Jan Byrski, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Jan Byrski specializes in financial innovation law (FinTech, including payment, banking and the insurance market), in legal protection of information (personal data, professional secrets, trade secrets), and IT and TMT, including in particular proceedings before the President of the National Bank of Poland, President of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, Inspector General for Personal Data Protection, and administrative courts. He provides legal advice to companies and financial institutions operating on the Polish and international markets.
He is a legal expert at the Polish Chamber of Insurance and the Foundation for Development of Non-Cash Transactions (FROB). He is a member of the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) organization and SABI-IOD (Data Protection Officer Association, Poland), and Vice-President of the FinTech Committee of the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications (PIIT). He is a member of working parties at the KNF Office on the development of financial innovation (FinTech) and MC working groups, including distributed registers and blockchain. He takes part in parliamentary work on the adaptation of Polish law to PSD 2, interchange fee regulation (IF Reg), the GDPR, and numerous amendments to the Act on the Protection of Personal Data and the Act on Payment Services.
He is a speaker at conferences, seminars and training courses in Poland and elsewhere, and a member of the Consultative Council of the IT in Administration monthly. He is the author and co-author of numerous academic and popular-science publications, including the monograph Tajemnica prawnie chroniona w działalności bankowej (Legally-Protected Secret in Banking Operations), which earned him the top award in the Scientiae Legis Excellentia contest for the best PhD dissertation on economic law organized by the National Bank of Poland, as well as the habilitation dissertation “Outsourcing w działalności dostawców usług płatniczych” (Outsourcing in the Activities of Payment Service Providers) (C.H. Beck 2018). He has also received individual recommendations in the Chambers & Partners Europe 2020 and 2021 Banking & Finance ranking, Regulatory Poland, FinTech Legal Poland 2020 and 2021, The Legal 500 EMEA 2020 and 2021 in the category Data privacy and data protection.
He is a professor in Economic Law of the Faculty of Finance at the Cracow University of Economics. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University, and attended the School of German Law of the Jagiellonian University, University of Heidelberg, and the University of Mainz, and the School of Austrian Law of the Jagiellonian University and the University of Vienna. He studied at Ruhr-Universität Bochum on a scholarship awarded by the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation. He has been on scholarships at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Johann Gutenberg Universität Mainz, and Max-Planck-Institut für Immaterialgüter-und Wettbewerbsrecht.
Member of the Supervisory Board satisfies the independence criteria provided for in § 20, section 2 of the Articles of Association.
Katarzyna Dąbrowska, Member of the Supervisory Board
She started her career in 2003 in the audit department of Deloitte. From 2005 to 2015, she worked for BZWBK Asset Management and BZWBK TFI S.A. (now Santander TFI S.A.) – first as an analyst, then as a manager and stock market manager. She managed funds investing in the CEE region and Turkey. She has been recognized for her achievements by the industry’s daily newspapers – she has twice received the Parkiet – Golden Portfolio award – in 2014 and 2012, as well as the Fund of the Year title from Puls Biznesu in 2012 and 2009. She currently manages a venture capital fund – Inventures. She is a member of the Supervisory Board of Inventures’ portfolio companies – Sidly Healthcare sp. z o.o. 2019 – 2021, Napoleon sp. z o.o. 2018 – 2021, Ecommerce factory S.A. 2019 – 2024, Trustmate S.A. from 2022, Edrone sp. z o.o. from 2024.
She graduated from the Poznan University of Economics in 2004 with a Master’s degree in Management and Marketing, specializing in capital investment and corporate financial strategies.
Member of the Supervisory Board satisfies the independence criteria provided for in § 20, section 2 of the Articles of Association.
Ewa Stefaniak, Member of the Supervisory Board
A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics in the field of accounting and controlling. She holds a certificate of qualification to keep accounting books issued by the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland.
In 1991 – 1995 she held the position of Chief Accountant in the following companies: Kontrakt sp. z o.o., Hotel and Lodging sp. z o.o. and Contingsult sp. z o.o. From September 1996 to May 2006 she worked in ING Investment Management (Poland) S.A. as a Chief Accountant/Portfolio Controller. From September 2006 to October 2019 she worked in X-Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski S.A. (now XTB S.A.) as Chief Accountant. From 2008 to 2015 she was a member of the Management Board of XTB S.A.
Member of the Supervisory Board satisfies the independence criteria provided for in § 20, section 2 of the Articles of Association.
Bartosz Zabłocki, Member of the Supervisory Board
Bartosz Zabłocki commenced his professional career in 2002 in Contract Administration sp. z o.o. where until 2007 he was the specialist for brand protection. From 2005 to 2022 he was a partner in the law office of Kancelaria Prawna P. Grzelka & Wspólnicy sp. k. Since 2006, Bartosz Zabłocki has been running his own business: “Globetroter Bartosz Zabłocki”. From March 2021, he is a Member of the Management Board of Kamienica sp.z o.o.
Bartosz Zabłocki graduated from the Department of Law and Administration at the University of Lodz.
Member of the Supervisory Board does not satisfy the independence criteria provided for in § 20, section 2 of the Articles of Association.
Grzegorz Grabowicz, Member of the Supervisory Board
Grzegorz Grabowicz has been a Member of the Management Board and Finance Director at Mabion S.A. since January 2019. Grzegorz Grabowicz gained knowledge and experience in management while working: over the period 1998 – 2003 in the Audit Department at Deloitte, in 2003 as Financial Controller at BFF Polska S.A. (formerly: Magellan S.A.), over the period 2004 – 2017 as Financial Director at BFF Polska S.A. and Vice President of the Management Board at BFF Polska S.A. Between 2010 and 2013 he worked as President of the Management Board of MEDFinance S.A. In the years 2007 – 2017 was a Member of the Supervisory Board of Magellan Czech Republic and Magellan Slovakia. Over the period 2013 – 2017 he was a Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MEDFinance S.A. From 2014 to October 2018 Mr Grzegorz Grabowicz was a Member of the Supervisory Board of Skarbiec Holding S.A. From October 2017 to August 2020 he was a Member of the Supervisory Board of Develia S.A. (formely: LC Corp S.A.) and from June 2018 to May 2019 he was a Member of the Supervisory Board of Medicalgorithmics S.A. From May 2020, he is a member of the Supervisory Board of PRAGMAGO S.A.
Grzegorz Grabowicz holds a graduate degree. In 1998 he graduated from the University of Lodz, Faculty of Management and Marketing, specialisation in Accounting, and received a Master’s degree in Management and Marketing. In 2010 he completed a programme organised by the Nottingham Trent University and the WSB at the University in Poznań and receive the EMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration) degree. Grzegorz Grabowicz is also a Statutory Auditor.
Member of the Supervisory Board satisfies the independence criteria provided for in § 20, section 2 of the Articles of Association.
