Speakers

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.

Doctor of legal sciences, legal counsel, graduate of law at the University of Warsaw and Doctoral Studies at the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences
He is associated with the banking sector since 2003. From 2010 to 2020 he served as Director of the Legal and Legislative Team of the Polish Bank Association. Vice President of the Polish Bank Association since 2020. Chairman of the Steering Committee of the National Working Group on Reference Indicator Reform. Chairman of the Committee on Cyber Security of Banks. He has held numerous positions representing the banking sector at the national and European level, also within the European Banking Federation. He has participated in legislative work on numerous pieces of legislation in financial market regulations. Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration at the Financial Supervisory Council.

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.

Michal Gomowski graduated from Gdansk Technical University in 1994. In 1994-95 he continued studying as a scholarship holder from the French Government at the Management Department of the French Institute of Oil in Paris. He also studied in Oxford and Vilnius.
Having returned to Poland he started working as a Technical & Sales Consultant in Shell, where he became first a Sales Director and later the Managing Director of a distributive company belonging to the group.
In 1999 he took up the position of Managing Director of Europe Assistance, a company belonging to the Generali Group. During that period EA signed strategically important agreements with the banking and automotive sector.
At the beginning of 2002 he took up the post of CEO of Arval company belonging to BNP Paribas Bank.
Within three years Arval became a leader in the operational leasing and car fleet management industry in Poland.
In 2004 he returned to the Generali Group, first as a Board Member, then as the Executive Vice-President of Generali Companies in Poland. Within the group of top 10 insurance companies in Poland, Generali has enjoyed record growth for the last three years.
In 2010 he joined Aviva Group as a Vice President where he has been managing one of the largest network of exclusive agents in Poland and been building a sales network in a Multiagencies channel. He received plenty of various awards including the “Rzeczpospolita” for the best Life Insurance Company in 2011.
At the beginning of 2013 he was appointed as a Vice-President of Compensa Non-Life, where he is responsible for the technical division – oversees the tariff controlling and underwriting in motor, individual customer, corporate and SME departments.
43 years old, engineer, economist, married, 2 children.
Interests: traveling, skiing, sailing, swimming, tennis.
Speaks Polish, English, French and German, learns Italian
Other held functions: Funder and first President of Polish Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association,
Member of the Supervisory Board of French Chamber of Industry and Commerce of many years.

Paweł Jaworski – Director of the Department for Climate Change Adaptation and Urban Policy at the Polish Ministry of Climate and Environment. He is responsible for the oversight of national adaptation policy, the climate and environmental aspects of urban policy, and the development of green technologies. An urban planner with extensive experience in spatial planning and public space design, he has received awards in competitions organized by the European Commission and the Polish Society of Urban Planners.

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.

Since 1 January 2022, as a Member of the Management Board for HR at Nationale-Nederlanden, he has been leading the People & Culture team and supporting the organization in building an agile work culture, employee experience, as well as implementing the company’s strategy.
An expert in the field of HR with over 25 years of experience, which she has consistently built in international companies operating in various industries.
Before joining Nationale-Nederlanden, she worked for the Central and Eastern Europe region at Google Poland as a leader responsible for the human area.
In addition to her experience in the financial industry, she also held managerial positions for example in the Whirlpool Group and Bombardier Transportation, where she was the director of human resources for Poland and Russia. She was also responsible for HR at Lurgi and Foster Wheeler.
A graduate of the Upper Silesian School of Economics and Stanford University.

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.

PhD in Economics at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), alumnus of INSEAD and University of Illinois (EMBA), B.Sc. in Computer Engineering. Currently Chief Risk Officer of mBank S.A. and an Assistant Professor at the SGH Institute of Banking, Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of the Commercial Banks Protection System S.A., mTFI S.A. and mBank Hipoteczny S.A. He has over 25 years of international banking experience, gained at Bank Handlowy S.A., UniCredit Group and Bank Pekao S.A., where he was, among others, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Risk Officer. In 2014, he was awarded the title of Future Leader in Global Finance by the Institute of International Finance in Washington, DC.

Doctor of law, legal advisor, legislator with over ten years of professional experience. A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw
and the Legislative Application of the Government Legislation Center.

He has been associated with public administration for many years. Since 2018, Director of the Legal Department of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, where he supervised proceedings and court cases conducted by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection and coordinated the legislative activities
of the Office. He co-created, among others: amendments to the Act on Competition and Consumer Protection, the Act on Counteracting Unfair Use of Contractual Advantage in Trading in Agricultural and Food Products and the Act on Counteracting Excessive Delays in Commercial Transactions. He was awarded the Honorary Badge of the Prime Minister for his services to legislation.

He actively represented the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
at the international level. He participated in a number of conferences,
projects and official meetings with competition and consumer protection authorities, including: from Spain, Portugal, France, Czech Republic, Hungary, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Azerbaijan.

Academic lecturer honored by the Rector of the University of Warsaw. Active researcher in the field of competition and consumer protection legislation
and law, cooperating with several universities.

His nearly 20-year-long career was developed in the largest financial institutions in Poland: Bank Pekao, Pekao Central Brokerage House, Inteligo Financial services and PKO Bank Polski, where he was a Member of the Management Board in charge of technology, cybersecurity and employee training and development from 2017 to 2021. He successfully reorganised the functioning of structures of many undertakings, focusing on process efficiency, cost optimisation and dynamic business development. He co-created solutions such as BLIK, IKO, Bank Cybersecurity Centre, digital identity in administration, a nationwide system of e-Registration for COVID-19 vaccinations and the concept of National Cloud. In the last year, he acted as the Vice-President of the Management Board for Technology and Digitisation of the CCC Group, where he was responsible for digital transformation and actively supported the development of digital business and actions aimed at improving the Group’s efficiency.
He was the chairperson of the presidium of the Electronic Banking Council at the Polish Bank Association, the IT Architecture Council at the Committee of the Council of Ministers for Digitisation, the chairperson of the IT Expert Group operating at the Ministry of Finance and a member of the IT Consultants Team at the Ministry of Health. He chaired and participated in supervisory boards of companies such as PKO Bank Hipoteczny, the National Cloud Operator, PKO BP Finat, Modivo and Pronos.
In 2003, he graduated from the Military University of Technology in Warsaw and obtained a Master’s degree in Computer Science. From 2006 to 2007, he studied IT project management at the Warsaw University of Technology. He also completed a post-graduate Executive Master of Business Administration course at the Management University in Warsaw.
He has won numerous industry awards and distinctions and was awarded the title of an Electronic Economy Ambassador at the 10th Electronic Economy Congress. In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in construction and development of the banking sector, the Polish Bank Association awarded him the Nicolaus Copernicus Medal. He also received the title of the ‘Banking market innovator of 2015’ in the ranking of ‘50 largest banks in Poland’, as well as the Prof. Remigiusz Kaszubski Award for creating innovations and a secure company in the cloud and commitment to the digitisation of society.

Vice President of the Management Board of PKO Bank Polski S.A. and CRO since January 2013, after obtaining the approval of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority.

A graduate of the University of Economics in Wrocław (major in Organization and Management).

He has over thirty years of experience in banking – mainly in the areas of risk, restructuring and loans, and in international financial groups operating in Europe, USA and South America. Member of supervisory boards, boards of creditors, member and chairman of key risk management committees. He participated in creating the strategy of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A., was directly responsible for risk management, optimization of debt collection and restructuring processes, and cooperated with regulators in Poland and abroad.

He started his professional career in 1991 at Bank BPH S.A. in the area of loans. In 1992 he joined Bank Zachodni S.A., and then, after the merger with Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy S.A., with BZ WBK S.A., where from 1992 until 2000 he worked in the Department of Capital Investments, and in 2000-2005 he was the director of the Credit Quality Control Department. In 2005-2008 he was the director of the Business Intelligence and Risk Management Area, and in 2008-2010 he was the deputy chief risk officer. From January 2011, he was the chief credit officer, and from March 2012, also the deputy chief risk officer. Moreover, he was chairman of the BZ WBK Credit Committee, deputy chairman of the Credit Risk Forum and deputy chairman of the Risk Models Forum.

He was a member of the Supervisory Boards of companies in PKO Bank Polski S.A. Group: PKO Bank Hipoteczny S.A., PKO Leasing S.A., PKO Faktoring S.A.

He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Biuro Informacji Kredytowej S.A. and System Ochrony Banków Komercyjnych S.A.

Mr. Ary Naïm, a French national, began his career in the commercial
banking sector in France and later in Morocco before joining the
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank
Group, in 2003. As a Financial Sector Specialist based in Washington, DC,
Mr. Naïm has led advisory transactions with leading banking institutions
across the globe and IFC strategy with leasing and non-bank financial
institutions. In 2010, he transitioned to regional responsibilities, serving as
IFC Country Head for Haiti and the Dominican Republic, IFC Country
Manager for Mexico, and IFC Regional Manager for Central and Southeast
Europe, based in Belgrade and more recently in Warsaw.

In his current role, Mr. Naïm leads the design and implementation of the World Bank Group
Country Partnership Framework (CPF) 2025–2030 for Poland, in collaboration with the Polish
government, institutions, private sector, and civil society. The CPF aims to support Poland in its
efforts to renew its growth model for the next decades, with a focus on accelerated
decarbonization, enhanced innovation and investment, and strengthened resilience.
Mr. Naïm holds an engineering degree and a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence. He is
particularly interested in the intersection of sustainability, technology, and finance, as well as the
role of public-private partnerships in sustainable development.

A graduate of Cultural Studies at the University of Wroclaw, Communication at the Willy Brandt Center and the Leadership Psychology Academy at the Warsaw University of Technology. Over the past 20 years, he has completed hundreds of projects in the Key Client area. At the moment, he serves as the Director of the Strategic Client Department at KRD BIG S.A. and as a Plenipotentiary of the Management Board at Kaczmarski Group. He is in charge of sales development and projects from the group’s extensive product portfolio. For more than 15 years, he has been involved in the Strategic Clients sector at KRD and Kaczmarski Group. Previously, he managed the Key Client area at Lifeboat Ltd and Workaffair Ltd, introducing their brands to the Polish market.

Graduate of the Poznań University of Economics, Faculty of Economics. In 2008 Adam completed Executive MBA program at the Warsaw School of Economics. He gathered comprehensive banking knowledge and experience working in three institution. Adam started his career in WBK S.A. and then he was working for several years in Raiffeisen Bank in Back Office, Corporate Banking and Financial Markets. He moved to Warsaw in 2004 running two major projects in dealing room, being also responsible for one pillar of the strategy. As a member of The Operating Committee during financial crisis he was responsible for liquidity of the Bank. Awarded to TOP Performer and Leader of the Year. In 2012 Adam joined BRE Bank/ mBank where his first task was to restructure financial markets area. As a result employees motivation increased and the income grew significantly. Than he was promoted to the position of Managing Director. Additionally to his previous responsibilities, he integrated cooperation with financial institutions and later with Trading area. Tangible outcome of those activities was improvement of motivation and engagement of employees and dynamic growth of business. The governed area is well perceived by customers. From 26 October 2017 Vice-President of the Management Board of mBank S.A., Head of Corporate and Investment Banking.

Graduate of INSEAD in Fontainebleau (EMBA), National School of Public Administration in Warsaw and Academy of Music in Katowice. Manager with 25 years of experience, with majority of this time in telecommunications sector. Entrepreneur and investor. Active mentor in programmes for your entrepreneurs (Mentors4Starters and Lean in STEM)
CEO and and investor in Grupa Modne Zakupy sp. z o.o. (Intymna.pl, primodo.com, blackbunny.pl), Chairman of the Supervisory Board in RentPlanet sp. z o.o.
In 2015-2020 sha was CEO and President of the Management Board of Virgin Mobile Polska/Virgin Mobile CEE in During her career she held executive positons such as: Executive Director of Strategy, Development and Wholesale in Telekomunikacja Polska (TP SA/Orange), President and CEO in PTK Centertel (Orange), Chief Sales and Logistics Officer in PKN Orlen and President and CEO in PGNiG. She also runs her own investment and consultancy company and was previously a member of the Supervisory Board of i.e. PZU, KDPW, ABC Data, Orlen Deutschland and PGNiG International and member of Board of Directors in AR Packaging Group AB (CVC Capital Partners owned) and Talkin’ Things sp. z o.o..

Andrzej Przewięźlikowski graduated from the AGH University of Science and Technology in the field of IT the Polish Open University, where he obtained the MBA title. He has been working at Comarch since 1998, among others as a programmer, Solution Manager and Product Manager in the telecommunications sector. In 2005-2006 he was the director of the research and development center and CTO. In 2007, he took the position of Consulting Director in the Loyalty & Airlines team in the service sector, where he managed an international group of consultants in Central Europe, DACH and the USA. In 2009, he became the director of the Loyalty & Marketing Solutions business unit, where he was responsible for the overall business in this area. On 24th of June, 2015, he was appointed by the General Shareholders’ Meeting of Comarch S.A. for the position of the Vice-President of the Management Board of Comarch S.A. Andrzej Przewięźlikowski is also a member of the management boards and supervisory boards of companies from the Comarch Group.

Since 2012 leads UNILINK – the largest insurance multiagency in Poland, with annual premium written of PLN 350 million. The company focuses on P&C insurance and has been developing its life and health insurance business for 2 years. Unilink partners with 6 000 insurance Agents in whole Poland.
During 2010-2012 Igor Rusinowski had a role of Management Board Member at Link4, with responsibility for development of traditional sales channels.
Before that he worked for the British insurance group RSA, where starting from 2008 r. had a role in Regional Management Board with responsibility for strategy and business development in Central and Eastern Europe. RSA was the owner of Link4 at that time.
Earlier Igor worked in leading consulting companies: PricewaterhouseCoopers and McKinsey & Company, advising banking and insurance clients in Poland, United States and Europe.
Igor graduated from Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) and holds MBA from Kellogg School of Management in Chicago. He is also a member of international association of chartered accountants – ACCA.

Slawek Soszynski is a seasoned CIO and CTO with 20+ years of experience in Technology and Cybersecurity at top financial institutions including ING, J.P. Morgan and Citi. He has proven track record of leading successful multi-million dollar P&L, international talents development and operating at Management Board level within Financial, Banking and Insurance sectors. Acting as agent of change by identifying strategic need, delivering solutions, leading transformation and gaining support from stakeholders at all levels. Slawek is a trusted and strategic advisor to startups with 150+ M&A and patents development experience.

Leszek Stypułkowski – MA in Management from the Warsaw School of Economics, scholarship at Mannheim Universitat. Held top management positions in Polish multinationals, co-created strategies and supervised subsidiaries in Europe, the Middle East, China and India for 20 years. CEO of a public company listed on the WSE.

Maciej Swiderek is an experienced sales manager in the field of technology solutions for finance, payments, and data analytics. He has worked at Refinitiv/LSEG and Snowflake, where he was responsible for selling transaction and analytics platforms, market data, and cloud-based data ecosystems. Currently, at Adyen, he focuses on payment & risk management tools and embedded finance solutions, working with clients in Poland and the CEE region.

Szymon Wałach joined InPost in 2022 as Vice President of the Management Board, overseeing Digital and Strategy. With over 25 years of experience in banking and financial services, he is a leader in digital transformation, mobile services, and innovation. At InPost, he is responsible for shaping the company’s digital strategy and building its ecosystem, including flagship platforms such as InPost PAY and InPost Fresh.

Previously, as Head of Strategy and Retail Client Divisions at PKO Bank Polski, Szymon orchestrated the bank’s digital transformation, including its omnichannel and mobile strategy. Earlier in his career, he held roles at UniCredit/Pekao, Boston Consulting Group, and Salomon Smith Barney.

Szymon has served on the supervisory boards of eService/EVO Payments, BLIK/PSP, PKO Ubezpieczenia, and Bank Pocztowy, and he currently sits on the board of Ailleron S.A. Recognized as a thought leader, he is a regular speaker at industry events and an advocate for inclusive workplaces and talent development, with his contributions honored by awards such as Digital Shaper (2019, 2025), Mobile Trends Awards, and EFMA Innovation.

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.

Client-Centric Digital Transformation Leader
Jakub Weber is a digital transformation and innovation leader with experience across finance, telecom, and consulting in Poland, the UK, and the US. He is currently Head of Financial Services Business Line at Enxoo, a leading Salesforce global partner, where he helps clients enhance customer experience and scale efficiently. Previously, as Client Experience Strategy Director at Bank of New York, he led initiatives that increased employee engagement by 130%, generated millions in revenue, and influenced billions in Assets Under Management. A specialist in financial services transformation, customer experience, and the practical application of AI in business. Jakub is shaping the future of banking, insurance, wealth, and asset management.

CEO of TP Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, and the Baltic States
A graduate of Adam Mickiewicz University and the University of Economics in Poznań, with over 25 years of experience in management and business practice. An expert in the Contact Center industry, with more than 14 years of experience gained in renowned international companies such as TNT, Arvato, and Genpact.
Throughout her career, she has been responsible for the development and implementation of strategies, optimization of business processes, team management, and building and maintaining relationships with key clients.
Since 2019, she has been associated with Majorel Poland, where, as VP Country Head, she successfully led the team to achieve impressive results, laying the foundations for the company’s operations in the Central and Eastern European region. Following the acquisition of Majorel by Teleperformance in November 2023, she assumed the role of CEO of TP in Poland, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, and the Baltic States. In this position, she is responsible for making key strategic decisions and optimizing processes in the integrated companies.

Graduate of the University of Szczecin with a master’s degree in economics and completed postgraduate studies in business administration. For over 18 years, she has been working in the Contact Center industry, gaining experience at Arvato and Majorel. After TP’s acquisition of Majorel in November 2023, she took over as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for operations and providing the highest quality services to over 40 Clients in Poland.

Director at Whiteshield, coordinator of the Rhine-Alpes Corridor in the EU, and professor at Wszechnica Polska University in Warsaw. In the years 2006-2020, he was the Minister of Finance, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Advisor to the Prime Minister, President of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency, Ambassador to the OECD and Chief Economist at the Polish Social Insurance Institution. In 1999-2005, he was CEO of PTE Allianz Polska S.A. Earlier – president of other financial sector companies and director of the Polish Development Bank S.A. He led UNDP and USAID projects.

He was a guest lecturer at Harvard University, John Carroll University and Kozminski University. He graduated in economics from John Carroll University. Graduate of doctoral studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He received a Ph.D. degree from the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Professor Małgorzata Zaleska is a member of the Management Board of the National Bank of Poland, a member of the Economic and Financial Committee for the Council of the European Union, Vice-President of the Committee on Financial Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Since 2013, Małgorzata Zaleska has been with the Institute of Banking and Business Insurance of the Warsaw School of Economics, acting as Head of the Department of Banking and the Security of the Financial System. She has authored of over 330 academic and popular science publications.
In 1998-2003 Professor Zaleska was an advisor to the President of the Bank Guarantee Fund; in 2000-2002 she served on the Supervisory Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange; in 2007 – she was a member of the Commission for Banking Supervision. In 2007-2009, Małgorzata Zaleska held the position of the President of the Management Board of the Bank Guarantee Fund. In 2008-2009 she was also a member of the Management Board of International Association of Deposit Insurers and Chairperson of the Research Group of the European Forum of Deposit Insurers. In 2012, Małgorzata Zaleska was elected to the Central Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles within the scope of economics (finances).

CEO and co-founder of e-point SA. Involved in the development of the Polish Internet and IT market for over 20 years. Experienced in digital transformation projects for the financial industry (e.g. ING Group, Santander Bank, PZU), e-commerce (e.g. Amway Europe, Inter Cars) and the public sector. Involved in the development of a number of technology products for e-point SA and its group companies.