Speakers

She is a graduate of the Jagiellonian University specializing in Economic Sociology and Market Research as well as Columbia University in the field of company strategy. She also completed the Executive MBA at the Leon Koźmiński Academy. Previously related to the private financial sector, she then worked for ING group companies. She also cooperated with the team of the Public Policy Evaluation and Analysis Center at the Jagiellonian University. Later she worked for HDI (currently Warta S.A.), and Sony Europe. At Philips S.A. she managed the Marketing and Business Intelligence team in 17 countries of the region. From 2016 in the Management Board of PZU Życie SA, first as a member of the Management Board, and from March 2020 as the acting President of the Board.

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.

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).

New technologies passionate. From 2003 to 2010 cooperated with Ergo Hestia Group where he was responsible for the Internet area. Innovated and implemented the first in Poland virtual AI assistant Hubert, who communicated with the voice of text-to-speech technology Ivona (nowadays Ivona is known as Amazon’s Alexa). In 2008 co-created and implemented the first in Poland Insurance eAccount for customers. In 2012 developed the prototype of innovative sales path, which later originated in creating modern sales platform by the leading insurance company in Poland. In 2013, together with Paweł Gabriel, established Polskie Polisy limited company. Since 2016 they have been perfecting iBooster: insurance accelerator. iBooster has gained recognition and is used on everyday basis by Polish biggest and leading multiagencies.
Married, father of four extraordinary sons.

Przemysław Gdański graduated at the University of Gdańsk (MSc. In Economics) and completed a one-year program in international banking and finance at Loughborough University in the UK. In 2012 completed AMP at IESE. He has over 25 years of experience in corporate and investment banking. From 1993 to 1995 he worked for IBP Bank SA, then for ABN AMRO Bank in Poland, Romania and in the headquarters in Amsterdam. From 2002 to 2006 he was Managing Director of Large Corporates Division in BPH Bank. From May to November 2006 – CEO and General Director of Calyon Bank Polska and Calyon SA Branch in Poland. In November 2006 he took the position of Deputy CEO in BPH Bank, responsible for corporate banking and real estate financing. After the merger of part of BPH Bank and Pekao SA – Deputy CEO of Pekao SA, responsible for Corporate Banking, Markets and Investment Banking in Division. Member of the Management Board of mBank (formerly BRE Bank) since November, 2008. Currently Vice President of the Management Board, responsible for Corporate and Investment Banking.

As Head of Technology for Veritas’ International business, Peter is responsible for leading the pre-sales technical engagement with Veritas’ customers and partners outside of the Americas.
He heads a team of over 180 technical specialists who work throughout the solution lifecycle: driving awareness of Veritas’ capabilities, understanding customers’ requirements, scoping solutions based on Veritas’ products and services, and supporting Veritas’ customers and partners in fully realising the value from their Veritas investment. Peter is also responsible for the technical interlock between the International field organisation and Veritas’ Product Management and Engineering teams.
Prior to his current role, Peter ran the EMEA Technology Sales and Services team at Symantec and, before that, worked for over 15 years in IT professional services. Peter has led major information resiliency and IT infrastructure projects with numerous high-profile clients in financial services, telecommunications and industrials.
Peter has a wide knowledge of IT cloud, resiliency and infrastructure solutions, as well as experience in ITIL-based IT Service Management and in leading large IT change projects.
Peter holds a BSc in Information Technology from Brunel University, England. He lives in South West London with his wife and two children. His hobbies include running, cycling, hill walking and skiing.

Strategic and business transformation advisor with vast insurance industry experience. Due to my work as consultant and as insurer’s employee co-responsible for the digital transformation I am aware how both sides (advisor and insurer) may collectively contribute to improve policyholders experience. I was leading business transformation projects, supported set-up of new entities, which included implementation of new ways of insurance distribution. I always try to be up-to-date with the current IT, sales, finance and operations aspects of life and non-life insurers, what is a challenge nowadays. I strongly support the statement that the customer and intermediary data, their appropriate usage and management are crucial not only to gain insurance market share but to survive in the long term.

Since 2016, CEO of D.A.S. Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Ochrony Prawnej S.A.
From 2012 to 2016, he held the position of CEO of Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Euler Hermes S.A. and CEO of Euler Hermes Services Sp. z o.o. Previously, he worked as Managing Director with Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń i Reasekuracji Warta S.A., one of the largest insurance companies in Poland. He is highly qualified in management, planning and business strategy development. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw with an MA degree in law. In 2002, he completed postgraduate Management Studies at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH).

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.

Dariusz Jańczuk is the Head of Customer Intelligence Practice in SAS. Responsible for customers in Central and South East Europe. The Master of Science obtained in Computer Science allows him to play a role of a bridge between typically separated worlds of business stakeholders and IT architects. For more than ten years he’s been responsible for promoting and developing Customer Intelligence solutions. An active promoter of the latest trends in marketing communications including rapidly evolving digital space or AI-driven hyper-personalization.

Mr. Witold Jaworski graduated from the Poznan University of Economics with the PhD title in the economics area. He has a wide professional experience in the insurance sector. His career began in 1995 from working for an American company Tillinghast Towers Perrin in Frankfurt. The following five years he spent covering analytical positions in the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. From 1996 to 2010 he was a part of a scientific team and being in charge of teaching and research assignments in insurance finance and strategy at Poznan University of Economics. Mr. Witold Jaworski from May 2004 till December 2012 was linked to the PZU Group and he filled the following positions:

• Supervisory Board Member in PZU Lietuva and PZU Lietuva Life
• Head of Motor Insurance Product Management, Head of P&C Product Department, Managing Director P&C, Products and Sales in PZU S.A., Product Management Department / Sales Department
• Supervisory Board Member in PZU Pension Fund (Vice Chairman), PZU TFI (Chairman)
• Board Member in PZU Non-Life and PZU Life

After two years at the position of CEO in Polish branch of Allianz, once more he joined the Management Board of PZU Group. He is responsible for Marketing Department: Bureau of Product Management, Marketing Office, Analysis and Actuarial Office, the area of analytical CRM, Director of the Individual Client Segment, Director of Customer Segment SME).

After graduating from the Warsaw School of Economics (1976 – M.A. Degree in Economics, Faculty of International Trade, 1983 – Ph.D. Degree: Financial management of the international subsidiary of the transnational enterprise), Kalicki was a research scientist and academic teacher at the International Finance Department of the Warsaw School of Economics. 1989-1990 – assistant professor at the National Bank of Poland, Banking and Money Research Department. 1990-1992 – adviser to Minister of Finance, then head of the International Department at the Ministry of Finance. In 1994, Kalicki became the first Deputy Minister of Finance. In 1996, he started working for Bank Pekao S.A., where he held the position of the first Vice-President of the Management Board. Furthermore, Kalicki was the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Depozytowo-Kredytowy S.A. in Lublin, Member of the Supervisory Board of Bank Handlowy in Warsaw, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A. and Member of the Supervisory Board of Mitteleuropäische Handelsbank in Frankfurt. In 1998, he held the position of Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank Polska, then in 2003 he was designated for the position of President of Management Board. After merger of Deutsche Bank Polska with Deutsche Bank PBC, he was appointed for the position of President of the Management Board.

Attorney-at-law, graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw.
His entire professional career is related to the insurance market. After completing judge`s legal training at the Provincial Court of Warsaw and legal adviser’s training, he worked for three years in the National Insurance Supervision Office. In 1999, as an attorney-at-law he joined Allianz Poland. Following this, he successively took up positions of: legal advisors team coordinator, manager and head of legal department. In 2015 he was appointed Vice-president of the Management Board and Chief Operating Officer at Allianz Poland.
His professional interests focus on civil liability insurance. In addition he is Chairman of the Civil Liability Insurance Subcommittee at Polish Chamber of Insurance, representing Poland in the Civil Responsibility Committee of Insurance Europe.

Acting President of PZU Zdrowie SA
From May 2021 Member of PZU Zdrowie Management Board responsible i.a. for Finance. From January 2022 as acting President of PZU Zdrowie Management. With PZU Group more than 10 years, working i.a. on management reporting and planning. She is keen on data warehouse and data analytics. She worked also in consulting in financial services in Poland and Luxembourg.
She graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics, MBA in Warsaw University of Technology and Leadership Academy in Poland. She is ACCA member and statutory auditor.

In the 1980s, an underground publisher and conspirator, decorated by the President with the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Author of numerous articles on Poland published both in the underground press and in the West. Receipient of the Po Prostu Award awarded by the Polish Journalists Association SDP for his work at Metrum magazine. In 1989-1996 in the USA, where he was editor-in-chief of the Polish community’s daily newspaper Dziennik Chicagowski, Kurier, and then worked at a marketing agency. After his return to Poland, sales director at Radio RMF FM, later he founded the coaching company Midwest ITSE in 1997, and the agency MMT Management in 2000. For several years, he personally conducted hundreds of sales, sales management, and communication training sessions. In the years 2005-2014, Member of the Management Board of the Adam Smith Centre. From 2010, President of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers and from 2019, member of the Supervisory Board of the Warsaw Enterprise Institute. From 2018, the Vice-Chairman of the Social Dialogue Council.

Dr Krzysztof Korus is an attorney with a doctorate in law, and an economist. He is an expert on payment services, new technologies law, and banking law. Every year since 2015, he has been listed as a recommended lawyer in Chambers Europe in the Banking & Finance category (“strong experience in banking regulatory matters”, “deep knowledge and long experience”). He is a pioneer in advising on regulatory issues for the fintech sector in Poland. Among the issues he has advised on are implementation of PSD2 and opening banking, and he has advised on several dozen cases before financial market regulators in Poland and in Europe, on M&A deals on the fintech market, and on court litigation and arbitration cases between financial institutions. He has worked in the most important industry working groups for the fintech sector, such as the EC’s API Evaluation Group, the Polish API team, the fintech innovation development working group for the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, the Ministry for Digital Affairs “Blockchain and cryptocurrency” stream in the scheme “From a Paper to a Digital Poland”, and the Financial Market Development Council working group for implementation of the PSD. He co-authored the “Study Impact of the PSD” and “Principles, Definitions and Model Rules of European Private Law” for the European Commission, and sat on the programming council for the monthly “Banking Law Monitor”. He is a member of the European Payments Consulting Association, and has worked with the Polish-German Banking Law Centre and London Economics. He has written several dozen publications, legal analyses, and commentaries and spoken at numerous industry events in Poland, Europe, the US, and Asia. He is involved in legislative work at the Polish and EU level.

Professionally involved in the payment sector for 20 years. He has been with Visa since March 2011, where initially, for 3 years, he was responsible for a consulting practice for Central Eastern Europe and carried out many projects related to implementation of new product strategies and optimizing card portfolio management in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Since October 2014, he has been a Country Manager for Poland.

His career began in 2001 with KPMG consultancy, where for five years he managed an array of projects for financial institutions in the scope of internal processes optimization and profitability improvement. In 2006 he took over as credit card portfolio manager at Polbank EFG, with responsibilities covering partnership programmes and increase in credit card portfolio profitability.

He is connected with the insurance industry since 1993, in which he started working at TUiR WARTA S.A. as a Claims Handler. In the following years he was the Manager of the Motor Claims Handling Team at Generali TU S.A., where he participated in the building of claims handling structures.
In the years 2001–2004 he was the Director of the Claims Handling Office at STU ERGO HESTIA S.A. and Director at Ekspert Pomoc Ubezpieczeniowa Sp. z o.o., where he participated in the building of the first network of mobile, motor and property Technical Experts in Poland. In 2005 he took up the position of the Director of the Claims Handling Department, and since 2006 also the Management Board Proxy in the Generali Group. He was also a Member of the Management Board of Generali Finance Sp. z o.o.
He has been connected with the Vienna Insurance Group since 2011. He performed a function of the Management Board President at Spółdzielnia Usługowa VIG Ekspert w Warszawie, Director of the Claims Handling Department at Compensa TU S.A. and InterRisk TU S.A, where he was responsible for organizing comprehensive service in the area of claim handling for all companies from the VIG Polska Group, including service by Contact Center and mobile and stationary Experts. After implementing assistance structure within the VIG Group, he led the project to create a new company – Global Assistance Polska Sp. z o.o.
Currently, he is the President of the Management Board of Global Assistance Polska Sp. z o.o. and Member of the Management Board of Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Wzajem

Adam Malinowski graduated from Management faculty of University of Warsaw as well as MBA studies from University AUBG in Sofia. He also studied on Physics faculty and went through Top Talent Training Programme, the international program for Generali Group’s Managers.
He has got an extensive experience in sales management in financial sector, implementing restructuring programs, process digitalization, such as sales portals and development of own sales network. He was leading sales of non-life, life and health.
Currently he is MB Vice-president responsible for Sales and Marketing in Signal Iduna Poland. Earlier he was part of Management Board team in Generali Poland, dealing with multiagents, own network and call center. In a period of 2014-2016 he was acting as Business Development Department Director in PZU. Earlier he was involved with Generali Group fulfilling managerial functions in Poland and abroad. He started his career in banking sector. In a period 2018-2019 was appointed as president of distribution committee in Polish Insurance Chamber.

He has over thirty years of experience in banking and finance, mainly in the risk, restructuring and credit area, also in international financial groups operating in Europe, USA and South America.
A graduate of the University of Economics in Wrocław, specialization of Organization and Management. He has started his professional career at Bank BPH S.A. Next he joined Bank Zachodni S.A., and then (after the merger with Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy S.A.) BZ WBK S.A.,
Vice President of the Management Board of PKO Bank Polski S.A. since January 2013, responsible for credit risk management, optimization of debt collection and restructuring. Member of supervisory boards, boards of creditors, member and chairman of key risk management committees.

Graduate of the Gdańsk University of Technology, Certified Black Belt and Manager with 20 years of experience in the financial sector. Experienced in building the strategy, vision and product mission of an Individual Client as well as volume and revenue budget planning. Developer of a pricing policy that maximizes product profitability and customer loyalty. Experienced in building sales and after-sales processes based on UX and customer satisfaction, while ensuring compliance of products and processes with applicable regulations and safety rules. Effectively managing a diversified portfolio of strategic projects and the implementation of new technologies. Leader of the digital transformation of Alior Bank and the biometric branches of Bank BPH. Equipped in knowledge of Agile-SCRUM change management methods, as well as Waterfall methodologies. Business owner of key sales systems. Natural leader focused on achieving goals, building the commitment of colleagues and reporting persons. From 2021, Director of the CEE Projects and Implementations Division at Hitachi Europe.

Rafał is an alumni of the MBA studies at the Executive Academy of the University of Economics in Vienna and Minnesota University – Carlson School of Management, as well as the Leading Digital and Innovation Program at INSEAD (European campus). At the end of 2019, he took the position of CEO at Beesafe, the new digital brand of the Polish subsidiary of Vienna Insurance Group (VIG)—a leading Austrian company operating in Central and Eastern Europe. He joined VIG in 2002 to manage the Finance and Accounting departments. Since 2016, he has been responsible for change management, IT, and customer service for claims handling. Rafał is also responsible for Genesis, the digital transformation program that was implemented in 2017 as part of the VIG strategy “Agenda 2020.”

Marcin Nedwidek is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and holds an MBA from the London Business School. At UNIQA, in addition to his role as president, he is also responsible for the retail non-life insurance business. Marcin joined AXA in 2018. He served as a board member and director of the individual client area in the non-life part. Previously, he was associated with The Boston Consulting Group, where he was responsible for developing BCG’s insurance practice in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. He also worked for another international consulting firm and an investment bank in London.

Anton Niculescu is Managing Partner at Inulta, a company that provides end-to-end software solutions for the Office of Finance.
Combining a strong Finance and Accounting background with deep technical CPM (Corporate Performance Management) knowledge, Anton is a trusted industry expert and a frequent speaker at CFO conferences.
Prior to Inulta, Anton’s career path evolved from Ernst & Young, then Clarity Systems as SVP Professional Services, followed by Lab Director/EMEA Executive at IBM Cognos Group, and General Manager Tagetik North America.

Marcin Nowacki, Vice President of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP: www.zpp.net.pl), Board Member at Warsaw Enterprise Institute

In the years 2006–2007, director of the Investor Acquisition Department at the Łódź Special Economic Zone S.A. In the period 2008–2009 he was the director of the Entrepreneurship Department at the Marshal’s Office in Łódź (Regional Government). He participated in the management of over 40 investment projects with a total value exceeding EUR 1 billion. Marcin has been involved in the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP) since 2011. Today ZPP belongs to the group of three largest employers’ organizations in Poland.

As part of the ZPP, he coordinates departments responsible for law and legislation as well as relations. Marcin also oversees all foreign relations and partnerships, including the ZPP Representation in Brussels, participating in key regulatory processes for Polish entrepreneurs in the EU. Initiator and head of the European Enterprise Alliance, an organization of entrepreneurs registered in Brussels associating organizations of employers from the region of Central and Eastern Europe. Marcin Nowacki is also a chairman of e-commerce working group at the SME Connect, Brussels-based SME platform.

A graduate of international relations at the Faculty of International and Political Relations of the University of Lodz, scholarship holder at universities in England, France and China. In the years 2009-2012 he was the chairman of the Alumni Association of his Faculty at the University of Lodz. For many years active in the movement of think-tanks in Europe and the United States. A graduate of the Atlas think-tank MBA program. Marcin has been a member of the Social Dialogue Council since 2018 and has been a member of the European Economic and Social Committee since September 2020.

Graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Wrocław and Postgraduate Studies in Banking and Finance at Warsaw School of Economics. Since 1991 associated with the ZBP as Director of the Office and then Director General of the ZBP. Since April 2003 President of the chamber.
Member of the Bank Guarantee Fund, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Credit Information Bureau. Member of the National Centre for Research and Development. Member of the. President of “Promyk Słońca” Foundation. Vicepresident of “Teraz Polska” Chapter. Founder and co-founder of banking infrastructure enterprises and of Polish Institute of Directors.

Mr. Marek Piotrowicz is a senior manager with over twenty years of experience. He started his professional career while studying Management and Marketing at the University of Szczecin in the insurance sector (pensions, life, medical and legal protection insurance), mainly in the areas of business development. One of his professional experiences was also taken in the IT industry in Sopot-based Atena company, currently the international ERGO group. His great commitment, as well as his solid know-how of sales background had enabled him to expand his career with experience in purchasing. Starting from purchasing consultancy at Profitia, Batna Group to the Purchasing Director of the Graal Capital Group. From April 2022, he joined the Limitless Technologies team as Head of Operations.

Daniel Potočnik is an experienced consultant and manager with many years of experience in information technology, business process management, change management, and designing corporate strategies. He is a graduate of information science at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences of the University of Maribor.

Technology enthusiast with almost 20 years of experience in the IT industry. At GlobalLogic, he is responsible for business development on DACH markets for clients from the FinTech sector. He specializes in creating and implementing dedicated business models tailored to the individual needs of clients.

A graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw and The French and European Law Centre at the University of Warsaw and the University of Poitiers. Coordinator of many communication and PR projects with profound experience gained in the European Commission and public administration incl. the Ministry of Regional Development and the Ministry of Finance, where she acted as a spokeswoman.

Founder and President of the Polish Institue of Silver Economy – organization that brings together stakeholders of the silver economy, marketing and social affairs.
Marzena Rudnicka is the author of innovative solutions in the field of silver economy such as a certification system „OK SENIOR® Quality Mark”, Age Diversity and Incusion on the labour market.
She was a member of the two groups created in Brussels by the European Commisssion – DG CONNECT AND DG GROW as part of the „Neighbourhoods of the Future” programmee working on European Reference Framework for Age-friendly Housing.
Marzena Rudnicka is also a member of the Polish Civil Senior Parlament Foundation Council, a member Committee of Demographic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, a member of Polish Doyen’s and Successor’s Club Council.
www.kigs.org.pl

Business developer and project manager and with 17 years of experience in the IT industry. Graduated from Warsaw University, Social Science , MBA alumnus of Minnesota University and SGH postgraduate . Responsible for business development and project management at Poland and CEE countries. In tha past successfully managed IT projects with value exceeding 50M Euro. Sports instructor.

Leszek Skiba specializes in macroeconomics. He graduated from Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) majoring in international economic and political relations (2002). Then, until 2009 he was a research scientist at the School of Business – National Louis University. From 2009 to November 2015 Mr. Skiba was employed at the National Bank of Poland (NBP), initially in the Bureau for the Integration with the Euro Area, and from 2011 at the Economic Institute, where he was in charge of the analysis of the economic situation in the Euro zone, the functioning of Economic and Monetary Union and the preparation of macroeconomic projections for the Euro area that contributed to NECMOD model. Mr Skiba is the co-author of, among others, the last Euro area report of NBP Economic challenges of Polish integration with the Euro area. Since 2009 he has cooperated with the Sobieski Institute first as an expert, then a board member and since 2013 Chairman of the supervisory board of the Institute. He is the author and co-author of reports on the political economy concerning the decision-making center of government in modern European countries as well as on the structural reforms to support growth of the Polish economy. Leszek Skiba collects historical atlases from different European countries. He is married and has two children.

Aleksander is Head of Business Development for Tractable in Poland, where he leads the company’s work and supports leading insurers in automating their claims processes to be faster, more efficient and cost-effective. Aleksander’s work with PZU recently contributed to PZU and Tractable receiving the 2020 Innovations Award from Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa.

Country Manager of Dorsum Investment Software – provider of best-in-class tools for wealth / asset management, as well as solutions for investment backoffice (transaction processing & settlement). Over 15 years of experience in banking, financial markets and technology. Started as Corporate Dealer in Raiffeisen Bank, where he concluded currency transactions with corporate clients. Later at Nordea Bank as Senior Sales Manager responsible for the structuring and sale of hedging and investment. Later in Thomson Reuters/Refinitiv as Proposition Sales Manager CEE he was responsible for the sale of technological solutions for the financial sector (data & trading solutions). Passionate about technology in finance and technology in general, music, sport and good cuisine.

Manager and innovator with several years of experience in the insurance and financial industries. He created insurance premium financing market in Poland. Prior to founding Bacca Cezary worked as management consultant for the biggest financial institutions in Poland and in the CEE.

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.

Marek Wasilewski – Managing Director of the Claims Division at LINK4 – has many years of experience in the area of claims handling and benefits. In previous years, he was the director of the PZU Group Regional Claims Center in Warsaw. He was responsible for the liquidation of motor and property losses, as well as medical and life benefits as well as accident claims. A graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology and the University of Agriculture and Technology in Olsztyn.

Associated with UNIQA since the merger with AXA in 2020. He serves as managing director of the Distribution Division – Owned Networks. Previously with AXA since 2010, initially as Managing Director of the Employee Benefit Area and then, since mid-2016, as Director of the Distribution Division. From 1999 to 20210 he was associated with Allianz, mainly in positions related to the development of group insurance sales and the management of sales networks.

A graduate of the University of Silesia, Faculty of Social Sciences and the direction of Health Insurance at the University of Economics in Katowice. In the years 1999 – 2016 he worked in the financial and insurance industry, a. o. for Amplico AIG Life, ING, Pramerica, Signal Iduna, managing sales areas and specializing in the development of insurance products. Since starting work on the Employee Capital Plans project, he is a member of the inter-ministerial team that develops the assumptions of the Program. As a representative of the project team, he analyzed and consulted foreign solutions of employee savings plans.