Audit Commitee

Marek Wiechno

Chairman of the Audit Committee

Marek Wiechno studied at the Warsaw School of Economics from 1998 to 2003, and subsequently completed numerous courses and training in Management, HR, Corporate Finance, Accounting (including IFRS/IAS), and Taxes. He began his professional career in 1999 with his own business, MAWAR Marek Wiechno. Since 2000, he has been a Management Board Member and shareholder at DEM Sp. z o.o. Since 2010, he has been a Management Board Member and shareholder at POL T and T Sp. z o.o. Since 2014, he has been a Supervisory Board Member of VIGO Photonics S.A. and a Foundation Council Member at the POLONIA INVICTA Foundation. Marek Wiechno has submitted a declaration that he is not participating in a company competing with the Issuer as a partner in a civil partnership, partnership, or as a member of a governing body of a company, and he is not participating in any other competitive legal entity as a member of its governing body. Furthermore, according to the declaration, Marek Wiechno is not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors maintained pursuant to the Act of August 20, 1997, on the National Court Register (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 112, consolidated text).

Waldemar Maj

Member of the Audit Committee

Founding Partner of Metropolitan Capital Solutions, with extensive experience in strategic consulting and M&A transactions. An investor in technology startups and a member of the supervisory boards of Alior Bank, PZU Życie, Vigo, Creotech, and Hycom, among others. Previously, he served as Vice President of the Management Board of PKN Orlen and Bank BGŻ, as well as President of DZ Bank Polska, where he was responsible for restructuring and development strategy. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and holds a PhD in Physics from the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Małgorzata Starczewska-Krzysztoszek 

Member of the Audit Committee

An economist (PhD in Economics), she teaches business and banking (primarily finance and strategy). She is also an analyst specializing in economic processes and regulations and their impact on business processes. She is an experienced Chief Economist, responsible for the economic analysis of draft laws and regulations within an employer organization, among other things, collaborating with the Sejm, Senate, and government administration institutions, and conducting macro- and microeconomic analyses.

Zbigniew Więcław

Member of the Audit Committee

In 1997, he earned a master's degree from the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw, and then in 2010, he completed his MBA at the University of Illinois. He began his professional career in 1997–1999 at Westdeutsche Landesbank Polska S.A. as a Risk Manager. Then, from 2000 to 2003, he was the Financial Controller of Transaction Banking and the Treasury Department at Citibank S.A. For over a decade, he has continued his career at Bank Handlowy S.A.: Director of the Transaction Banking Strategy and Planning Office (2003–2009), Chief Financial Officer of Transaction Banking for Citigroup's Central and Eastern Europe Region (2010-2013), Director of the Liquidity Management and Business Analysis Department in the Corporate Banking Sector (2013-present). Since 2014, Zbigniew Więcław has served on the Supervisory Board of VIGO Photonics S.A. He meets the independence criteria.

The Supervisory Board confirmed that the Audit Committee, as appointed, meets the independence criteria and the other requirements specified in Article 129, sections 1, 3, 5, and 6 of the Act of May 11, 2017, on Statutory Auditors, Audit Firms, and Public Oversight.