Speakers

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).

Wojciech Drzewiecki, President of the Samar Automotive Market Research Institute.
He graduated from the Faculty of Automotive and Construction Machinery Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology. In the 1990s, while working for Nissan Poland and later Ford Poland, he developed his analytical skills, gradually expanding the scope of information he collected. Today, Samar’s studies are used by manufacturers and dealers, but also by government representatives, banks, leasing companies and many others. His sound knowledge of the automotive industry has enabled him to establish cooperation with the world’s leading market analytics companies. W. Drzewiecki is the author of numerous articles and studies.
He values moments of peace by the Masurian lakes and is passionate about photography.

Jakub Faryś – as from 2002 the president of PZPM, organization, that since then has become the largest Polish automotive industry employers’ organization for manufacturers of motor vehicles, motorcycles, mopeds and motorized four-wheelers, as well as manufacturers of vehicle bodies, trailers, semi-trailers, parts or components of motor vehicles for original assembly in Poland. He supports activities for the development and promotion of Polish automotive sector. As the head of PZPM involved in the work of the governmental and the parliamentary committees; provides the most relevant opinions on draft legal acts concerning the automotive industry. Representing the interests of member companies in the organs the European Union – incl. the European Parliament and the European Commission he regularly participates in meetings of European industry organizations: ACEA (European Association of Vehicle Manufacturers), ACEM (European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers) and CLCCR – (European Association of Manufacturers of Semi-trailers and Trailers). The author of many publications in the economic and automotive press; commentator on the problems of the industry and its environment.

Mate Jendrolovics, CEO and Founder of Intuitech Zrt., leverages his BCG and digital banking background to lead Europe’s foremost Agentic AI technology provider.

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.

Manager with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. He has worked as a software engineer, systems architect, project manager, and services director at Comarch, overseeing global BSS platform implementation projects.
He also gained experience as an external consultant for the largest Polish telecommunications companies, such as Orange and Polkomtel.
While working at ABB, he developed and implemented a videoconferencing and communication strategy for all company branches.
He is a graduate of Mathematics and Computer Science at Nicolaus Copernicus University.
In 2018, he joined the Ailleron group, where he is responsible for operations and development of the LiveBank business unit.
LiveBank is successfully used in international banking groups such as Citibank, Standard Chartered, ING, Santander, and mBank, supporting the service and sales of banking products in countries including Singapore, Hong Kong, China, India, the Middle East, and Europe.
The platform continuously evolves with innovative modules related to multichannel remote communication, artificial intelligence, data analysis, and process automation.

Sławomir Łopalewski is a Member of the Board and a Managing Director of LUX MED Ubezpieczenia and a manager with many years of experience in complex insurance business building, mainly in bancassurance and multi-channel models. He is known for his excellent understanding of current needs, his determination to find solutions and his out-of-the-box approach to managing teams and projects. He was CEO of PKO Ubezpieczenia for more than a decade, previously CEO and Board Member in charge of sales and marketing of Nordea Życie, and a long-time member of the Audit Committee of PIU. He also worked for many years in consulting companies, mainly Deloitte Consulting. Sławomir is a graduate of IESE Business School/AMP and management courses at Harvard Business School and Kellogg School of Management, as well as the Warsaw School of Economics and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.

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.

A graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin and MBA studies at the Warsaw University of Technology. She also completed postgraduate studies in management and “IT in business” at the Warsaw School of Economics. For 20 years she was associated with the ING Group. She started her career at ING Barings, then she worked in the IT Division of ING Bank Śląski, following the path from a specialist to the Director of the IT Support Department. From 2006, as the President of the Management Board, she built ING Tech Poland, the technology center of the ING Group providing IT services, including cybersecurity and cloud solutions, to clients in over 20 countries. In 2017, she took up the position of Head of IT Poland at Nordea, taking part, among others, in building the Nordea Horizon Center – a modern IT monitoring and operations center. As Global Head of Technology Sourcing, she was also responsible at Nordea for the implementation of the strategy for the use of global IT service centers. Since January 2021, he has been the Vice President of the Management Board of BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. supervising the Area of ​​New Technologies and Cybersecurity.

Ms Magdalena Nowicka is actively involved in projects supporting the development of women in the world of new technologies. She is a mentor of the “Technology in a skirt” program.

Transformation leader with over 18 years of experience driving large-scale innovation, IT enablement, and digital product development across financial services, insurance, and healthcare sectors.

Proven ability to translate global strategic visions into pragmatic, executable solutions that deliver measurable impact. Experienced in fostering strong partnerships between global and local functions -aligning governance, technology, and business priorities to ensure seamless transformation and sustainable value creation.

Recognized for leading complex, cross-functional initiatives that integrate IT, operations, and customer experience domains. Skilled in shaping enterprise digital roadmaps, orchestrating multi-stakeholder programs, and embedding agile, Lean Six Sigma, andPRINCE2 practices into organizational culture. Adept at building high-performing teams and steering them through transformation with clarity, engagement, and accountability.. Jagiellonian University graduate.

Vice President of the Bank’s Management Board, supervising the Technology and Operation Banking Division

For nearly 30 years, he has been professionally associated with Accenture, where he has held the role of Managing Director since 2005. From 2005 to 2013, he led the IT technology practice at Accenture in Poland. Between 2013 and 2015, he built the banking digital transformation practice in Poland, and since 2016, he became the leader of the global practice specializing in digital banking startups.

From 2017 to 2019, he led the program that resulted in the creation of a new digital bank in France, overseeing until 2023 the banks evolution, maintenance and operational continuity. At the same time, he worked closely with leading banks in Poland, delivering projects in retail, corporate, and investment banking.

He has led large, multi-year transformational programs for clients in Poland and around the world, transforming local, regional, and global organizations using both established and new technologies. He possesses extensive international experience, having worked on major projects for financial institutions in the USA, Canada, the UK, France, Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Singapore.

He graduated with honors from the Faculty of Electronics at the Warsaw University of Technology and completed postgraduate studies in IT at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He has completed numerous international trainings and programs related to the management of complex programs, technology solution development, cybersecurity, cloud, blockchain, Gen AI, risk management.

Marcin Zygmanowski meets suitability requirements determined in art. 22aa of the Banking Law Act.