Between 2004 and 2006, Arne served as Sales Director for the shopping center portfolio of Multi Development in Central Europe and Turkey.

From 1999 to 2004, Arne was responsible for Ahold Real Estate Europe’s operations in Central Europe. Under his supervision, Ahold developed and co-created 12 shopping centers in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Previously, Arne worked as Director of Acquisitions at Schiphol International Airport and as Senior Consultant at Nationale Investerings Bank.

Arne holds a degree in urban geography. He graduated from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands in 1989 and earned a PhD from Utrecht University, with his thesis focusing on public-private partnerships in urban development in Japan.

Acteeum Group is an international company operating in the commercial and residential real estate market in Poland, comprehensively managing the entire development process—from selecting suitable land for development, through design, construction, commercialization, and management, to the sale of properties.

Collaborating with a wide range of corporate and private investors, Acteeum focuses on the development of large-format retail facilities and residential projects.

Ireneusz Borowski is an expert in digital transformation, with 26 years of experience specializing in the digitization of engineering and manufacturing systems. For the past 9 years, he has focused on digital transformation based on digital twin technology. Since July 2019, he has held the position of Country Manager at Dassault Systèmes, where he is responsible for strengthening the company’s local presence and expanding its market position in Poland.

Ireneusz Borowski joined Dassault Systèmes in 2008. As Senior Manager of Sales & Business Development for Eastern Europe, he developed business growth strategies for Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, and managed sales across the region. Previously, in his role as Senior Sales Manager for Eastern Europe and Partner Success Management EUROCENTRAL, he oversaw indirect sales channels.

He began his professional career in 1998 at AutoR KSI, later working at CNS Solutions. In 2000, he joined Premium Technology as a Product Manager and spent the next eight years involved in various management roles.

Ireneusz Borowski is a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology, holding a degree in engineering decision systems.

Graduate of Wrocław Univesity of Technology (chemical engineering processes) and Calgary University (MBA studies).
She has spent 10 years in DOW Chemical on various positions in Warsaw and London. Katarzyna has started BASF career in 2005 in UK as a Head of Sales for UK & Nordics. Next 2 years Mrs. Byczkowska spent in Ludwigshafen (BASF Headquarter) and following years (2008-2012) in Warsaw on the position of Head of Sales for EUC & Russia.
In 2013-2017 she has been delegated to Spain as a Vice President, Sales & Regional Market Development Iberia. And finally in 2017-18 Mrs. Byczkowska came to Vienna to work as a Head of Controlling and Projects for Central Europe.
After coming back to Poland (May 2018) Katarzyna Byczkowska started her job as a Managing Director BASF Polska which is still one of the largest BASF legal entities in Europe. Currently BASF Polska has more than 800 employees and generates sales on the level of 1,15 billion EUR (2024).
Since 2023 Katarzyna Byczkowska is w President of The Board of AHK Polska.

Maciej Częścik, aged 53, was born on August 7, 1972, in Sokołów Podlaski. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics at UMCS in Lublin (Bachelor’s degree), and he completed his Master’s studies in banking and public finance. He also holds postgraduate diplomas in sales management from the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw and in marketing management from Kozminski University. He has been employed at Sokołów since 1995. Since 2008, he has held managerial positions in the area of sales management. Since 2021, he has been the Vice President of the Management Board of Sokołów S.A., responsible for Trade and Marketing. He is married and has three sons. His interests include business, sports, and travel.

Jarosław Dąbrowski is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw. He also completed an MBA program at the University of Brussels and the University of Warsaw, as well as the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at IESE Business School (University of Navarra).
Since 2024, he has been a member of the Management Board of BGK, responsible for equity investments and international relations. Previously, starting in 2019, he served as President of DF Capital & Management, where he led investment banking and M&A advisory projects. Earlier, he held the position of First Vice President of the Management Board at SGB Bank S.A. and was also the President of DF Capital Brokerage House. Between 2004 and 2009, he was the President of the Management Board of Bank DnB NORD Polska S.A. and BISE S.A., which was later merged with DnB NORD. From 1997 to 2003, he was a Management Board Member and then Vice President of Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A., where he was responsible for corporate and investment banking, SMEs, as well as leasing and factoring. Between 1995 and 1997, he served as President of the Management Board of NFI PROGRESS S.A. From 1994 to 1997, he worked at the Raiffeisen Atkins Fund Management Consortium, including as its President. Earlier in his career, he held managerial positions at the Office of the Council of Ministers.
He has served on the supervisory boards of, among others, ABC Data S.A., MCI Capital S.A., and PBP Bank (now Nest Bank). His interests include 20th-century economic history, geopolitics, and digital, climate, and social transformation.

Since 1997, he has been associated with the VINCI Group, a key player in the concessions and construction industry worldwide. Since 2000, he has supported the development of EUROVIA’s activities in Poland. Between 2014 and 2017, he was responsible for the operations of EUROVIA’s branches in Romania, Croatia and the Baltics. He currently manages the holding company VINCI Construction Poland, which includes WARBUD and EUROVIA subsidiaries in Poland.

Magdalena Dziczek – a graduate of Strategic Management at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) and of Scandinavian Studies at SWPS University. She is currently a PhD candidate at SGH. Since 2010, she has been involved in the waste management sector. She represented the National Chamber of Waste Management (KIGO) in Brussels and cooperated with Municipal Waste Europe. Through this cooperation, she became actively involved in shaping the Circular Economy Package. She held the position of Director of the Strategy Department at MPO Warsaw Sp. z o.o. Until January 2025, she represented the Employers’ Association of the Packaging and Packaged Products Industry EKO-PAK, serving as a board member and office director. She is engaged in the work of EUROPEN, where she actively participates in the development of EU waste and packaging regulations. She is also an expert in the Joint Research Centre working group dedicated to developing harmonized labelling for selective waste collection systems at the EU level. Together with Nestlé Polska and PepsiCo Polska, she is implementing the ReFlex project, aimed at sorting and recycling flexible plastic packaging waste. She is currently affiliated with KAUCJA.PL – the National Deposit System, where she serves as Director of Operations. In both her professional and academic work, she focuses on improving the waste management system in Poland, particularly in the context of building a Circular Economy.

Paweł Dziekoński is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, where he completed his master’s studies in Finance and Banking as well as doctoral studies at the College of World Economy. He is an experienced leader in the financial sector, capital markets, banking, and consulting. He began his professional career at four major companies.

He served as Vice President of the Management Board at the Warsaw Stock Exchange, responsible for business development and finance. He was also a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and Kredyt Bank, and Director at Deloitte, overseeing Central European markets.

Since 2017, he has been Vice President at KAZAR, a Polish manufacturer of luxury footwear. Since 2020, he has served as Vice President of the Management Board at FAKRO Group, a global leader in roof window manufacturing.

He brings positive energy to the teams he builds and is an enthusiast of strong brands, humor, and loyal cooperation.

Dorota Hryniewiecka-Firlej has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
For many years she worked in management positions in the biggest pharmaceutical companies like Janssen-Cilag, NovoNordisk, and Wyeth.
For years associated with Pfizer, where she successfully combines the role of general director with a focus on people.
Following the principle that people are the priority, she believes that authenticity should be the basis for building relationships. That is why she establish a culture of integration, an environment of tolerance, and respect for diversity in both private and professional life.
Her vision of business development focuses on placing people at the center of everything. She deeply believing that success is ensured by teams, not individuals. This approach meant that for four years she was the Co-President of the Diversity and Social Inclusion Council in the European structures of Pfizer.
Dorota also performed key leadership functions in leading industry organizations and associations in Poland – as the president of the Union of Employers of Innovative Pharmaceutical Companies (INFARMA) and vice president of the largest employers’ organization – Employers in Poland, where she was also a leader of the initiative Human Rights & Business.
She is a graduate of the Poznan University of Medical Sciences, where she obtained a specialization and a Ph.D. in internal disease.
Not only does she lead an active professional life, but she also works socially for the benefit of local communities, and in her free time she devotes herself to her passions, which are playing the piano and illuminating medieval manuscripts. She is a member of the Italian Association of Calligraphy and Illumination.

Graduate of the Faculty of International Trade at the Warsaw School of Economics and the Faculty of Mechanical and Technological Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology. He also completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of International Trade Theory at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD Fontainebleau.

In 1991, he began his career in the banking sector as the Director of the Foreign Department at the National Bank of Poland. He participated in Poland’s negotiations with the London Club and the Paris Club on debt reduction. From 1995, he was the Vice President of the Management Board at Hypo-Bank Polska, and later the Vice President of the Management Board at Bank of Food Economy.

From 2002 to 2011, he served as the President of the Management Board at Nordea Bank Polska, where, among other achievements, he conducted the merger with LG Petrobank. During this time, he also served in the governing bodies of the Polish Bank Association. In 2012, he took the position of Vice President of the Management Board for Financial Affairs at KGHM Polska Miedź. In 2013, he was awarded the honorary badge “For Merits to Public Finances of the Republic of Poland”. From 2015 to 2017, he was a curator at the Bank of Polish Co-operatives SA and a member of the Banking Ethics Committee of the Polish Bank Association.

Since 2017, he has been the Vice President of the Polish Bank Association.

Piotr Kledzik comes from Gdańsk, where he graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Gdańsk University of Technology. He began his professional career at Hydrobudowa 6 SA, where he worked in various roles such as trainee engineer, foreman, works manager, construction manager, and construction group manager. In 2005, he moved back to his hometown and became the director of the industrial construction department at Hydrobudowa Gdańsk SA. From there, he proceeded to manage the hydrotechnical construction department and was eventually promoted to the position of technical director and member of the management board.
In 2007, Piotr Kledzik was given the responsibility of consolidating the Polish construction companies of the Bilfinger group into the newly established company Bilfinger Berger Budownictwo SA, where he was appointed as the President of the Management Board. Following ownership changes, the company became a member of the international PORR Group in 2015. Piotr Kledzik currently serves as the President of the Management Board of PORR S.A.
Apart from his professional achievements, Piotr Kledzik is an avid hunting enthusiast who enjoys long walks with his dogs.

Manager with many years of experience in sales management and marketing in the electrotechnical sector. He began his professional career in 1992 at SAPA Aluminium. Worked for Philips Lighting (now Signify) since 1995. Being responsible for sales and marketing for the Central and Eastern European region, he actively participated in the company’s transformation from manufacturer of lighting products to consultant and provider of integrated IoT solutions. He led the work of international teams, implementing innovative industry solutions and business models. He currently serves as CEO of Signify Poland and Sales Director for Poland, the Baltics and Ukraine. He holds a university degree in economics and is also a graduate of the Executive Master of Business Administration.

Manager with many years of experience in both production and investment sectors. His expertise includes company, capital group and financial management in complex capital holdings at the company and group level, assessing the profitability of investments, restructuring, optimizing processes, managing financial risk, managing liquidity and building and implementing financing strategies. Manager at Luma Holding (family office), he was responsible for the finances of the entire holding company and individual Group companies.

He created the business model, established and managed the second round fund in Poland. He built and acquired the first in CEE, and one of the first in Europe, sustainable financing (SLL) in the mining sector. He gained managerial experience in the mining and steel industry in Europe and Africa. He has completed many trade finance transactions with partners from different continents.

He has experience in negotiations, due diligence, conducting and supervising the acquisition of companies in Poland and abroad. Member of Supervisory Boards, Investment Committees, responsible for merger processes, restructuring, optimization processes and defining development directions.

Graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics in finance and banking and international economic relations. Completed doctoral studies in economics. He holds a stockbroker’s license and has completed numerous courses and trainings.

Graduate of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. He completed postgraduate Executive Studies in Business Management at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, International Managerial and Marketing Studies at the Brno University of Technology, International Managerial and Financial Studies at the University of Economics in Katowice, and an MBA at The Brennan School of Business of Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, USA.

He has been involved in the energy sector for over 27 years. He has extensive experience in developing effective sales and marketing strategies and managing change. He is an expert in designing and implementing new products and services, marketing campaigns, customer contact channels, and IT tools and systems. He has led and implemented numerous projects aimed at improving organizational and business process efficiency.

Since March 2024, he has served as President of the Management Board of Tauron Polska Energia S.A.
From 2020 to 2024, he was Vice President of the Management Board of Polenergia Dystrybucja and Polenergia Sprzedaż.
From 2012 to 2019, he was associated with the TAURON Group as Vice President of the Management Board at TAURON Sprzedaż and TAURON Sprzedaż GZE, and as Executive Director for Customer Affairs at TAURON Polska Energia S.A.
From 1997 to 2012, he worked in companies belonging to the Vattenfall Group, holding positions such as Head of Development Department, Head of Planning and HR Strategy, Project Manager, Director of Customer Service, Director of Sales and Marketing, and Vice President of the Management Board.

He is a member of several supervisory boards, Vice President of the Polish Electricity Association, and President of IGEOS.

Piotr Maciak: President of the Management Board of Nordkalk Ltd. and Managing Director of Nordkalk Wapno, Vice President of the Nordkalk Group responsible for the Eastern European Region, Member of the Board of the Lime Industry Association.

Education: Graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Power and Aeronautics, Warsaw University of Technology.
Professional Experience:
Since 1991 he has held management positions in sales and management in large international companies, mainly in the building materials sector. He has worked at Nordkalk for 16 years, of which he has been President of Nordkalk Ltd. for 14 years.

Since 2019, he has been Vice President of the Nordkalk Group, responsible for the Eastern Europe region. From 2024 he additionally holds the position of Managing Director at Nordkalk Wapno of the newly acquired company. Since January 2025, he has been part of the SigmaRoc Group Executive Committee as Managing Director of the Eastern Platform.

As a board member of the Lime Industry Association, he actively promotes the development of the lime industry in Poland.

Professor Jerzy Małachowski is a graduate of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. His scientific, research, and implementation work focuses on three main areas: the development of testing methods for materials and structures; the advancement of computational research and simulation analysis related to safety and defense; and the development of testing methods in biomedical engineering.

He has led numerous projects and participated as a contributor in over 30 initiatives focused on scientific, development, and implementation work. From 2016 to 2024, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Military University of Technology. Since June 2024, he has been serving as Director of the National Centre for Research and Development.

Piotr Mirosław has 30 years of professional experience, mainly in management of sales, marketing and operations in international companies, both in B2C and B2B markets, in different cultures and organizational structures. Since 2014 heading up Lyreco Poland, being market leader in workplace products and services. Before head of Tech Data in Poland, one of top global IT distributors, Nasdaq listed. Board member of Philips Poland, managing consumer sales and marketing in Poland and Central Europe. Sales Director and Managing Director in LG Electronics Poland. Graduate of Warsaw University of Technology, postgraduate study at Warsaw University, postgraduate program in Business School of Warsaw University of Technology and MBA at University of Illinois. Additionally completed prestigious leadership programs at INSEAD and IMD.

Graduate of foreign trade at the Warsaw School of Economics. Long-time member of the board of the Women Business Leaders Foundation. Business mentor. Winner of the BrandMe CEO 2021 poll organized by Forbes magazine. Since 2000, she has been Managing Director and CEO of Kinnarps Polska Sp. z o.o. The company is a subsidiary of the Swedish concern Kinnarps AB – a European leader in furnishing offices and public facilities. Beata Osiecka has been with Kinnarps since the beginning of its operations on the Polish market, co-creating the company’s strategy and the brand’s reputation as an expert in holistic ergonomics, sustainable development, functional design and a friendly work environment.

Prof. dr hab. Witold M. Orłowski, economist, professor at the Business School of the Warsaw University of Technology and the Vistula University, chief economic advisor to PwC Polska, lecturer in many academic institutions in Poland and abroad. Former economic advisor to the president Aleksander Kwaśniewski, member of the National Development Council of the President and the Economic Council of the Government. Author of 16 books and 200 scientific publications, popular economic commentator and columnist of major Polish newspapers.

Member of the Program Council of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology. An expert in the field of computer control systems. He led several projects, creating factories referred to as Industry 4.0 in Europe and China. He cooperated with such concerns as VW, GM, Daimler and Siemens.

expert in the field of circular economy, waste management and renewable energy sources. Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Environmental and Energy Engineering at the Silesian University of Technology and Head of the Department of Waste Management Technologies and Devices.
He specializes in environmental analyses, life cycle assessment (LCA), energy use of waste and project management. Expert of the European Commission in the field of carbon footprint for various European projects.
For 12 years he was associated with EIT and InnoEnergy, serving, among others, as the Director of Education for Central Europe and the Director of the Energy Transition program. He cooperated with leading European universities on innovations in the field of sustainable development.
Author of over 300 scientific publications, leader of many national and international projects. He has international project management certificates (PRINCE2, Agile PM) and extensive experience in academic education and implementation of modern technologies in industry.

Professor at the Leon Kozminski Academy, Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics
Professor of sustainable management at the Leon Kozminski Academy. Co-founder of “RES. Centre for Reimagining Sustainability. Management, Finance and Society”. Coordinator of postgraduate studies “ESG Perspective. Responsible and sustainable management”. For over 30 years associated with business as a promoter of responsibility and ethics in business, speaker, advisor, and mentor of impact startups. Co-author of the annual ranking “ESG Ranking. Responsible Management” and “Positive Impact Startup List”, co-founder of the Responsible Business Forum and the UNEP/GRID Warsaw program “Climate Leadership powered by UN Environment”.

Jacek Socha, from 2005 to 2020 Vice President of PwC in Poland. He joined PwC in December 2005 and has since advised numerous Polish and international companies. As Minister of the State Treasury in the government of Marek Belka (2004–2005), he successfully oversaw several privatization transactions via the Warsaw Stock Exchange, including those of PKO BP, PGNiG, and Lotos.

As Chairman of the Polish Securities and Exchange Commission from 1994 to 2004, he played a key role in developing regulations for the Polish capital market and aligning Polish law with EU standards. He was also involved in listing many companies now traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. His work on the Polish capital market began in 1990 at the Ministry of Ownership Transformations in the Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

From 1982 to 1990, he worked at the Institute of Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

He is an Honorary Member of:

• The Warsaw Stock Exchange,

• The Polish Chamber of Brokerage Houses,

• The Association of Securities Brokers and Investment Advisors,

• The Polish Business Roundtable.

He held significant roles in the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), chairing the European Regional Committee (1998–2000), serving as Vice Chair of the Emerging Markets Committee (1996–1998), and as a member of the Executive Committee (1994–2000).

Jacek Socha was instrumental in creating corporate governance standards in Poland and co-authored the first set of principles approved by the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2002.

He was also Vice President of the Polish Golf Association.

He currently serves on the supervisory boards of mTFI SA, ONDE SA, and BIOAGRA SA, and is a member of the Bridge for Business Foundation.

Katarzyna Suchcicka is an experienced leader with 17 years of experience in the energy sector. Before joining R.Power, she served as CEO of OX2 in Poland, where she built the entire organization from the ground up, leading to the implementation of renewable energy projects with a total capacity of nearly 400 MW and developing a project portfolio exceeding 3 GW.

Her experience also includes work at Vestas, including a two-year international contract in Portugal. She is distinguished by exceptional competencies in building effective teams, as evidenced by developing the OX2 organization into a team of 80 specialists and initiating pioneering projects in the field of energy storage.

The industry has repeatedly recognized her achievements, awarding prestigious distinctions: the title of Manager of the Year 2024 (EuroPower & OzePower) and Energy of the Future 2024 (Energy of Women).

Katarzyna Suchcicka is a student of Executive MBA at Kozminski University. She holds a master’s degree in managerial economics from the West Pomeranian Business School and an engineering degree obtained from the University of Southern Denmark and the West Pomeranian University of Technology.

Member of the two-person Management Board of the STRABAG Group in Poland since 2013.Master of Economics, a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and a scholarship holder of the University of Vienna in the field of business economics.

He started his professional career at the STRABAG headquarters in Austria in 1996 and since then he has been professionally associated with STRABAG in Poland.
Between 2001 – 2006 he was the Managing Director and a member of the Management Board of BRVZ Sp. z o.o., a financial services company of the STRABAG Group.

He has been a member of the Management Board of the STRABAG Group in Poland since 2007. He was responsible for the infrastructure segment. Currently, he manages all areas of construction of the STRABAG Group in Poland. During that time, the company became the second largest construction company in Poland, operating in all construction sectors.

Wojciech Trojanowski is the Vice-President of Pracodawcy RP [The Employers of the Republic of Poland], Chairman of Platforma Budowlana [The Construction Platform], member of the Board of the Polish-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The winner of numerous industry awards.

Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Organization and Management Sciences at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Chairman of the Conference of Rectors of Economic Universities and the Conference of Rectors of Warsaw Universities.
Specializes in human resource management in organizations and corporate social responsibility.
Author or co-author of publications on negotiations, conflict resolution, human resources management, intellectual capital measurement and knowledge management in enterprises.

Graduate of the Faculty of Management and Marketing at the University of Warsaw. Always associated with B2B, she has been working for large multinational corporations for over 20 years, successfully managing sales, marketing and development teams. She gained professional experience in the field of technology for 10 years at Liberty Global (UPC Poland), managing the B2B sector and more recently, for 5 years, at Orange Poland, where she implements digital transformation projects with a team of experts for the largest companies in the transport and logistics sector.