Annual Report 2012

Jerzy KurellaVice-President of the Management Board,
acting President of the Management Board

(appointed to the Management Board with effect from June 14th 2013)

Jerzy Kurella is a graduate of the law and administration faculty at the University of Warsaw, and a legal counsel. In 2002 – 2007, he worked for PGNIG in a number of capacities, including as Managing Director for Legal Support and Managing Director for Negotiations. He was responsible for the legal aspects of the unbundling of the transmission system operator, debt restructuring, redemption of eurobonds, and listing of Company shares on the stock exchange.
From 2007, he served as Member of the Management Board, and then as Vice-President of the Management Board of BOT Górnictwo i Energetyka SA (BOT GiE), and was responsible for the BOT Group’s strategy and integration, its management and development, including supervision of the IT Department and Central Procurement and Logistics Department, as well as for legal support of BOT. From September 2008, he served as President of the Management Board of Wojskowe Towarzystwo Budownictwa Społecznego Sp. z o.o., and from 2009 to June 2012 he was Vice-President of the Management Board of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego SA (BGK). From July 1st 2012, he worked as Adviser to the President of the BGK Management Board. He has served as a member or chairman of multiple supervisory boards, for example at PF-K Gaskon SA, ­Investgas SA, BOT GiE SA, BOT Elektrownia Turów SA, BOT Elektrownia Bełchatów SA, KUKE SA and Krajowy Fundusz Kapitałowy SA. In June 2013 appointed as Deputy Chairman to the Supervisory Board of EuRoPol GAZ SA.

Jacek MurawskiVice-President of the Management Board,
Chief Financial Officer

(appointed to the Management Board with effect from April 1st 2013)

Jacek Murawski graduated from the faculty of finance and accounting and completed a post-graduate programme in enterprise value management at the Warsaw School of Economics. He holds an EMBA from the Helsinki School of Economics. Mr Murawski attended a number of training courses in finance, management, marketing, and IT, including programmes run by INSEAD, the Ashridge Management Centre, Management Center Europe, France Telecom University and many others.
Over the twenty years of his career, Mr Murawski has held senior positions at various companies. In 1990 – 1995, he was responsible for finance at Bantex Poland Sp. z o.o. In 1995 – 2001, he served as Financial Controller and Management Board Member at Polskie Książki Telefoniczne Sp. z o.o., as well as Chief Accountant at Polkomtel SA, and then CFO at Tchibo Warszawa Sp. z o.o. In 2001 – 2007, he was in charge of finance and administration as Member of the Management Board, CFO at PTK Centertel Sp. z o.o., operator of the Orange mobile telephony network. From 2007 to 2008, he was President of the Management Board at ­Wirtualna Polska SA, the owner of Poland’s leading online news portal.
Between 2006 and 2007, he was also Vice-President of the Employers of Poland organisation. Later on in his career, Mr Murawski was involved in investment and advisory activities in Poland and Central Europe as an Investment Partner at Poland’s leading venture capital fund, MCI Management SA. Concurrently, he served as Member of the Supervisory and Management Boards, as well as Interim CFO, of the group’s portfolio companies both in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Mirosław SzkałubaWiceprezes Zarządu ds. IT

(powołany w skład Zarządu z dniem 20 marca 2008 roku, wybrany na kolejną kadencję z dniem 13 marca 2011 roku)

Mirosław Szkałuba is a graduate of the faculty of drilling, oil and gas at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, with a degree of Master Engineer of Oil Mining. In 1998, he completed post-graduate courses in equity investments and corporate development projects at the Warsaw School of Economics. In 2004, he passed an examination for candidates to supervisory boards of state-owned companies. Mr Szkałuba joined PGNiG in 1994. From 2005, he worked at the Exploration Department as specialist responsible for planning, supervision and settlement of exploration activities. Later, he joined the Sanok Branch as Deputy Head of the Drilling Supervision Department. In 2005 – 2008, he served as a ­PGNiG Supervisory Board Member elected by the employees.