He has a degree in economics from the City College of New York (1971) and degrees in management and interpersonal relationships from Webster University in Vienna (1983). For almost 25 years worked at Citibank on various positions, inter alia, managerial positions at branches of this bank in Japan, Austria, Great Britain and France. At the beginning of the 90s focused on management activities in Poland. He was an independent consultant co-participating in organizing Citibank in Warsaw. Currently member of the Supervisory Board of Gothaer Insurance Company and KRUK SA. He also sits in the Chapter of the Economic Award of the President of the Republic of Poland. Józef Wancer is a member of the board of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland and a member of the council of the Business Centre Club. In 2005, Józef Wancer was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit for notable achievements in the banking industry during the period of transformation, and in 2011 was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Brunon Bartkiewicz has held positions within ING, both in Poland and the Netherlands, since the 

1990’s. 

In 1995, Brunon was appointed CEO of Bank Śląski, which position he held until June 2000. 

As of then, he was General Manager and Management Board member at ING Direct NV, responsible 

for credit, market and operational risk, operational and IT support. 

He returned to ING Bank Śląski (Poland) as CEO in 2004 and held the position until 2010. At that time 

he became member of the General Management Team at ING Direct, responsible for activities in 

Spain, Italy, France, Great Britain and Australia. As of 2012 he was in charge of ING operations in 

France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Romania and Turkey. 

As Chief Innovation Officer at ING Group (since 2014), Brunon Bartkiewicz played a major role in accelerating ING’s pace of innovation, developing and promoting innovative ideas and solutions, applying new technologies and delivering speed-to-market of successful ideas.  

In 2016 he returned as CEO of ING Bank Śląski. 

Brunon Bartkiewicz is a graduate of the Main School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw
(currently, Warsaw School of Economics) with a degree in Economics at the Foreign Trade.

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.

Teresa Czerwińska is a Professor of Economics at the Warsaw University specialising in finances and risk management.
Prof. Teresa Czerwińska was appointed the Vice President of the European Investment Bank in March 2020. She is supervising InvestEU – joint programme of EIB and European Commission. She is responsible for EIB investments in areas of innovation, digital economy, also areas of science and education. In this role, alongside looking after the constituency countries (Poland, Hungary and Croatia) she is overseeing Eastern Partnership countries as well as Central Asia, China and Mongolia.
She is a graduate of the Faculty of Management (1998) and the Faculty of Social Sciences (1997) of the University of Gdańsk. From the beginning of her professional career, she has been associated with the financial sector in academic, business and supervisory dimensions. She is an author and co-author of several dozen scientific publications in the field of risk management of financial institutions, financial system stability and investments.
Prior to becoming EIB Vice-President, prof. T. Czerwińska was a member of the management board of the National Bank of Poland, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland. She was also a Governor of the European Investment Bank, a Governor of International Monetary Fund and a member of the board of Asian Infrastructure Bank. Earlier she held the position of the Undersecretary of State being responsible for the state budget at the Ministry of Finance. Before, in the years 2015 – 2017, she was the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. She was a member of The Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group (IRSG) at the European Insurance Supervision (EIOPA).

Elzbieta Czetwertynska Managing Director Citi Country Officer Poland / CEO Citi Handlowy Elzbieta Czetwertynska was appointed Citi Country Officer Poland / CEO Citi Handlowy in June 2021 and in June 2022 received additional responsibility for Ukraine. Prior to her current role, Elzbieta was Citi Country Officer for Switzerland, Monaco and Liechtenstein, based in Zurich. She assumed that role in March 2019, after a five-year stint in Latin America. Before moving to Switzerland, Elzbieta was Citi Country Officer, and Corporate and Investment Banking Head in Ecuador. Elzbieta has been at Citi for 29 years, working in different countries in Europe and Latin America. She joined Citi Ecuador as corporate bank relationship manager in 1994. From 1999 to 2003, she was Head of Transaction Services, Asset-Based Finance and the SME segment in the Dominican Republic, before moving to the United States for a year as internal auditor covering corporate credit for Latin America. In 2004, Elzbieta moved to Europe where she joined Citi Handlowy’s risk management team in Poland and was appointed Senior Credit Officer a year later. Her last four years in Poland she led the Commercial Bank business. Elzbieta returned to Latin America in 2013 as Head of Citi Colombia’s Treasury and Trade Solutions business, where she successfully developed and executed a dynamic growth strategy. Elzbieta holds a BSc Hons in Food Science, Economics and Marketing from the University of Reading, England. She is a certified coach in leadership and sales programs and has facilitated several risk management trainings. She served as President of the Board of Directors for Amcham Ecuador, as well as board member of the Ecuadorian Banking Association and Junior Achievement Ecuador Foundation. In Switzerland Elzbieta was a board member of the Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland. At present, she is in the Board of Amcham Poland, the Polish Banking Association, and she serves as President of the Board of Citi Ukraine.

The PKO Bank Polski Management Board President since October 2009, with appointment for a new term in 2011. Prior to this he was the Pioneer Pekao TFI S.A. Management Board President for nearly nine years. Also, within the global structure of Pioneer Investments he was responsible for the CEE region distribution. In the late 1990s he was, among others, active in establishing PKO/Credit Suisse TFI S.A. investment funds company, in the function of its first Vice-President. In his more than ten-year long career in the financial markets he can be credited, among other things, with:

Successfully steering PKO Bank Polski through the critical period of turmoil in the international financial markets, while strengthening the Bank’s position of leadership in terms of assets, equity funds and earnings in Poland and the CEE region;
Development and implementation of the PKO Bank Polski’s strategy for the years 2010-2012, which resulted in strong efficiency gains as measured in terms of ROE, ROA and C/I ratio as well as in increased interest in the company among domestic and international investors (PKO continues to lead the market in terms of the value of its free float and as a major corporate debt issuer );
Adjustment of PKO Bank Polski to the requirements of the ever more competitive financial market through increased attractiveness of its product offer and quality of its customer service;
Refocusing of the PKO Bank Polski Group’s operational model toward its core activity of providing financial services.
Zbigniew Jagiełło is actively involved in development and promotion of the most demanding financial market standards in Poland. He is a member of the Council of the Polish Bank Association and of the prestigious Institut International D’Etudes Bancaires, which brings together the international banking community. His previous functions included, among others, that of the Chairman of the Chamber of Fund and Asset Management. A graduate of the Wrocław Technical University, School of Computer Science and Management, he also completed Postgraduate Management Studies at the Gdańsk Foundation for Management Development and the University of Gdańsk, with Executive MBA certified by the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. The President of the Republic of Poland decorated him with the Officer’s Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland and he was awarded the Social Solidarity Medal for promoting the idea of ​​corporate social responsibility. His is the Deputy Chairman of the Programme Council of the PKO Bank Polski Foundation, an entity formed at his initiative in the year 2010. Chosen the CEO of the Year 2011 by Parkiet daily; the recipient of the Wektor 2011 granted by the Polish Employers’ Chapter and of the Golden Banker in the Personality of the Year 2011 category; he was also lauded the Manager of the Year 2011 in a competition ran by Gazeta Bankowa. In the year 2012, Bloomberg Businessweek Polska singled him out as one of the Top 20 Managers in Crisis. In 2013 Zbigniew Jagiello was honoured by Bank monthly with the title of “The Innovator of Banking Sector 2012”, and received the title of “Visionary and Man of the Year” from Brief monthly and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily in appreciation of his contribution to financial sector development, his consistency in strengthening Bank`s position of market leadership and determination in changing its image.

Since January 2014 Paweł has been the Director of the Services and Consulting Department and a member of Leadership in the Polish branch of Microsoft. Paweł joined Microsoft almost 5 years ago as FSI Lead in EPG segment. Together with the team he was responsible for serving the largest Polish banks and insurance companies. As a result of his consistent delivery and ability to build sustainable business Paweł was awarded a Platinum Club FY13. Additionally, he proved his seniority and leadership in couple of initiatives e.g. Microsoft Executive Circle or board membership in Banking Technology Forum of the Polish Banking Association. Before joining Microsoft, Paweł spent 15 years on FSI market on business side in Kredyt Bank, Gerling, Zurich Financial Services as Sales & Marketing Director including executive VP/Board Member role in Zurich/Inter. He was responsible for 5 years for sales and marketing in Software AG, leading web Methods division and BPM team and delivered the significant business growth in Poland. During the merger with WebMethods he was responsible for the area of business processes and middle ware.