15 Jan 2021 07:00
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14.01.2021 - Report 4/2021: Appointment of the Vice Presidents of the Management Board of the Bank
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki Spółka Akcyjna (the "Bank") hereby informs that on 14 January 2021 the Supervisory Board of the Bank, after assessing suitability, appointed:
1) Mr. Błażej Szczecki to the Management Board of the Bank for the current joint term of office as the Vice President of the Management Board of the Bank with the effect from 15 January 2021;
2) Mr. Wojciech Werochowski to the Management Board of the Bank for the current joint term of office as the Vice President of the Management Board of the Bank with the effect from 15 January 2021; and
3) Mr. Jerzy Kwieciński to the Management Board of the Bank for the current joint term of office as the Vice President of the Management Board of the Bank with the effect from1 February 2021.
According to the submitted statement Mr. Błażej Szczecki does not conduct any business competitive to that of the Bank and he is not involved in a competitive business as a shareholder or partner in a civil law company, a partnership or a corporation or a member of a corporate body of a competitive corporation or legal person. Mr. Błażej Szczecki is not registered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors kept pursuant to the provisions of the KRS (National Court Register) Act of 20 August 1997.
According to the submitted statement Mr. Wojciech Werochowski does not conduct any business competitive to that of the Bank and he is not involved in a competitive business as a shareholder or partner in a civil law company, a partnership or a corporation or a member of a corporate body of a competitive corporation or legal person. Mr. Wojciech Werochowski is not registered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors kept pursuant to the provisions of the KRS (National Court Register) Act of 20 August 1997.
According to the submitted statement Mr. Jerzy Kwieciński does not conduct any business competitive to that of the Bank and he is not involved in a competitive business as a shareholder or partner in a civil law company, a partnership or a corporation or a member of a corporate body of a competitive corporation or legal person. Mr. Jerzy Kwieciński is not registered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors kept pursuant to the provisions of the KRS (National Court Register) Act of 20 August 1997.
The curriculum vitae of Mr. Błażej Szczecki, Mr. Wojciech Werochowski and Mr. Jerzy Kwieciński containing information specified in § 10 point 4 of the Ordinance of the Minister of Finance of 29 March 2018 regarding current and periodic information provided by issuers of securities and conditions for recognizing as equivalent information required by the laws of the state not being a member state, are attachments to this current report.
Legal basis: § 5 point 5 of the Finance Minister's Ordinance of 29 March 2018 re. current and periodic reports published by the issuers of securities and the rules under which the information required by the laws of non-member states shall be deemed equivalent
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Biography
Błażej Szczecki has been professionally associated with the Pekao Group since 2004. From 2018 till 2021 he has served as the Chief Transformation Officer and subsequently as the Chief Strategy Officer of Bank Pekao, responsible a.o. for the digital and operational transformation, as well as for the coordination of the work on the strategy of the Bank. From 2017 till 2018 he was responsible for the Transformation and Services Division, where he managed a.o. IT and Operations of the Bank. In 2010- 2017 he was Member of the Management Board of Pekao Leasing Sp. z o.o., where he assumed responsibility for IT, operations, insurance business, and customer service.
Previously, from 2004 till 2010 he held various leadership roles in the Corporate Banking Division of Bank Pekao,including participation in the taskforce preparing the merger of Bank Pekao with the BPH Bank. Before joining Bank Pekao, he worked as consultant for McKinsey and Co. in Frankfurt (Main) in Germany. He also served as a research associate at the University in Frankfurt (Oder) and in Giessen (Germany), as well as professional experience at Dresdner Bank.
Since 2017 he has served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Centrum Kart. In addition, from 2017 till 2020 he was also the Vice-chairmen of the Supervisory Board of Pekao Financial Services.
He has a Ph.D degree in economics from the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), he graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). He participated in numerous courses and trainings in Poland and abroad, a.o. Unifuture in cooperation with the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne (Switzerland).
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Biography
Mr. Wojciech Werochowski is a manager with 20 years of experience in banking, for 3 years associated with Bank Pekao S.A., with the Retail Banking Division. From December 2017 served as a director of the Retail Customer Credit Products Department, where he managed retails customer credit products and was responsible for the sales activity, portfolio quality as well as financial performance of the product and product development.
Before joining Bank Pekao S.A. he worked at PKO Bank Polski, Bank Citi Handlowy, and Bank BPH, where he was responsible for the development and management of credit products, including mortgage loans, and the CRM function. Between 2000 and2008 he was associated with General Electric Capital in Poland, with GE Money Bank. He has worked in a number of positions in the areas of product management, development of new business models, strategic pricing and finance management, Lean Six Sigma programs.
He has a university degree and an MBA degree from the University of Gdańsk, Copenhagen Business School and Universiteit Antwerpen. He completed trainings under the GE Management Development Institute, including Six Sigma Black Belt and Advanced Manager Course.
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Jerzy Kwieciński is a graduate of Faculty of Materials Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology and holds a degree of Doctor in the field of technical science. He also completed a postgraduate course for managers at the Warsaw School of Economics and an international Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme run by the University of Antwerp, the University of Staffordshire, the Free University of Brussels and the University of Warsaw. Jerzy Kwieciński also has experience in academic and research and development work, which he gained, among others at the Warsaw University of Technology and as a visiting professor at Brunel University of West London.Mr. Kwieciński has more than 30 years of international experience in strategic planning, management of large organizations, programs and projects in the public, private, non-governmental and scientific research sectors, including energy sector.
From 1993 to 2004, he worked for the European Commission Representation in Poland, where his duties included management of programmes and projects financed by the European Union. He also participated in the works preparing Poland for membership in the European Union. Between 2004 and 2005 he was the President of Europejskie Centrum Przedsiębiorczości sp. z o.o, where in 2008-2015 he acted as a Vice-President of the Management Board.
In 2005, Mr. Kwieciński took a position of the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Regional Development, where he coordinated the national development policy and cohesion policy, including the work on the National Development Strategy for 2007-2015 and the National Cohesion Strategy for 2007-2013.
Between 2008 and2015, he served as President of the Management Board of JP Capital Group sp. z o.o., specializing in preparation and implementation of projects and innovations, including establishing and running start-ups. In that period he was also head of Fundacja Europejskie Centrum Przedsiębiorczości (European Entrepreneurship Centre Foundation). In 2015, he was appointed the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Development.
Since 2015, he has been a member of the National Development CouncilIn November 2015, he was appointed the First Deputy of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Ministry of Development. From January 2018, he held the office of the Minister of Investment and Development, and from September 2019 he served also as the Minister of Finance. He held both functions until November 15, 2019. He worked on, among others on preparation and implementation of the Strategy for Responsible Development and implementation of cohesion policy.
From January to December 2020 he acted as President of the Management Board of Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (PGNiG), he has been a member of the Supervisory Board in TUW Polski Gaz, Europolgaz SA and President of the Board of Directors PGNiG Upstream Norway.