Grzegorz W. Cimochowski

KPMG in Poland

Partner, Head of Business Advisory KPMG in Poland. Grzegorz has nearly 25 years of experience in professional services and financial services industry. He has worked for leading management consulting and professional services firms, managing teams responsible for strategic advisory and provision of advisory services to local and global financial institutions. He specializes in strategy and digital transformation. Head of Business Advisory Department at KPMG.

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Tomasz Kulik

PZU

PZU SA management board member since 14 October 2016 and PZU Życie SA management board member since 19 October 2016. He graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics. He also completed MBA studies at the University of Illinois and the Warsaw-Illinois Executive MBA program. Member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Through most of his professional career he was associated with the Aviva Group (former Commercial Union). Prior to his appointment to the management board, he served as director of the planning and controlling department in PZU SA. He prepared the PZU Group’s strategy for the years 2016-2020 and the PZU Group’s capital and dividend policy. He was also the TFI PZU SA management board member, overseeing finance, risk, operations, IT and the corporate area.

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Jerzy Kwieciński

Bank Pekao S.A.

Vice President of the Management Board supervising the Corporate Banking and MIB Division. Jerzy Kwieciński is a graduate of Faculty of Materials Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology and holds a degree of Doctor in the field of technical science. He also completed a postgraduate course for managers at the Warsaw School of Economics and an international Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme run by the University of Antwerp, the University of Staffordshire, the Free University of Brussels and the University of Warsaw. Jerzy Kwieciński also has experience in academic and research and development work, which he gained, among others at the Warsaw University of Technology and as a visiting professor at Brunel University of West London. Jerzy Kwieciński has more than 30 years of international experience in strategic planning, management of large organizations, programs and projects in the public, private, non-governmental and scientific research sectors, including energy sector. From 1993 to 2004, he worked for the European Commission Representation in Poland, where his duties included management of programmes and projects financed by the European Union. He also participated in the works preparing Poland for membership in the European Union. Between 2004 and 2005 he was the President of Europejskie Centrum Przedsiębiorczości sp. z o.o, where in 2008-2015 he acted as a Vice-President of the Management Board. In 2005, Jerzy Kwieciński took a position of the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Regional Development, where he coordinated the national development policy and cohesion policy, including the work on the National Development Strategy for 2007-2015 and the National Cohesion Strategy for 2007-2013. Between 2008 and 2015, he served as President of the Management Board of JP Capital Group sp. z o.o., specializing in preparation and implementation of projects and innovations, including establishing and running start-ups. In that period he was also head of Fundacja Europejskie Centrum Przedsiębiorczości (European Entrepreneurship Centre Foundation). In 2015, he was appointed the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Development. Since 2015, he has been a member of the National Development CouncilIn November 2015, he was appointed the First Deputy of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Ministry of Development. From January 2018, he held the office of the Minister of Investment and Development, and from September 2019 he served also as the Minister of Finance. He held both functions until November 15, 2019. He worked on, among others on preparation and implementation of the Strategy for Responsible Development and implementation of cohesion policy. From January to December 2020 he acted as President of the Management Board of Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (PGNiG), he has been a member of the Supervisory Board in TUW Polski Gaz, Europolgaz SA and President of the Board of Directors PGNiG Upstream Norway. From March 2021, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Pekao Investment Banking S.A. and since April 2021, Member of the Supervisory Board of Pekao Leasing Sp. z o.o.

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Mark Loughran

Honeywell

Mark Loughran joined Honeywell in December 2021, as President, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Mark is responsible for strengthening Honeywell’s position as a leading industrial technology provider to businesses across Central and Eastern Europe that are leveraging technology to make their operations safer, smarter and more sustainable. A strong and talented leader with a track record in software, technology and engineering, Mark is an expert in cloud-based computing and its role in transforming critical sectors, including telecoms and pharmaceutical, across CEE and the wider European continent. Mark joined Honeywell from Microsoft, where he held the positions of General Manager for Poland and the United Kingdom. Prior to Microsoft, Mark also held several senior leadership roles at other technology companies, including Regional President at Pace and General Manager, UK and Ireland at Nokia. He was also previously Vice President, CEE and UK at GSK. Mark holds a Doctorate in Erythromycin Biosynthesis from Cambridge University, United Kingdom.

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Loic Tassel

Procter & Gamble

Loïc Tassel leads P&G’s business across 57 countries in Europe, serving more than 850 million consumers. He is responsible for nearly a quarter of company sales and profit and one-third of P&G’s global workforce, operating across 33 P&G manufacturing sites and four global Research & Development centers in the region. Loïc leverages his knowledge of consumers, customers, competitors and the dynamic retail environment to lead P&G’s rapidly growing e-commerce business in the region, and to drive new models of responsible and sustainable consumption in Europe across the company’s operations, products and packaging. Since joining P&G in 1988 as an assistant brand manager in France, Loïc has spent his career developing winning organizations, building global brands and growing businesses across P&G’s brand portfolio and global operations. Prior to his current role, Loïc served as vice president for Shave Care in Europe and India, Middle East, and Africa, leading one of P&G’s biggest businesses worth more than $2.5 billion in revenue across 135 countries.

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Rafał Brzoska

‎InPost

CEO / Shareholder at Integer.pl / Inpost Group, Business Angel, Co-Founder in bValue VC and InovoVC. Rafał Brzoska is the founder and CEO of InPost, a logistics company that operates over 11,000 parcel lockers in Poland. Brzoska started out by founding Integer Group in 1999, which distributed leaflets. Seven years later, he started InPost, which operates automated lockers that allow customers to drop off and collect packages anytime of the day. The company went public in Amsterdam in January 2021, raising over $3 billion in its IPO.

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Krzysztof Krawczyk

CVC Capital Partners

Krzysztof Krawczyk serves as Partner, Head of Poland at CVC Capital Partners. He serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Żabka Polska. He also served as Board Member at ÅR Packaging Group. He serves as Vice President & Treasurer at Polish Private Equity Association. He previously served as Managing Partner at Innova Capital. Prior to joining Innova in 2000, Krzysztof Krawczyk worked at Pioneer Investment Poland and Daiwa Institute of Research. He is a Co-Founder and has been Co-Chairman of the LBO Committee of the Polish Private Equity Association. Mr. Krawczyk focuses on investments in business services. Mr. Krawczyk holds a degree (with Honors) in Finance & Banking from the Warsaw School of Economics.

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Jacek Sasin

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State Assets

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Ana Birchall

Nuclearelectrica

Special Envoy for Strategic and International Affairs, Nuclearelectrica. With over 20 years of experience in law, foreign policy and international relations, Ana Birchall has a law degree from the University of Bucharest, a master’s degree and a doctorate in law from the prestigious Yale Law School, USA. She was the first Romanian to be admitted to a master degree at Yale Law School. Before returning home, Ana Birchall worked on Wall Street, New York City, USA, as a lawyer at one of the largest law firms in the world. Since 2003, Ms. Birchall has returned home with her family and worked extensively in the field of law for numerous high profile law firms, particularly in the financial and restructuring subfields. She continued her career by joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs team, promoting Romania’s interests of integration in NATO and EU membership. Subsequently, Ana Birchall decided to get involved in political life by holding the position of Deputy Prime Minister for Romania’s Strategic Partnerships, Minister of Justice, Minister Delegate for European Affairs, High Government Representative for US Relations and European Affairs, Member of the Romanian Parliament, President of the Commission for European Affairs in the Chamber of Deputies, President of the Special Commission for the Presidency of Romania at the European Union Council, President of the Delegation of the Romanian Parliament to the OSCE.

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Rafał Włodarski

PGE

The Management Board of PGE discloses that on January 4, 2023 the Supervisory Board adopted resolution on appointment of Mr. Rafał Włodarski to the Management Board of the eleventh term of office as from January 9, 2023 and entrusting him the position of the Vice-President for Support and Development. Rafał Włodarski is a legal counsel with over 10 years of experience in corporate and regulatory legal services for companies in the energy sector, which involves supporting companies both in their day-to-day activities and in transactions, as well as implementing innovative solutions and representing companies in precedent-setting proceedings. He gained extensive transactional experience in share deal and asset deal transactions, in establishing rules of cooperation between shareholders (joint ventures) and in comprehensive due diligence analyses involving the identification of legal risks associated with companies’ activities. His area of expertise also includes legal advice to energy sector companies and electricity consumers on current and planned legislation, in particular on renewable/CHP self-generation, Corporate PPAs and RES auctions. Until January 2023 Mr. Rafał Włodarski served as Deputy Director of the Supervision Department I at the Ministry of State Assets, and prior to joining the Ministry of State Assets he worked with leading law firms in Poland, where as a member of the Energy & Natural Resources, Corporate/M&A and Banking&Finance practices he participated in a number of key transactions in the Polish market, with an aggregate value in excess of PLN 10 billion. Moreover, between September 2020 and January 2023 he was the Supervisory Board member of ENEA S.A. A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. In 2013, after completing his legal counsel training conducted by the Warsaw Bar Association, he was admitted to the bar. Mr. Rafał Włodarski has stated that his activities outside PGE are not competitive in relation to activities of the Company and that he is not participating in a competitive company as a partner in a partnership, in a civil partnership or as a member of body of a capital association, and he is not participating in other competitive legal person as a member of its body. Mr. Rafał Włodarski has also stated that he is not registered in Register of Insolvent Debtors, being kept on the ground of Act on National Court Register dated August 20, 1997 (Dziennik Ustaw of 2019, item 1500 as amended).

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Marcin Eckert

PKO Bank Polski

Vice President of the Management Board of the PKO Bank Polski in charge of the Finance and Accounting Area. Marcin Eckert is a graduate of Harvard Business School, where he completed the Advanced Management Programme. He also took part in the Leadership Academy for Poland programme and studied at the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Previously, Eckert worked for PZU where he held the position of the Corporate Director for Corporate Affairs. Between 2019 and 2021, Eckert served as a member of the Management Board of PZU S.A. and PZU Życie S.A. In the PZU Group, he was responsible for the strategy and projects, the Administration Office, the Corporate Supervision Office, the Foreign Companies Supervision Office and the IT Division. Between 2018 and 2020, Eckert was a member and a deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alior Bank S.A. and chairman of the Supervisory Board of PZU Zdrowie S.A.; between June 2020 and June 2021, deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Pekao S.A. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Totalizator Sportowy Sp. z o.o. Since 2001, Eckert has been working as a legal counsel. His areas of expertise include commercial law, tax law and labour law. Prior to the employment in Grupa PZU, Eckert held the position of Senior Associate in Bird & Bird Szepietowski i Wspólnicy (leader of the Benefits & Compensation practice). Previously also associated with TGC Tax Advisers Sp. z o.o. (Tax Division Director), Mazars Audyt Sp. z o.o. (Law and Tax Division Director) and Ernst & Young (Senior Manager).

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Mirosław Kidoń

KGHM Polska Miedź

The Vice President of the Management Board – International Assets (appointed as of 10 December 2022). Associated with the Group since the beginning of 2000. Until the date of appointment to the Management Board of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. he worked among others as a shift foreman, Senior foreman for Production and head of production in the Concentrators Division. In the years 2017-2018 he was Executive Director of the Concentrators Division of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. and subsequently from 2018 he served as General Manager (CEO) in Sierra Gorda S.C.M. in Chile. He was responsible for planning the development of the main production line and for managing organisational structures in the divisions of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. as well as in companies of the KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. Group. A graduate of Politechnika Zielonogórska (Technical University of Zielona Góra), an engineer of the Primary Technical Problems Faculty (Wydział Podstawowych Problemów Techniki) specialising in Management and Marketing. He completed post-graduate studies in „Minerals processing – Mineral engineering” at Wrocław University of Science and Technology as well as „Lean Six Sigma Transformation” at the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business. He has many years of professional experience in production management and planning as well as in the area of mining technology. He perfected his skills in companies of the KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. Group in Poland and abroad.

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Ben Driggs

Honeywell

Ben Driggs is President of Global High Growth Regions, with broad responsibilities for leading business across a diverse set of geographies that include China, India and Southeast Asia; Central and Eastern Europe; the Middle East and Central Asia; Africa; and Latin America. Previously, Ben served as Vice President of Strategic Accounts and Corporate Development, where he played a leadership role for all efforts with 25 of our most important customers. These included major global retailers to oil and gas companies to logistics companies to aerospace manufacturers. Prior to this role, Ben served in a variety of positions with Honeywell including President, Aerospace Aftermarket; Latin America President; Vice President, Airlines; Vice President, Aerospace Asia Pacific; and Vice President, Propulsion Engines. Before joining Honeywell, Ben was an associate principal with the consulting firm McKinsey & Company in Los Angeles, working in the industrial practice. Ben holds a master’s degree from Oxford University, where he was a Swanson Scholar and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona, where he was also student body president and a Flinn Scholar.

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Ralph Haupter

Microsoft EMEA

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Franciszek Hutten-Czapski

The Boston Consulting Group

Franek Hutten-Czapski is the chairman of Boston Consulting Group in Poland. He is also a member of the CEE Management Team responsible for BCG GAMMA (the firm’s advanced analytics unit) and BCG Platinion (the firm’s technology unit). Franek’s main area of expertise is advising CEOs and executives in the banking and insurance industries. He leads projects in digital transformation, sales growth, distribution effectiveness, customer value proposition, digital marketing, pricing strategy, and post-merger integration. He has also led several projects for private equity firms. Franek has worked at BCG in Warsaw, Chicago, New York, London, and Budapest since he joined the firm in 1997. In addition to his work in banking, insurance, and private equity, he is active in social impact work, contributing to projects for WWF, the National Museum in Warsaw, and the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Franek also leads the Empower PL mentoring program at the firm. The program links business owners and CEOs with university students worldwide. Before joining BCG, Franek worked for four years at Procter & Gamble in branding and marketing.

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Tomasz Marciniak

McKinsey & Company

Tomasz is a Managing Partner for McKinsey in Poland. He is one of the Leaders of our Electric Power & Natural Gas Practice in Central Europe, and a co-leader of our work on Transmission and Distribution Service Line across the whole of Europe. Tomasz serves clients in the power and gas-distribution, as well as the mining and fuel supply sectors. He advises senior leaders on issues including strategy, regulation, sector transition plans, renewables development, digitization, smart grid, operational transformation, asset-management optimization, and excavation-planning strategy. Examples of his recent client projects include the following: serving a leading energy player in the Middle East on a complex performance transformation program design and end-to-end implementation supporting one of the largest power utilities in Central and Eastern Europe with strategy development, including optimizing the power mix and asset portfolio and implementing the master plan serving a PE-owned power grid operator on the design and implementation of its value-creation program, from M&A support, first 100-days, transformation design, rollout to execution and capability transfer helping a leading German power utility with vendor due diligence, the definition of a value-creation plan, and implementation launch advising a European electric-power sensors technology and equipment provider on its smart-grid and network-automation strategy working with a distribution system operator to develop and implement a new integrated digital field force operations automation serving one of the global digital utility leaders in designing its next level digital vision and aspiration delivery roadmap In his years with McKinsey, Tomasz has served more than 25 different power- and gas-distribution operators in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Malaysia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. He has authored a range of reports including „The perspective on offshore wind power development in Poland”. Tomasz is the partner sponsor of recruiting for McKinsey in Central Europe.

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Wiktor Schmidt

Netguru

Wiktor Schmidt is the Executive Chairman at Netguru, a company he co-founded in 2008, and a technology enthusiast, investor, and connector. Netguru builds digital products that let people do things differently. We have changed the way people listen to music, learn languages, and rent bicycles. Netguru’s clients’ products have been covered by New York Times, Business Insider, TechCrunch, and Wired. Our mission is to help innovators and entrepreneurs shape the world through beautiful software. With more than 900 people on board, over $60m in revenue and 600+ completed projects, Netguru became one of the fastest growing companies in Europe under Wiktor’s leadership, and it has been recognised by the Financial Times, Deloitte, and Forbes. As the Executive Chairman, Wiktor is responsible for the company’s external presence, co-running key initiatives such as supporting diversity in the company, developing Netguru’s social footprint and implementing sustainable growth strategies. He is also an active angel investor in several technology startups and a board member of Ten Square Games, a free-to-play game studio. Wiktor loves connecting people: with each other and with innovative ideas. He is active in the startup/technology/leadership community through organisations such as YPO, Endeavor and others. Wiktor believes in workplace transparency, diversity, and equality. Netguru culture’s is a natural realisation of his drive to build a workplace he’d personally would like to work at.

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Kate Smaje

McKinsey & Company

Kate Smaje is the global leader of McKinsey Digital, working with clients to deploy the power of data, digital culture and capabilities, and modernized core technology. She has been a core leader of our consumer work for many years, helping leading retailers and consumer-facing companies capture opportunities afforded by new growth platforms, rethink consumer-engagement models, and improve organizational performance. In her work with clients, Kate helps companies understand the full extent of technology disruption on business strategy and leads digital, data, and design transformations as industry dynamics evolve. Throughout, she works with senior leadership teams to help them build the mind-sets, capabilities, and grassroots understanding required to undergo such change successfully and sustainably. She also has firsthand experience as a chief technology officer across core technology, digital product management and innovation, and cybersecurity work. Prior to joining McKinsey, Kate worked in the investment-banking division of a multinational investment bank and financial-services holding company in London, advising on mergers, acquisitions, and debt restructuring in the technology sector. In addition to her work with McKinsey, Kate is a trustee of Tommy’s, the children’s charity.

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George Szlosarek

neutrality.one

George Szlosarek, a founder and long-time CEO of the international telecom operator Epsilon Telecommunications, has joined the board of directors of Neterra and NetIX group of companies. He joins as a non-executive director where he will assist in setting policy and planning but without participating in day-to-day management. George was excited and highly motivated to get involved, “I see great potential: a talented team of individuals, interesting set of products, a global footprint, with a desire to grow, succeed and make a difference! Having experienced rapid growth and development in the global markets, I look get the Neterra and NetIX brands well-established internationally.” George Szlosarek is well-recognised in the telecom industry; for the past 17 years, he has held the positions of Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Chief Operating Officer for Sales and Marketing (COO), and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Epsilon Telecommunications. He was born, raised, and studied in the UK. His telecommunication career made him a citizen of the world and for the past 20 years he has lived in continental Europe and Asia, and has now settled in Singapore. Highly outdoorsy, George enjoys sports such as cycling, hiking, golf, and loves long walks with his dog, spending time with his family, and plenty of reading. Telecoms is a real passion for him, and is inspired by how this industry connects people and enables companies to continue to operate normally even in situations such as the Coronavirus lockdown.

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Rafał Kozłowski

Asseco Enterprise Solutions

In December 2020, Mr Rafał Kozłowski was nominated President of the Management Board of Asseco Enterprise Solutions. From June 2012 to March 2021, he sat as the Vice-President of the Management Board and CFO of Asseco Poland S.A., and since August 2021, he has been a director in the Board of Directors of the Formula Systems Group listed on the Telaviv Stock Exchange and on NASDAQ. From May 2008 to May 2012, he was Vice-President of Asseco South Eastern Europe S.A., responsible for managing corporate finance. During this period, he was directly involved in the acquisition of companies from the Asseco South Eastern Europe holding, as well as conducting the IPO process for the same holding on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Between 1996 and 1998, he was the CFO at Delta Software, and next, from 1998 to 2003, a Senior Manager at Veraudyt. In the years 2004-2006, he headed the Treasury Department at Softbank S.A., where he was also appointed VP Finance in the subsidiary Sawan S.A. From 2007 to June 2009, he led the Controlling and Investments Division at Asseco Poland S.A. Mr Kozłowski earned his master’s degree at the Faculty of Organization and Management, Warsaw University, in 1998. He completed the Project Management Programme by PMI in 2004, the International Accounting Standards Programme by Ernst & Young Academy of Business in the years 2005-2006, and The Emerging CFO: Strategic Financial Leadership Programme by Stanford GSB in 2019.

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Łukasz Rzeczkowski

Trustedoctor, Further Group

Lukasz is a founder of Trustedoctor, a global digital health start-up focused on virtual care services in specialised medicine. The platform infrastructure provides access to leading doctors and hospitals in oncology around the world. Trustedoctor is part of Further Group, which provides digitally enabled critical illness insurance solutions for 3.5mm in 35 countries. In July 2022, Further Group received a strategic investment from AnaCap Financial Partners, a leading private equity player, where Lukasz has completed a partial exit. Before founding Trustedoctor, Lukasz worked in structured credit trading for leading capital markets players in Europe. Lukasz is a board member of the Polish City Club and a governor of the Royal School. He is an alumnus of University of Warwick and London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Marcin Piątkowski

Kozminski University and The World Bank

Prof. Marcin Piatkowski is Professor of Economics at Kozminski University in Warsaw and Lead Economist at the World Bank in Washington DC. Previously, he was Chief Economist of PKO BP, the largest bank in Poland, economist in the European Department of the IMF and Advisor to IMF’s Executive Director. He also served as Advisor to Poland’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance. He was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, London Business School and the OECD Development Center. He wrote a book on Europe’s Growth Champion: Insights from the Economic Rise of Poland, Oxford University Press 2018, which received the prize of “The Best Book in Economics in 2019” by the Polish Academy of Sciences and was reviewed by the Financial Times. In his free time, he enjoys running, reading about history and dancing. He tweets at @mmpiatkowski. His personal website is at www.marcinpiatkowski.com.

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Aleksandra Agatowska

PZU Życie SA

A manager with in-depth experience in the finance and insurance sector. Since 2016, she has sat on the PZU Życie SA Management Board, first as a member and then, since February 2021, as the President of the Management Board. Previously, she acquired her professional experience in other multinational companies, including members of the ING Group, HDI (currently Warta), Sony Europe and Philips S.A., where she managed the Marketing and Business Intelligence team in 17 countries of the region. She also collaborated with the Public Policy Evaluation and Analysis Center at the Jagiellonian University. She graduated from the Sociology Faculty at the Jagiellonian University. She also completed numerous managerial programs in the area of strategy, management and finance at various renowned educational institutions, including Columbia University, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management. She holds an Executive MBA degree from Kozminski University in Warsaw.

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Vera Futorjanski

Veritas Ventures

Vera Futorjanski is the CEO & Founder of Veritas Ventures, a global strategic advisory firm. She is a serial entrepreneur and is currently building a community for female leaders. Previously, she was with the Venture Capital firm 500Global in charge of the Middle East. Prior to that, Vera was with the Dubai Future Foundation, part of the Prime Ministers’ Office of the United Arab Emirates, working on various innovation projects. Before that Vera was with Rocket Internet and had co-founded one of Rocket’s first startups in the UAE. Vera is part of the Expert Group on Digital Platforms and Ecosystems for the World Economic Forum, an Innovation Expert at the UN, and a Responsible Leader at the BMW Foundation. Vera is a Venture Partner with the Founder Institute and their Advisor for the GCC (Gulf countries). She sits on the advisory board of the IBM Village Capital accelerator and is a mentor with Techstars, Respond, e7, and many other global accelerators and incubators.

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Dr. Silvia Console Battilana

Auctionomics

Dr. Silvia Console Battilana is a young entrepreneur and economist specializing in game theory and interest groups. She holds a Ph.D. from the Stanford Economics department and has taught graduate students as a Visiting Professor at Bocconi University, as well as speaking at major US universities such as Harvard, Caltech and Berkeley, as well as universities in Turkey, China, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Italy, Mexico and Spain. Her co-authors include Harvard Professor Kenneth Shepsle and Stanford Professor Douglas Bernheim, and her entrepreneurial experience began during graduate school, when she successfully started a C-corporation in the higher education industry. Silvia is also very active in the Silicon Valley, organizing networking events that bring together experienced entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, engineers, and start-up rookies. She has co-founded Auctionomics with Dr. Milgrom. Together they have worked on implementing software for complex auctions. She has acted as project manager on several high stakes auctions across the globe including the U.S., Canada, Australia and many European countries as well as Africa and Latin America. She has devised bidding strategies for many auctions projects including the Canadian 700 MHz, 2500MHz and AWS spectrum auctions, the Dutch and British CCA spectrum auctions as well as the Brazilian spectrum auction in 2012 and many others. Silvia has also been part of various auction design teams and was part of the US FCC Incentive Auction (which grossed over $19 billion) design team. Silvia also advised bidders in spectrum auctions in Morocco (2014), Czech Republic (2012), Romania (2011), France (2012) and Spain (2010). She has deep knowledge of all major auction formats and has worked across multiple industries, such as spectrum, oil, gas, procurement and financial markets, including the 2014 Canadian GCNET WAN auction, the 2011 Colombian gas auction, the Australian VAGO auction and the Chilean fishing auction in 2009. Silvia also lead the creation and development of the platform for online consumer auctions for non trained bidders.

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Henry Foy

Financial Times

Henry Foy is the FT’s European Diplomatic Correspondent, based in Brussels. He reports on the EU’s foreign policy, relations between Brussels and other world powers, and the diplomatic intrigues between member states. Previously he was Moscow Bureau Chief, where he interviewed president Vladimir Putin and charted his regime’s descent into repression. He has also been posted in Warsaw and London. Henry joined the FT in 2013 from Reuters, where he was a correspondent in India.

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Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka

BGK

Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka has been professionally active in the banking sector for over 25 years. From 1994 to 2016 she was employed at Bank Zachodni WBK (currently Santander Bank Polska). She managed many divisions and, among other things, the implementation of strategic projects, such as a new branch model or MiniBank24 electronic banking. She was responsible for the restructuring and optimization of banking processes. She managed the Logistics and Real Estate Division and she was the Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of BZ WBK Nieruchomości. She was responsible for the project of transforming the organizational culture „Bank of the New Generation”. She also headed the Business Partnership Division. In 2015, Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka was appointed the Management Board Member of BZ WBK. Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka is the 20th president of BGK since the bank was founded almost 100 years ago. Together with other members of the management board, she prepared and implemented a four-year strategy for 2017-2020, which allowed BGK to focus more on the key areas of activity: financing and mobilizing capital for investments, export and enterprise development, supporting sustainable development, as well as efficient distribution of EU funds. Within four years, BGK’s ability to mobilize capital for economic development increased fivefold. Additionally, the bank, while implementing its new strategy, strengthened its activity outside Poland and opened representative offices in London, Brussels, Frankfurt and Amsterdam. More are planned in the United States and Asia. The bank’s management board has prepared another strategy for 2021-2025. Its business pillars are: sustainable development, social commitment, international cooperation and business. As Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka says „our ambition is to inspire, show the way, be a leader in sustainable social and economic development programs”. President Daszyńska-Muzyczka is the originator and initiator of the establishment of the most important financial project in Central and Eastern Europe – the Three Seas Initiative Fund, and since 2019 she has been the chairwoman of its supervisory board. The aim of the Fund is to develop infrastructure in the countries of the Three Seas region by financing transport, energy and digital projects, which will support the integration and economic cohesion of the entire EU. She is also the originator of the 3W: Water-Hydrogen-Carbon initiative, implemented by BGK. She announced this initiative in August 2021 during the 3W Congress: „Water-Hydrogen-Carbon”, organized for the first time as part of the „4th Development Vision Forum in Gdynia”. The bank itself has become one of the ten best-rated companies in Poland in the Ranking of Socially Responsible Companies and has won the TOP Employer title four times. Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka is a member of the College of the President of the Republic of Poland for International Policy, which is part of the President’s International Policy Office. She is also a member of the Chapter of the Economic Award of the President of the Republic of Poland and the chairwoman of the program council of the Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs. She sits in the board of the Economic Award Forum „Wizja Rozwoju”, the program board of the ICAN Management Review Congress, and the Board of the Medical University in Wrocław. Honored with many awards, incl. President Lech Kaczyński Promethean Prize, the Bank Manager of the Year 2018 by Gazeta Bankowa, she was also in the Top 10 Polish Managers of Forbes magazine. In 2021 she was recognized by Federacja Przedsiebiorców Polskich as the Economic Personality of the Year 2021. The same year she has been awarded by the President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid with the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana for her contribution to deepening friendly relations with Estonia through her involvement in building the Three Seas Initiative. A graduate of economic universities with a specialization in corporate finance management and the Advance Leadership Program at the ICAN Institute. She also graduated from the University of Cambridge – Judge Business School. Privately, an aviation enthusiast, with a diploma of aircraft accessories mechanic. In the process of obtaining a pilot’s license.

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Paweł Gruza

PKO Bank Polski

Vice President of the Management Board of the PKO Bank Polski, managing the work of the management board. Graduate of the Warsaw University, Faculty of Law and Administration. From 10 September 2018 he held the position of the Vice President of the Management Board (International Assets) in KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. An Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance since November 2016. Co-author of the tax reform. An Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of the State Treasury from April to November 2016. He managed a portfolio of companies with State Treasury ownership and state legal entities. He worked on reforming supervision over State Treasury companies. An expert and a management board member of Fundacja Republikańska (Republican Foundation) from 2007 to 2016. As a representative of the minister responsible for financial institutions he was also a member of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority. He was a partner and a management board member of MMR Consulting sp. z o.o., as well as a partner in the tax consultant office GWW Tax from 2007 to 2016. He worked in the Artur Andersen and Ernst & Young consultancy companies from 2000 to 2006. He managed interdisciplinary consultant projects for Polish and international companies from the industrial and financial sector. Author and co-author of numerous publications on taxes and social security.

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Marek Dietl

GPW

Dr. Marek Dietl is the CEO of GPW (Warsaw Stock Exchange) and the economic adviser to the President of Poland. He has spent almost 20 years in the consulting and venture capital industries. He collected experience as a non-executive board member of more than 25 organizations. Marek Dietl frequently undertakes community and academic activities. He used to serve as a mediator at the arbitration court of the Financial Supervision Commission and adviser to the President of Energy Regulation Office. Marek Dietl is also an assistant professor at the SGH-Warsaw School of Economics.

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Christopher Padilla

IBM

As Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs for the IBM Corporation, Christopher Padilla heads the company’s global government affairs function, leading a team of more than 100 professionals in thirty-seven countries. Prior to joining IBM, Chris served as Under Secretary for International Trade and as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He previously served as Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, and prior to that was an Assistant U.S. Trade Representative. Chris worked for more than fifteen years in the private sector, holding a variety of positions in marketing, business development, and government affairs at AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and Eastman Kodak Company. He holds both a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in international studies from Johns Hopkins University.

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Roman Regelman

BNY Mellon

Roman Regelman is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Securities Services and Digital. He is a member of BNY Mellon’s Executive Committee. Securities Services includes Asset Servicing and Issuer Services, which comprises the Corporate Trust and Depositary Receipts businesses. As CEO of Securities Services, Roman focuses on product strategy and development to accelerate the transformation of Securities Services into a more data- and analytics-led business. He is responsible for driving end-to-end delivery of solutions to our Asset Servicing and Corporate Trust and Depositary Receipts clients. As Head of Digital, Roman sets the direction for the firm’s digital future and drives investments in our digital capabilities, including data management, analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Roman took on senior leadership roles that spanned Chief Operating Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Head of Transformation and Head of Customer Journeys. He was a partner and managing director of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he co-led its Financial Institutions Digital business and led Customer Journey, North American Financial Institutions Operations and Lean Practices. At BCG, he ran numerous financial institution and service company transformations, including end-to-end customer journeys, process digitization, Agile, restructuring technology and operations. Prior to BCG, he worked at Booz and Company, Bain & Company, NerveWire/Wipro, Mitchell Madison Group, One Core, GTE/BBN and Gazeta Distribution. Roman earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from St. Petersburg State Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia and a Master of Business Administration from Olin Graduate Business School at Babson College, Wellesley, Mass. He is a recognized author and thought leader on digital and financial services industry topics.

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Christina Raab

Accenture

Christina Raab is the market unit lead for Accenture in Austria, Germany and Switzerland (ASG). In this role, Christina supports clients from various industries with complex business transformations, increasing their digital footprint at rapid speed and creating new customer experiences to drive brand loyalty. She has a strong focus on creating new value for businesses, their employees and customers through the combination of technology and human-led innovation. She is also a member of Accenture’s Global Management Committee. Before taking on her role as market unit lead for ASG in September 2021, Christina led Accenture’s Products organization in ASG with responsibility for clients from the automotive, manufacturing and consumer goods industries, among others. In this role, she worked together with some of the company’s top clients in the region to develop and implement digital growth strategies, new sales and service models as well as learning and upskilling programs for a digitally savvy workforce. Christina is convinced that creating and sustaining value for clients in a time of fast-paced change and compressive transformations requires new ways of working together with partners and a strong ecosystem approach. Throughout her career at Accenture, which she started in 2000 as a Strategy consultant, Christina has been passionate about driving the company’s inclusion and diversity agenda. She is actively involved in many company-wide initiatives in this field, such as the Pride@Accenture network, and has also been keen to promote gender equality, cultural diversity and LGBTIQ rights externally. Christina has a master’s degree in business administration and business Italian from the University of Passau. Christina speaks German, English and Italian fluently.

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Martin Wolf

Financial Times

Martin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 „for services to financial journalism”. Martin Wolf is a powerful and authoritative British writer on economics, he is a famous journalist who is currently associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times. He has a unique perspective and he offers economic opinion on the state of Europe, the US and the rest of the world. For the Financial Times, Wolf writes a weekly column on the world economy and a fortnightly column on the UK. Martin Wolf was born in London in 1946 to Jewish parents who had escaped Europe to avoid the Holocaust. Wolf claims his family roots were the reason he decided to pursue economics as a career as he believed the (second) World War was caused mainly due to socio-economic reasons. He attended Oxford, where he received his undergraduate degree from Corpus Christi College. He later attended Nuffield College (also at Oxford) where he received his MPhil in economics. Here he mainly studied the importance of international trade in developing economies. Wolf was always a fan of practical economics and supposedly did not pursue a PhD because he did not want to turn into just an academic.

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Raghuram G Rajan

The University of Chicago

Professor Raghuram Rajan is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago’s Booth School. He was the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between 2013 and 2016, Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Bank for International Settlements (2015-16) and Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (2003- 2006). Dr. Rajan’s research interests are in banking, corporate finance, and economic development. His book Fault Lines won the Financial Times prize for best business book in 2010 and his most recent book, The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State hold the Community Behind, was a finalist for the award in 2019. Dr. Rajan was the President of the American Finance Association (AFA) and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the AFA’s inaugural Fischer Black Prize in 2003, the Deutsche Bank Prize for financial economics in 2013, Euromoney magazine’s Central Banker of the Year award in 2014, and The Banker magazine’s Global Central Banker award in 2016. Rajan is Senior Economic Advisor to BDT Capital, a Managing Director at Andersen, and a member of the governing board of KREA University, the Economic Advisory Panel Federal Reserve Bank of New York and of the IMF Managing Director’s External Advisory Group.

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Michał Karnowski

Sieci

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Dukgeun Ahn

Minister of Trade – South Korea

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Wojciech Dąbrowski

PGE

The Management Board of PGE discloses that on February 19, 2020 the Supervisory Board adopted resolutions on appointment of Mr. Wojciech Dąbrowski to the Management Board of the eleventh term of office as from February 20, 2020 and entrusting him the position of the President. Mr. Wojciech Dąbrowski has been working as a manager in the energy sector for ten years. From November 2017 to February 2020, he was the President of the Management Board of the PGE Energia Ciepła S.A., where he completed the process of Polish heat industry asset integration, acquired by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. from the French company EDF. He created a strong business line within the PGE S.A. Capital Group. In 2019, he completed the process of heat assets integration, which was a part of a broader business initiative by the PGE Capital Group. From January 2016 to November 2017, he was President of the Management Board of the PGNiG Termika S.A., where he completed the process of acquisition in PEC Jastrzębie and SEJ Jastrzębie, strengthening the market position of PGNiG Termika. Between 2011 and 2016, he was Vice-President of the Municipal Heat Energy Company in Wołomin Ltd. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, where he was awarded a Master of Law degree. He later completed postgraduate studies at the Warsaw University of Technology, in the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, in the area of steam exploitation, gas and steam-gas power plants, combined heat and power plants. Moreover, he is a graduate of the Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management, and he can boast a further degree from the University of Warsaw, in Management in Public Administration. Mr. Wojciech Dąbrowski has many years of experience in management, both in central and local governments. His main area of focus was investment and legal consultation in the area of obtaining funds from the EU. He also led expert teams in the realization of investments. He supervised modernization and investment projects in the M&A area, as well as restructuring and development schemes in companies striving to improve their operations and profitability. In 2019, he was appointed President of the PTEZ (Polish Association of Professional Heat and Power Plants) by the National Assembly of PTEZ Members. He is a member of the Management Board of the Polish Electricity Association (PKEE) and Regulating Committee (Komitet Sterujący) for scientific research and development in the sphere of security and national defense at the National Center for Research and Development. He participates in public debates which are chiefly concerned with development within the energy sector, environment protection, waste management and energy security. He has advocated active cooperation with local governments and local heating distributors, which has contributed to the development of the local heat markets and consequently improved the cleanliness of the natural environment and quality of life in local communities. He has supported and promoted cogeneration technology as the most effective and environmentally-friendly means of producing electricity and heat. He has also taken part in a program for the development of support scheme for cogeneration.

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Whang Joo-ho

KHNP

Dr. Whang Joo-ho is the President of the Korean Nuclear Society. He has been a professor of nuclear engineering at Kyung Hee University in Korea since 1991. From 2010 to 2013, he was the President of the Korea Institute of Energy Research and also served as the Nuclear Program Coordinator of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning from 1999 to 2001. Whang has also worked as a Senior Researcher in Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute from 1986 to 1991. He received his Ph. D. at Georgia Tech in 1986.

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Maciej Stec

ZE PAK

Maciej Stec has graduated from the faculty of management and marketing at Leon Koźmiński Academy of Management and Entrepreneurship in Warsaw. Since the very the beginning of his professional career, Mr Maciej Stec has been associated with the television market. From 1998, he worked, among others, at the OMD Poland Sp. z o.o. media house belonging to the Omnicom Group, where within the years 1998-2003 he was the director of Brand & Media OMD. From February 2003 to May 2007, he was the managing director of Telewizja Polsat – Polsat Media Sp. z o.o. (currently Polsat Media Biuro Reklamy Sp. z o.o. Sp.k.). In the years 2007-2019 he was a Member of the Management Board of Telewizja Polsat Sp. z o.o. and the Director of Sales and Foreign Purchases, while in the period of 2018-2019 he was the President of the Management Board at Eleven Sports Network Sp. z o.o.

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Marek Tejchman

DGP

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Leszek Skiba

Bank Pekao S.A.

President of the Management Board. In 2015, Leszek Skiba was appointed Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance, where he was responsible for the supervision over macroeconomic policy and tax legislation. He was also supporting legislative works connected with financial and capital markets, and prepared general outline of the budget system reform. Between March 2019 and April 2020 he served as the President of the Council of the Bank Guarantee Fund. Between 2009 and 2015 Leszek Skiba worked at the National Bank of Poland, at the Economic Institute, where he worked on NBP’s report devoted to the consequences of Poland’s membership of the euro area and prepared analyses of the euro area economy. Since 2009, Leszek Skiba has been running public non-profit activities as the President of the Council and expert of the Sobieski Institute. Leszek Skiba is a graduate of master’s degree studies at the Warsaw School of Economics, in the faculty of International Economic and Political Relations. He’s the author of numerous publications in the field of his professional work and public activities.

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Alain Pilloux

EBRD

Alain Pilloux took up the position of Vice President, Banking on 15 November 2016. He has overall responsibility for the effective delivery of the Bank’s investment and advisory activities in the EBRD’s thirty six countries of operations, as well as contributing to the delivery of policy engagement activities. He is a member of the Executive Committee and other leadership fora. Prior to his appointment, Alain served as Acting Vice President for Policy & Partnerships where he was responsible inter alia for coordinating the Bank’s strategies and policy engagement, as well as mobilizing and managing multilateral and bilateral donor funding and overseeing the EBRD’s engagement with key external partners. After starting his career at the Inspection Générale des Finances in Paris, Alain joined the EBRD in June 1992 as a senior banker. He held various management responsibilities over the years, including Country Director for Poland (1995-1997), Business Group Director for Central Europe and the Baltic States (1998-2005), Managing Director for Russia, based in Moscow (2006-2009), and Managing Director for Industry, Commerce and Agribusiness (2010-2015). Since 2014 he also had responsibility for the Bank’s direct equity and equity funds investments across sectors and regions. Education: Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Ecole de L’Arme Blindee-Cavalerie (Saumur), Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Ecole Nationale d’Administration.

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Oleksandr Kravchenko

McKinsey & Company

Since joining McKinsey in 2008, Oleksandr has worked with more than 20 clients in Ukraine, Russia, and other countries in Europe and the Middle East. He is a Managing Partner at the McKinsey & Company office in Ukraine, a leader of the Energy and Materials Practice in Central and Eastern Europe and a core member of the firm’s Metals & Mining Practice, where he focuses on steel. In addition to working with private-sector clients, Oleksandr is also excited to support McKinsey public sector work in Ukraine and beyond. Oleksandr’s client engagements have covered a wide range of functional topics such as board strategy, corporate portfolio and growth strategies, large-scale operational transformations, organizational design, manufacturing operations, supply-chain management and procurement, product development, and many more. Outside of work, Oleksandr serves on the board of Kyiv School of Economics, the leading graduate school of economics and management in Ukraine. He also enjoys squash and traveling.

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Alexander Rodnyansky

Adviser to the President of Ukraine

Alexander Rodnyansky is a presidential adviser in Ukraine (since 2020), a supervisory board member of Ukraine’s largest bank (The State Savings Bank of Ukraine) (since 2020), and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Cambridge (since 2017). Alexander is a research affiliate of the CEPR and a member of the CFM. Alexander was the chief economic adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine (2019-2020). Alexander holds a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University and an MSc and BSc in economics from the LSE. Alexander’s main research fields are empirical macroeconomics and finance, and international finance.

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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Belarusian democratic leader

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the leader of Belarusian democratic forces who beat the autocratic president Aliaksandr Lukashenka in a presidential election on August 9th, 2020, according to independent observers. She stepped into the race after her husband was arrested for his presidential aspirations. Lukashenka publically dismissed her as a “housewife,” сlaiming that a woman can’t become president. Tsikhanouskaya united Belarusian democratic forces together with two other leaders – Maria Kalesnikava and Veranika Tsapkala. After her forced exile, Tsikhanouskaya inspired unprecedented peaceful protests around Belarus, some of which numbered hundreds of thousands of people. She visited more than 20 countries gathering support for free Belarus. She advocates for the release of 500+ political prisoners and peaceful changes through a free and fair election. In her meetings with Chancellor Merkel, President Macron, President von der Leyen, President Charles Michel, and other world leaders, she emphasized the need for a braver response to the actions of the Belarusian dictatorship. Tsikhanouskaya became a symbol of peaceful struggle for democracy and female leadership. Among dozens of other distinctions, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is a recipient of the Sakharov Prize awarded by the European Parliament. In 2020, Lithuanian President Nauseda and Norwegian MPs nominated her for the Nobel Peace Prize. She is included in Bloomberg’s TOP-50 Most Influential People, Financial Times’ Top 12 Most Influential Women, and POLITICO’s Top 28 Most Influential Europeans.

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Franak Viačorka

Chief Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Franak Viačorka is Belarusian politician and journalist. He is president of the Digital Communication Network and nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and journalist from Belarus. Viačorka is a frequent speaker and advocate for democracy and personal freedom. For his activism and journalism work in Belarus, he was jailed multiple times by the Belarusian government. Viačorka’s activism in Belarus has been chronicled by documentary filmmakers and recognized by many international organizations. He graduated with an MA from American University in Washington DC and a BA from Warsaw University in Poland. He also studied at Belarus State University, Georgetown University, and European Humanities University.

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Aleś Alachnovič

Economic Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Vice President of Association of Belarusian Business Abroad (ABBA)

Aleś Alachnovič is the Vice-President of CASE Belarus. He serves as Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Representative on Economic Reforms and a member of the Economic Group of the Coordination Council. Aleś graduated from the London School of Economics and the Warsaw School of Economics (under the supervision of Leszek Balcerowicz) and studied the Chinese economic transition at the National Taiwan University. He gained experience working for EY, McKinsey and the National Bank of Poland.

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Anna Matsiyeuskaya

Vice Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Association of Belarusian Business Abroad – ABBA / Lawyer at WKB Wierciński Kwieciński Baehr

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Artur Chmielewski

NASA

Art B Chmielewski is a manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) – a NASA Center in Pasadena, California. He participated in 15 space missions and held almost every possible space job at NASA. He built space instruments for Mars rovers, installed nuclear generators on deep space spacecraft, designed billion-dollar space missions to the most unique objects of our solar system, developed new technologies, and organized a lab to build a space telescope the size of a football stadium. He managed missions which traveled to the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and landed on comets. He worked on getting images of cryo-volcanoes, black holes and beaches on Titan. He is currently working on the next helicopter for Mars. Artur was a consultant to Hollywood movies, designed space sculptures and gave lectures at some of the most prestigious colleges around the world. He is a recipient of 5 NASA medals, 7 JPL awards and numerous Polish awards. He has just published a bestselling book „Wyzwania Kosmiczne (Cosmic Challenges).” He advises Polish companies on how to enter the U.S. market and establish successful daughter companies.

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Grzegorz Zwoliński

SatRevolution

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Dan Tenney

Lockheed Martin Space

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Tejpaul Bhatia

Axiom Space

With 25 years of startup and strategic leadership experience at some of the world’s biggest companies and three investor-backed, high-growth startups, Tejpaul Bhatia leads revenue generation and future monetization strategy for the commercial development of space as Chief Revenue Officer at Axiom Space. Prior to joining Axiom, he led External Strategic Narrative for the Office of the CIO at Google, where he met with C-suite executives at Fortune 100 corporations to discuss the future of work, supporting over $4B in sales pipeline. Tej first joined Google as the Startup Ecosystem Manager in New York to establish and grow Google Cloud’s presence with startup founders, venture capital firms, and family offices; he previously was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Citi Ventures. As a startup founder for 10 years prior, Tej served as Chief Operating Officer for an educational technology company, Explain Everything, CEO of video chatting platform Chatwala, and CEO of Kaptur, an app that enables users to instantly aggregate all photos taken at any event in seconds. Before founding Kaptur, Tej was Senior Manager of Product and International Strategy for ESPN, where he launched ESPN3 in the US, Mexico, Brazil, and Europe. Tej holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Columbia University. He has served in non-profit leadership and board positions at the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Startup Leadership Program.

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Sławosz Uznański

European Space Agency

Sławosz graduated with honours with a master’s degree from the Technical University of Łódź, Poland, in 2008 and a master’s degree from Université de Nantes, France, in 2008. In addition, he received a Diplôme d’Ingénieur from École Polytechnique de l’Université de Nantes, France, in 2008. In 2011, Sławosz earned his Doctorate in radiation-tolerant designs for space applications from the Université d’Aix-Marseille, France. Next to his mother tongue Polish, Sławosz also speaks English and French. During his doctorate, Sławosz worked as a radiation effects engineer at STMicroelectronics focusing on the next European radiation-tolerant and radiation-hardened digital CMOS technologies for space applications in Crolles, France. In 2011, Sławosz joined the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, working as a reliability expert. His duties included for example leading radiation test campaigns in ESA test facilities to qualify electronics components and systems for space and accelerator use. In 2013, he was appointed as a project lead and senior reliability engineer at CERN where he was in charge of the creation of a radiation-tolerant power converter control system which has been a core part of the Large Hadron Collider LHC since 2017. From 2018 to 2020, he was an Engineer in Charge of LHC, being responsible for the day-to-day 24/7 operations of CERN’s largest accelerator and assuring its optimum exploitation. In 2019, he was serving as a technical expert and evaluator for the EU’s research and innovation funding programme Horizon 2020 reviewing European space technologies for the Research Executive Agency (REA) at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. Alongside his professional career, Sławosz’s interests have always been closely related to space applications. He lectured on space system designs for international schools of engineers SERESSA 2014 and 2021 (School on the Effects of Radiation on Embedded Systems for Space Applications) and organised workshops between CERN and NASA as well as workshops for the private sector. He has authored a book on radiation effects, numerous publications and organised multiple international scientific workshops and lectures. From 2014, he was also an active volunteer reviewing multiple commercial space satellite projects such as the ICEYE constellation as well as Polish space missions like PW-SAT2, HyperSat and EagleEye. On his days off, Sławosz is outside testing his limits on high-altitude mountaineering expeditions, travelling to remote places or on a sailing boat, enjoying time with friends, sharing his sailing experience or taking part in competitive regattas. In November 2022, Sławosz was selected as a member of the ESA astronaut reserve.

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Steve Eisele

Virgin Orbit

As Vice President of Business and Strategy at Virgin Orbit, Stephen Eisele is responsible for leading all sales and strategies around commercial and international business efforts, engaging with the civil, commercial and the new space small satellite community. Part of his initiatives includes initiating the Virgin “VIP” Program (or Virgin Interplanetary Program) for satellite missions to journey beyond LEO to GTO, the Moon, Mars and beyond. In addition, he has spearheaded Virgin Orbit’s international spaceport architecture, setting up spaceport partnerships around the world including in the UK, Japan, Italy and many more to be announced. Prior to joining Virgin Orbit, Eisele served as a senior business development executive for Surrey Satellite Technology US, where he helped lead Surrey’s business growth opportunities through strategic partnerships, including OTB Missions. Stephen previously served as Vice President of Space Services Inc, a commercial space holdings and investment company, where he managed multi-million dollar companies and start-ups; served as head of sales and marketing for Excalibur Almaz (EA), an international space exploration company created to provide routine, affordable access to and from space; and also worked as the Marketing Director for the X PRIZE Foundation’s Google Lunar Lander Challenge in 2007. Prior to working with entrepreneurial aerospace firms, Stephen worked as a senior analyst for DFI International (now Avascent Group) in Washington, DC, managing and researching numerous projects for Fortune 100 aerospace and defense firms. Stephen holds a bachelor of arts in international studies from the Johns Hopkins University and a master of arts in international economics and strategic studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) where he received the William C. Foster Award for “sound scholarship and a record of distinguished service and leadership.” He also holds a master’s certificate from the International Space University in space business.

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Joanna Świątkowska

European Cybersecurity Organization

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Dominika Bettman

Microsoft Polska

Dominika Bettman, from December 2021 General Manager of Microsoft in Poland. For 26 years associated with Siemens Sp. z o.o. (the last years as CEO). Entrepreneur, advocate of new technologies and sustainable business. Graduate of Faculty of Foreign Trade at Warsaw School of Economics and Advanced Management Program at IESE in Barcelona. Economist by education, humanist by nature. Propagator of the idea of diversity and inclusive leadership. Active participant in the public debate on digital transformation of the economy and society. Author of the book “Technological Magnolias”.

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Mark Boris Andrijanič

European Institute of Innovation and Technology

Mark Boris Andrijanič is a lawyer and an expert in public affairs from Slovenia. He is a member of Uber’s Public Policy team, responsible for Central and Eastern Europe where he leads Uber’s efforts to establish partnerships with governments and cities aimed at promoting digital transformation and smart mobility solutions. Prior to joining Uber, Mr. Andrijanič was a Visiting Fellow at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies in Brussels, where his research focused on EU’s foreign and energy policy. Mr. Andrijanič worked closely with Members of the European Parliament and senior officials at the European Commission on some of the key foreign policy issues facing the EU. Before coming to Brussels, he advised the Government of Sierra Leone on natural resource governance reform. In his native Slovenia, he co-founded and led some of the leading NGOs aimed at promoting active citizenship and entrepreneurship. Mr. Andrijanič was a speaker at various international conferences in Europe and the US, and has published in the European View, an international journal published by Springer. He became a David Rockefeller Fellow at the Trilateral Commission in 2017. Mr. Andrijanič received his Master’s in public policy from the University of Oxford and has a degree in law from the University of Ljubljana.

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Dr. Helmut Reisinger

Palo Alto Networks

Helmut Reisinger is a businessperson who has been at the head of 5 different companies and occupies the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Orange Business Services Participations SA. Dr. Reisinger is also on the board of Globecast Holding SA and CEO-Europe, Middle East, Africa & Latin America at Palo Alto Networks, Inc. In his past career he was Chairman for Business & Decision SA, Chief Executive Officer for Orange Business Services Us, Inc., Chief Executive Officer for Dimension Data Communications Deutschland GmbH, Chief Executive Officer for Orange Business Services SA, Vice President at Avaya, Inc. and Senior Vice President at Orange Business Holdings UK Ltd. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Vienna.

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Kajsa Ollongren

Netherlands Minister of Defence

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Oleh Derevianko

Information Systems Security Partners

Oleh Derevianko is a business and social entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chairman of the Board of ISSP — Information Systems Security Partners — a private international cybersecurity company founded in Ukraine in 2008 and currently operating in seven countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Middle Asia. Having a strong presence in the countries at the front line of cyber and hybrid war, such as Ukraine, and serving both private and public sectors, ISSP provides unique expertise for APT attacks analysis, detection and response. Derevianko is also a co-founder and president of Kyiv Cyber Academy, which provides world-class learning opportunities for students who want to become skilled professionals in a world that depends on the use of cyberspace. Ukraine is a rapidly rising high-tech nation with the fastest-growing number of IT professionals in Europe. Its current IT engineering workforce of 90,000-plus professionals is expected to double to more than 200,000 by 2020. In 2015–2016 he served as Deputy Minister, Chief of Staff at Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. He is the founder of the Institute for Self Realization (Kyiv), author and founder of School Angels initiative, co-founder and chairman of the board of trustees of Chestnut Piano International Music Festival (Kyiv) and member of The Aspen Institute Kyiv. Derevianko received his master’s degree in international economics with honors in 1997 from the Institute of International Relations at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University. In 2001 he received a PhD in economic policy, also from Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University.

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Tomasz Szatkowski

Permanent Representative of Poland to NATO

Ambassador Tomasz Szatkowski (born 10 May 1978) is a graduate in law, with additional postgraduate degrees in national security studies (University of Warsaw) and war studies (King’s College London). He also completed a postgraduate course in intelligence policy (King’s College London), a training course for staff officers (US Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey), as well as a course in defence policy programming and strategic management (Defence Academy of the United Kingdom – Shrivenham). He is a recipient of scholarships from the UK Ministry of Defence (2004), US Department of State (2007), Asmus Policy Entrepreneurs Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (2013) and participant in the program of the Munich Security Conference Munich Young Leaders (2019). Having held senior positions in the Polish administration (the Parliament of the Republic of Poland, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Ministry of National Defence), defence industry, public media and the European Parliament he has extensive experience in the national security domain, in particular defence and armaments policy, oversight of the special services and public media. Before taking up the position of the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to NATO, in 2015-2019, he was the deputy minister of national defence responsible among others for international affairs, organization of the NATO Summit in Warsaw in 2016, Strategic Defence Review and negotiations on enhancing the American military presence in Poland. He is an author of numerous publications on the aforementioned issues, published both in Poland and abroad. His interests are in the classic military strategy, in particular the relationship between technology and strategy, intelligence strategy, defence economics, as well as problems of coordinating national security policy.

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Jüri Luik

Permanent Representative of Estonia to NATO

Jüri Luik is an Estonian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Defence in the government of Prime Minister Jüri Ratas. In addition, he chaired the EPP Defense Ministers Meeting, which gathers the center-right EPP ministers ahead of meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC).

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Peter Bátor

Permanent Representative of Slovakia to NATO

Peter Bátor has worked as diplomat, analyst, policy adviser and speechwriter for two Presidents of Slovakia, ministers, deputy ministers and ambassadors. His diplomatic experience include posting to the Permanent Delegation of Slovakia to NATO in Brussels, where he served as Deputy Permanent Representative and later as Chief Political Adviser to the Slovak Permanent Representative. Before his posting to NATO he had served as Director of Cabinet and advisor to Deputy Minister of foreign affairs. He had held different positions at the Slovak Ministry of Defence, including the position of Director of International Crisis Management and Arms Control Division, NATO analyst, and legal adviser (international law). Throughout his career, Peter Bátor has focused on foreign and security policy, with special emphasis on NATO, Eastern Flank, Western Balkans and international conflicts. In the recent years, he has also focused on cyber security, and its impacts on security of states and international organizations. He has a short-term field experience from Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo. In 20 years, he has extensively cooperated with governmental and non-governmental organizations, and academia. He is founder of the first Slovak cyber security web portal and former President of the Slovak George C. Marshall Centre Alumni Association. He holds MA and PhD. in international affairs and diplomacy from Matej Bel University in Slovakia, and graduated a program in Security Studies at George C. Marshall Centre for Security Studies in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany. He speaks English, some German and has passive knowledge of French.

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