22^nd Banking Forum
18^th Insurance Forum

Joanna Borysiewicz is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Warsaw, she is an expert in the field of Bancassurance.
She gained experience in this field by creating Bancassurance teams at Citibank (2007-2013) and at Bank Millennium, where she worked in 2013-2017. In September 2017, she joined Santander Bank Polska where, as Bancassurance Tribe Leader, is leading an interdisciplinary, agile team including business and IT competences, working closely with Joint Venture and AVIVA companies.
The team under her leadership made significant changes to the bank’s offer. Implemented, among others a flexible and comprehensive Life and Health insurance offer, also available remotely in Santander Internet, which contributed to an increase in sales of non-related insurance by nearly 50%.

Joao Bras Jorge, graduate of the Management Studies at Universidade Catolica Portuguesa and PADE Advance Management Programme under AESE.
He started his professional career as stockbroker in 1990. In the ensuing 10 years he worked in investment banking, inter alia, as Member of the Management Board at an investment bank. He also sat on the Board of the Lisbon Stock Exchange. During 5 years, prior to his move to Poland, he held position of Head of the Retail Banking Customer Division and Coordinator of the Retail Network at Millennium bcp.
Since 19 July 2006 – Member of the Management Board of Bank Millennium S.A., in the years 2006-2008 Head of the Retail Banking Division and from 2009 – Head of the Corporate Banking Area. From 22 April 2010 – Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and since 24 October 2013 – Chairman of the Management Board of Bank Millennium S.A. From 3 June 2019 until the day of merger with Bank Millennium S.A. i.e. 1 October 2019, also First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Euro Bank S.A., acting Chairman of the Management Board.

At Alior Bank, he is responsible for market, liquidity and operational risk management. He supervises, inter alia, the bank’s corporate and retail credit/loan policy as well as debt recovery and restructuring. He started his professional career at PKO Bank Polski S.A., then he was associated with Kredyt Bank. For the last 3 years at the National Bank of Poland, acting as the deputy director of the Financial Stability Department, he has dealt with issues related to risk and stability of the financial system.
Between 2008 and 2014, in the Office of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, he was responsible, among other things, for the validation of advanced credit risk models for the calculation of banks’ capital requirements, as well as for the area related to banking regulations. A graduate of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw. He has the title of Master of Business Administration of the Centre for Management Development at this university. He delivered lectures on the fundamental issues of financial risk at the School of Social Entrepreneurship and Management in Łódź.