Supervisory Board
Paweł Wajda (President of the Supervisory Board)
A professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw in the Department of Administrative Law and Procedure, an attorney-at-law. Since May 2024, a Member of the Management Board of PZU Życie SA.
Paweł Wajda is also a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics (in finance and banking). He focuses on regulatory issues, banking law, insurance law, capital markets law, administrative law, administrative proceedings, and proceedings before administrative courts. He has provided legal services to large enterprises in the field of regulatory issues, compliance issues, as well as representing financial institutions in administrative proceedings and proceedings before administrative courts.
Paweł Wajda is recommended by Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 5OO in the following categories: Banking & Finance (lnsurance).
Paweł Wajda meets all the requirements set out in Article 22aa of the Act of August 29, 1997. - Banking Law (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 2488).
Jan Zimowicz (Vice-President of the Supervisory Board)
A manager with nearly 15 years of experience as a member of the management board or in managerial positions of leading insurance companies and banks belonging to international capital groups - Aegon, Nationale-Nederlanden, and Credit Agricole. From 2023 to 2024, he was a member of the supervisory board of a financial advisory company. Since April 2024 – a Member of the Management Board of PZU S.A.
Jan Zimowicz specializes in sales and marketing management, development of insurance products, executing merger and acquisition processes. He has experience in creating business strategies for large companies, digitization and implementation of extensive IT systems gained at Oracle and Accenture.
Author of publications in sector-specific media and frequent participant of panels and member of the Insurance Forum Program Council. He has extensive expert knowledge and experience in the field of insurance market rules, legal regulations, and supervisory guidelines. A long-term member of the Life Insurance Committee at the Polish Insurance Association.
Jan Zimowicz is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics in International Economic and Political Relations and the Warsaw University of Technology at the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology. He holds an Executive MBA diploma issued by the Business School of the Warsaw University of Technology in cooperation of HEC Paris, London Business School, NHH Norwegian School of Economics. He also completed a senior management program at Singularity University in Mountain View, California.
Jan Zimowicz meets all the requirements set out in Article 22aa of the Banking Law Act of August 29, 1997 (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 2488).
Artur Chołody (Member of the Supervisory Board)
Doctor of Economics, graduate of law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, completed legal counsel training at the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Poznań with a successful exam obtaining the title of legal counsel, graduate of MBA studies at ZZL Franklin University Ohio/WSB Poznań, graduate of postgraduate studies in Management Psychology, NGO Management, Internet Entrepreneurship, and Methodology of Economic Sciences.
For nearly 20 years, he has been a partner in “Wielkopolska Grupa Prawnicza sp.k.”, specializing in public procurement and providing services to companies applying for international public contracts. A member of the management boards of companies from the industrial sector, he successfully carried out the restructuring of “Fabryki Narzędzi Specjalnych spółka z o.o.” company, laying the foundations for the construction of a Polish capital group in the tool industry.
He has many years of experience in supervising public entities, he was the Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of “Zarząd Komunalnych Zasobów Lokalowych sp. z o.o.” in Poznań, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of “Zakład Energetyki Cieplnej sp. z o.o.” in Ostrzeszów.
Artur Chołody meets all the requirements set out in Article 22aa of the Banking Law Act of August 29, 1997 (Journal of Laws 2023, item 2488).
Doctor of Economics, graduate of law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, completed legal counsel training at the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Poznań with a successful exam obtaining the title of legal counsel, graduate of MBA studies at ZZL Franklin University Ohio/WSB Poznań, graduate of postgraduate studies in Management Psychology, NGO Management, Internet Entrepreneurship, and Methodology of Economic Sciences.
For nearly 20 years, he has been a partner in “Wielkopolska Grupa Prawnicza sp.k.”, specializing in public procurement and providing services to companies applying for international public contracts. A member of the management boards of companies from the industrial sector, he successfully carried out the restructuring of “Fabryki Narzędzi Specjalnych spółka z o.o.” company, laying the foundations for the construction of a Polish capital group in the tool industry.
He has many years of experience in supervising public entities, he was the Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of “Zarząd Komunalnych Zasobów Lokalowych sp. z o.o.” in Poznań, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of “Zakład Energetyki Cieplnej sp. z o.o.” in Ostrzeszów.
Artur Chołody meets all the requirements set out in Article 22aa of the Banking Law Act of August 29, 1997 (Journal of Laws 2023, item 2488).
Radosław Grabowski (Member of the Supervisory Board, independent)
Professor, habilitated doctor of legal sciences, academic teacher, legal advisor, scientist - specialist in constitutional and comparative law. Initially (since 1997) associated with the UMCS Branch in Rzeszów, currently with the University of Rzeszów, employed at the Institute of Legal Sciences of the University of Warsaw, currently heads the Department of Constitutional Law. Reviewer in habilitation and doctoral proceedings, supervisor of doctoral and master's theses.
Author, co-author, and editor of almost 200 scientific publications - monographs, collective studies, articles, reviews, and glosses. Expert and author of dozens of legal opinions for numerous central administration authorities, including the Sejm, the Senate, the President of the Republic of Poland, the Supreme Audit Office. An active participant in many national and international scientific projects, currently the manager of a project aimed at creating a publicly available Internet Service for Civic Education. Co-founder and scientific secretary of the Review of Constitutional Law magazine.
Radosław Grabowski meets all the requirements set out in Article 22aa of the Banking Law Act of August 29, 1997 (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 2488).
Maciej Gutowski (Member of the Supervisory Board, independent)
Prof. Maciej Gutowski graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Adam Mickiewicz University. He earned a Master of Laws degree in commercial law from the Central European University in Budapest, earned his doctorate and then obtained his habilitation in civil law.
In 2015 he was awarded the title of professor of law. He is an employee of the Department of Civil, Commercial, and Insurance Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Adam Mickiewicz University. From 2013 to 2021, he was the dean of the Poznań Bar Association, from 2015 to 2018 he was the chairman of the editorial board of “Palestra - Pismo Adwokatury Polskiej” legal periodical, and from 2018 to 2021 he was the editor-in-chief. He runs his own law firm in Poznań. In 2016, he was awarded the Golden Paragraph 2015 for the best attorney by “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna” daily legal newspaper.
In 2017, he became a member of the program council of the Wiktor Osiatyński Archive and since 2017 he has been a member of the Social Codification Commission.
Prof. Maciej Gutowski meets all the requirements set out in Article 22aa of the Banking Law Act of August 29, 1997 (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 2488).
Rafał Janczura (Member of the Supervisory Board)
A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. He also studied at the Faculty of Law at the University of Saarland. Attorney-at-law, member of the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-law, manager with experience in legal services, legislation, and compliance of financial market entities. For many years he is connected with the banking and insurance market, working, among others, for Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A., BRE Bank S.A., PKO BP S.A., BPH S.A., Generali Group, and Concordia Group. As a of counsel at Bird & Bird, he was responsible for the insurance sector. Since July 2024, he has been the Managing Director for Legal Affairs in the PZU Group.
Rafał Janczura meets all the requirements set out in Article 22aa of the Act of August 29, 1997. - Banking Law (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 2488).
Artur Kucharski (Member of the Supervisory Board, independent)
For 14 years, he has been an independent member of supervisory boards, including in public companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. In his duties, he chaired Audit Committees in 4 listed companies (including Alior Bank) and, as a member, participated in the work of advisory committees of supervisory boards - the risk committee, the nomination and remuneration committee, and the strategy and development committee.
Artur Kucharski is a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology and the University of Westminister, he has experience in auditing, consulting, and supervision. In 2000 he became a member of ACCA and in 2011 received an Executive MBA.
Currently, Artur Kucharski is a member of the supervisory boards of the following companies: Asseco South Eastern Europe SA (since 2016), Budimex SA (since 2020), Asseco Data Systems SA (since 2022), and Grupa Azoty SA (since 2024). Previously, from 2002 to 2010, Artur Kucharski worked in the advisory department of PwC Polska sp. z o.o., and between 1995 and 2002 in PricewaterhouseCoopers sp. z o.o., as an auditor in the audit department.
Artur Kucharski meets all the requirements set out in Article 22aa of the Act of August 29, 1997. - Banking Law (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 2488).
Robert Pusz (Member of the Supervisory Board)
Director of the Risk Department of PZU SA and PZU Życie SA responsible, among others, for shaping and implementing the risk management strategy, implementing appropriate policies, and risk management principles in the PZU Financial Conglomerate, comprising insurance companies and banks. Since the beginning of his professional career, his scope of work is in actuarial sciences and risk management.
For 26 years, he has been professionally involved in the insurance market, of which for over 20 years he has been working for the PZU Group. For the past 6 years, he has been the Director of the Risk Office in the PZU Group. Previously, for 2 years, he was responsible for risk management at Aegon TU na Życie SA and Aegon Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne SA, including serving as a Member of the Management Board of the insurance company. Prior to this period, he was responsible for risk management at TUiR Allianz SA and TU Allianz Życie Polska SA for 3 years. In PZU Group companies, he is a Member of the Supervisory Board of TUW Polish Zakład Ubezpieczeń Wzajemnych and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Polski Gaz Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Wzajemnych and Polski Gaz Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Wzajemnych na Życie. In the past, he was a Member of the Supervisory Board of Alior Bank SA, chairing the Risk Committee.
Licensed actuary. A graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, and Mechanics at the University of Warsaw, postgraduate studies in Business Insurance at the University of Economics in Krakow and in Spatial Information Systems at the Warsaw University of Technology. He obtained the Artificial Intelligence Professional Certificate from Stanford University. For several years, as a representative of the Polish Association of Actuaries in the Actuarial Association of Europe and chairman of the Solvency II Subcommittee in the Polish Insurance Association, he helped implement the Solvency II system. He was awarded for his services to insurance (PIA).
Robert Pusz meets all the requirements set out in Article 22aa of the Act of August 29, 1997. - Banking Law (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 2488).