszek Pawłowicz is not recorded in Insolvent Debtors Register kept in accordance with the Domestic Court Register Act.
Krzysztof Pawłowski
Born on June 26, 1946 in Nowy Sącz.
Member of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A. since 25th July 2007
He graduated in Physics from Department of Maths, Physics and Chemistry of Jagiellonian University in 1969 and obtained the PH.D. in Physics of Academy Mettalurgy and Mining in Kraków in 1975. He is doctor honoris causa of National Louis University in Chicago.
He is the author of over 40 publications in terms structural graphite research and technology of production of carbon and graphite materials. He is also the author of many scientific publications, reports and press articles on higher education institutions management and transformation of educational system in Poland.
Professional career path:
In 1969-1989 he worked in Graphite Research Laboratory in Carbon Electrode Company in Nowy Sącz and in 1985-1989 he performed the duties of director of this laboratory. In 1989-1993 he was member of Senate of Poland Republic of I and II term of office. In 1991-1993 he performed the duties of chairman of the Senate Commission for European Integration. He is founder (1991) and from 1992 rector of Nowy Sącz School of Business - National Louis University, and from 1996 founder and rector of Tarnów School of Business. From 2007 he is the president of merged universities.
Another activity:
In 1980-1987 he was the president of Catholic Intelligentsia Club in Nowy Sącz. He was founder and president of Podhale Chamber of Commerce established in 1990.
He is co-founder of Business Centre Club, and from 1993 member of Board of the Polish Chamber of Commerce. In 1995-1998, 2002-2006 he was member of Polish Academic Economic Forum. From 1997 till 2000 he performed the duties of president of the Conference of Rectors of Non-State Universities. In 1998-1999 he was member of the Board of Structural Reform of the State appointed by the Prime Minister. In the period of 1999-2000 he was member of National Committee for European Integration.
From September 1999 he is member of the Board of Directors of Polish-American Freedom Foundation.
In 1996r. he was awarded with Chivalry Cross of Polish Revival Order and the Medal of National Education. He was awarded with many prestigious awards and honours including "Entrepreneur of Year 2003" from Ernst&Young.
The activity of Mr. Krzysztof Pawłowski is not competitive to the activity of Bank Pekao S.A.
Mr. Krzysztof Pawłowski is not recorded in Insolvent Debtors Register kept in accordance with the Domestic Court Register Act.
Jerzy Woźnicki
Born on May 22, 1947 in Kotuń.
From 10th September 1999 till 19th January 2005 Vice Chairman, and since 20th January 2005 - Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A. Professor, PhD, DSc in Electronics Engineering.
Professional career path:
Since 1973 he worked in Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology of Warsaw University of Technology where he passed by all levels of academic career from assistant to full professor. His scope of research activity covers electronics and the issues connected with knowledge society and knowledge based economy. During the period 1984-1987 he was the Vice-Director in the Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics and since 1987 he has been the Head of Image Processing Division.
In 1990-1996 he was the Dean of Faculty of Electronics and the Information Technology and the Chairman of University Senate Committee on University Organization.
In the years 1996-2002 he was the Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology.
Positions held in the past:
In the past he was inter alia governmental expert and expert for higher education at Europe Council and UNESCO, coordinator of Program of Reforms of Higher Education and Research in Institute of Public Affairs, President of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland and President of the Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities of Technology. He was also the Deputy Chairman of the National Council of European Integration, member of the Council Board for the Minister of Telecommunication and the Foundation Board of the Innovation Centre FIRE, member of the Committee for Electronics and Telecommunications and Committee of Forecasts Poland 2000 Plus in the Polish Academy of Sciences, member of the Presidential Board in Polish Committee for Optoelectronics and member of the Committee on Advancement of Human Knowledge in the Polish Academy of Sciences. He was also the chairman of Team of President of Republic of Poland for preparing the draft of Higher Education Law Act and plenipotentiary of President in the parliamentary works. In the years 2006-2008 he was in the chair of Multi-branch Team for Mobility and Science Career acting at Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
Selected positions currently held:
Currently he is President of the Polish Rectors Foundation, Director of the Institute of Knowledge Society, Chairman of the Organisational and Legislation Committee of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (KRASP) and Member of Presidential Board of KRASP". He is also the chairman of Committee for Ethics in Science at the Polish Academy of Sciences and Member of Program Board of Polish Radio S.A.
He initiated, organized and runs personally the training-discussion activity of the Polish Rectors Foundation addressed to higher managerial staff of schools, including the Summer and Winter Schools for rectors and chancellors. He is originator and co-author of "Code of Best Practice of Higher Schools".
Publications:
He is the author of about 100 science publications in terms technological issues, including the monograph "Fundamental Technics of Image Processing" (1996) and about 100 publications regarding management and system conditions of activity of higher schools as well as educational and science policy, including the monograph "Academic schools as institutions of public life" (2007). He is the author of expert's reports regarding higher education inter alia for European Commission, European Centre of Higher Education UNESCO-Cepes and Office of Committee for European Integration.
Honours and awards:
He obtained many honours and awards inter alia Knight Cross of the French Legion of Honour, Commander's Cross, Terra Maarjamaa Cross of Third class and Knight Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland.
The activity of Mr. Jerzy Woźnicki is not competitive to the activity of Bank Pekao S.A.
Mr. Jerzy Woźnicki is not recorded in Insolvent Debtors Register kept in accordance with the Domestic Court Register Act.
Legal base:
§ 5 sect. 1 p.22 of the Ordinance of the Minister of Finance, dated 19 February 2009 re: current and periodical information submitted by the issuers of securities and conditions of considering as equal the information required by the legal provisions of the non-member country (Journal of Law No. 33, pos. 259)