Witold Walkowiak

He has over 25 years of experience in the financial sector in Poland and abroad. He began his banking career at Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A., where he held positions from deputy department director to Vice President of the Management Board. He was Vice-President of the Management Board of Bank Przemysłowo Handlowy S.A. He also gained extensive experience in insurance institutions. He served as a member of the Management Board of PZU S.A. He was associated with the Dutch insurance group Achmea, where he held position of the Financial Director of the European Department as well as the position of a member of the boards of directors and chairman of the audit committees in Friends First in Dublin and Interamerican in Athens. For almost 10 years he was the Vice-President of the Management Board of insurance companies in the Warta Group.

His main areas of competences and responsibilities in the financial sector included: accounting and financial reporting, financial planning and controlling, risk management and asset management.

He was a board member of the Polish Bank Association and the Polish Insurance Chamber.

He is a lecturer at the Vistula Academy of Finance and Business.

He is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and holds a Ph.D. in economics. He was a British Council scholarship holder at the University of Cambridge and a Fulbright at the Brookings Institution in Washington.



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