Strategic advisor, investor, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in strategy, value creation, and execution. He supports business owners, supervisory boards, and management teams in translating strategic ambitions into measurable business results – EBITDA, cash flow, and long-term enterprise value.

He combines consulting experience with investment practice (over 10 years in the private equity and venture capital markets), implementing transformational and development projects in highly complex and performance-driven environments. He has completed over 100 capital investments, including a project awarded the “Impact Investment of the Year” by EBAN.

CEO of Inventity Foundation and co-creator and leader of the GROWING PAINS STRATEGY® methodology, supporting the scaling and professionalization of organizations. He is a certified GPS® advisor and author and co-author of numerous business development strategies.

An entrepreneur since 1985. In 2015, he was recognized as one of the 20 best Polish managers by Bloomberg Business Week. He has been a speaker at numerous PE/VC conferences, including NOAH, MergerMarket, and Founder Forum. He serves on the supervisory and advisory boards of numerous MCI portfolio companies across Europe.

MCI, founded in 1999, is one of the most dynamic private equity groups in Europe, focused on digital transformation. It manages €600 million in long-term capital and has completed over 100 investments and 70 exits.

MCI’s investment portfolio ranges from €25 million to €100 million. MCI’s strategy focuses on expansion and buyout investments in Central and Eastern Europe in sectors such as SaS, e-commerce/MarketPlaces, fintech/insurtech and digital infrastructure/digital transformation.

BUSINESS AND INNOVATION
Vice President of SMAY Ventilation Systems — a Polish company operating in 34 countries, specializing in ventilation and fire safety systems. Associated with the industry for over 20 years. In 2021, she became the first woman to hold the position of Vice President in her niche. Her path proves that analytical thinking, determination, and courage can break down any barrier — including the glass ceiling in engineering.

AIR QUALITY AND SAFETY
For years, she has been promoting a fire safety culture and concern for indoor air quality — both from a technical and social perspective. She is the co-author of a European patent for a wireless airflow regulator powered by perovskite cell technology — a solution that combines material innovation with smart ventilation. In 2016, she organized the international “Safe Evacuation” conference, which resulted in official CNBOP guidelines for stairwell ventilation in residential buildings. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the free magazine Buildvent and a board member of PLGBC (Polish Green Building Council).

PHILANTHROPY AND FOUNDATION
President of the Maj Family Foundation named after Piotr Maj and initiator of the “Pomaganie Buduje” (Helping Builds) project. Under her leadership, the Foundation raised over PLN 8 million across three editions for its beneficiaries, running social and sports projects — such as the Polish Construction Industry Championships in road cycling and a charity golf tournament.

MENTORSHIP AND WOMEN IN TECH
Mentor for women in tech and Advisory Board Member of the Mentoring F2F program. Her mission is to remove barriers — both stereotypical and invisible — standing in the way of women in management and engineering.

PERSONAL LIFE
Motorsport enthusiast.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, he has been involved in the financial market from the beginning of his professional career. He has worked at PKO TFI and the mBank Group, among others. Since 2023, he has been President of the Management Board of CERES Investment House, an independent brokerage house and one of the fastest-growing in Poland in recent years, and President of the Management Board of CERES Family Office, a company dedicated to building the security of clients’ families and assets.

At mBank’s brokerage house, he served as Wealth Manager and Director of Wealth Management. While working in mBank’s Private Banking Department, he was responsible for developing the company’s offerings in the areas of succession, tax planning, and international insurance products, as well as offering investment funds and asset management services to businesses. He also served as President of the Management Board of BRE Property Partner Sp. z o.o., where he was responsible for the restructuring of the capital group. He has extensive experience in client relations with HNWIs, estate planning, and succession planning, as well as in M&A processes. He is a Certified European Financial Planner (EFP EFPA) and lecturer at the Postgraduate Investment Banking Program at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Michał is a Partner at EY-Parthenon, responsible for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) projects. He has nearly 20 years of extensive experience in M&A projects on both the sell-side and buy-side. His clients include global and Polish private equity funds, international corporations, and Polish entrepreneurs. Michał has worked with clients across a wide range of industries, including technology, consumer products and services, transport and logistics, and industrial manufacturing.

Karolina Sikorska is the Marketing Director of the UNIMOT Group, one of Poland’s largest independent fuel and energy groups. She oversees marketing, communications, reputation management, and brand development across the Group’s diverse portfolio, which spans sectors such as fuel, energy, logistics, infrastructure, and the energy transition.

In 2026, she received the “Young People at the Forum” award in the Business category at the 35th Economic Forum in Karpacz.

As a representative of the next generation in a family business, she combines her deep, long-standing familiarity with the organization with her own professional career and managerial responsibilities. She is particularly passionate about topics such as succession planning, building authority, and the role of the new generation in the growth of family businesses.

She holds degrees in War Studies from King’s College London and Strategic Marketing from Imperial College London. An entrepreneur and the founder of the brand Teddy’s Treats, she is also actively involved in initiatives aimed at the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs.