EuroPOWER Energy Conference & OZE POWER

A graduate of the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences, specialty – computer science and economic cybernetics (1979) And Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Postgraduate (1998), Doctor of Economics (1988). Since graduating in 1979 to 2011, professionally related with the Department of Economic Policy and Planning, since 1989 with the Department of Finance and Banking Faculty of Economic Sciences. Longtime lecturer at the postgraduate study “Money and Banking”. In the years 1990 – 1994 active in commercial banking structures. He was the President of the Management Board of the Bank Cooperative Crafts in Warsaw, and in the years 1993 – 1994 co-organized the activities of the Polish Investment Bank SA where he was, i.a., Director of the Credit Department and Traders and Vice President (1997), responsible for retail banking.
In the years 1994 – 1997 – Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Privatization and Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Treasury, responsible for capital privatization, the restructuring of enterprises and companies of the Treasury, for the use of aid funds and the division of economic analysis in relation to the assets of the Treasury and responsible for supervising companies with foreign capital. He collaborated with investors and privatization advisors, Securities and Exchange Commission and the Stock Exchange. In the 1997 – 2007 – President of the Energy Regulatory Office.
In the period of 2007 – 2012 – President of the Management Board of Mostostal Zabrze Holding S.A. (MZH SA), a public company listed on the Stock Exchange in Warsaw. In the years 1995 -1997 chaired the Supervisory Board of “Petrochemia Plock” S.A, and in the years 1996 – 1998 – Council of the Stock Exchange in Warsaw. He participated in the work of the Supervisory Board of Powszechny Bank Kredytowy SA Warsaw, 1995 – 1996. During 2007-2012 he oversaw a number of commercial companies in the Group MZH SA.
Currently operates expertise and advice, being i.a. consultant to the Center for the Antitrust and Regulatory Study Faculty of Management University of Warsaw and the advisor to the President of the Employers of Poland. He is the author and co-author of dozens of articles and several scientific books on finance, economic policy, including regulation in the energy sector, as well as privatization.

Graduate mathematics – natural studies Pedagogical University in Szczecin. Since 2003 related to the power sector. Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Economy in the Government of Prime Minister Marek Belka supervising the energy sector, fuel, gas and mining. Member of the management boards of Polish Power Grid and BOT. He also managed the work of the supervisory boards related not only to the energy sector, among others X NFI FOKSAL but also in the energy sector in the Bełchatów Power Plant CHP Gorzow, Kamieńsk Wind Power Plant . Since 2009 – the Director for Energy Orange Poland.

Vice President of Energy Regulatory Office since 2012, since 2013 – Acting President of ERO.
Maciej Bando graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology. He also completed postgraduate studies in business and management, as well as various courses and trainings in this field. During many years of his professional career he gained experience working in different entities as financial director and Member of the Board responsible for finance and investment. In the years 2002-2009, he was involved in the activities of Polska Grupa Energetyczna, being Vice President of the Board of Pumped-Storage Hydroelectricity Plant (currently PGE Energia Odnawialna) and director of the Investment Bureau of PGE Dystrybucja Warszawa Teren. He is the author of various analyses and reports on energy, he also cooperated as an expert with, among others, CASE group.

Holds the PhD of Technical Sciences in the field of electrical power engineering and energy economics. Has been working at the Energy Regulatory Office URE since 2004, among others as the deputy director of the Department of Market Development and Consumer Issues. He took the position of URE President in 2019.
Experienced in international cooperation: serving as an expert of the European Commission for the TAIEX programmes and twin-project in Ukraine related to the functioning of the electricity market, security of energy supply, the balancing market and congestion management. Expert at Florence School of Regulation on the development and operation of regional electricity markets. National expert with the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). In March 2021 appointed for the position of ACER Board of Regulators’ (BoR) Vice Chairman.
Experienced in supervising energy companies, particularly in the field of financial reporting and audit as well as investment and development.
Author of numerous publications and studies on the functioning of electricity markets, including the grid access principles, balancing and regional markets.

Responsible for the strategy and development of the FAMUR Group. He graduated from the Cracow University of Economics. He worked in Ponar Wadowice SA, Ponar Silesia SA and in Toyota Motor Poland Co. Ltd. He held the position of CEO at Odlewnia Żeliwa Śrem SA, Pioma-Odlewnia Sp. z o.o. and at PGO SA.

A graduate of the – Faculty of Law and Administration University of Warsaw, postgraduate studies at the Warsaw University of Technology – Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, the L.Kozminski School of Entrepreneurship and Management and at the University of Warsaw – Faculty of Management.
He worked at the central and local government. He advises in obtaining funds from the EU and participated in the preparation and implementation of investments in the energy sector.

He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering and Environmental Engineering at the Wrocław University of Technology. He completed postgraduate studies
at the Wrocław University of Technology in the field of Management and Marketing
and at the Warsaw University of Technology in the field of Gas Engineering. He completed postgraduate studies in Project Management at the Warsaw School of Economics.
He is a graduate of the Executive MBA studies organized by the Gdansk Foundation
for Management Development in partnership with the Institut d’Administration des Entreprises Aix–Marseille. He has the necessary qualifications to both design and manage works
in the field of gas installations and networks alongside with being the owner of the PRINCE2 Practitioner certificate.
He has extensive professional experience in the field of operation of energy facilities.
He has been connected with the gas industry for over 25 years. He initially worked
as a designer and later as a head of design studio in GAZOPROJKET S.A all while participating in the design of the most important investments in the power industry which included: Transit Gas Pipeline System, gas storage facilities in Mogilno and Wierzchowice, transit gas compressor stations, gas compression station in Hołowczyce, Jeleniów, Krzywa, Kotowo
i Załęcze and the biggest gas interchanges alongside with several dozens of gas stations.
After beginning employment in PGNiG S.A. head office he was involved in the most important strategic projects connected with the diversification of gas supply to Poland such
as the construction of the LNG terminal in Świnoujście and the Poland-Denmark connection project Baltic Pipe.
In recent years he worked for OSP GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. where he was responsible
for the development of the gas transmission system, planning new investment projects
and programs, as well as producing multi-annual development plans responding to the needs of the developing gas market in Poland. At the same time, he held the position of Deputy Director of the Gas Dispatch Centre.
He was awarded with the Bronze Cross of Merit and many industry awards. He also holds
the title of Mining Chief 2nd Grade and is a member of the Scientific and Technical Association of Technicians and Engineers of the Oil and Gas Industry.
On 1 October 2018 he was appointed as Member of the Management Board of Polska Spółka Gazownictwa and on 21 August 2019 he was appointed as Member of the Management Board of the Polska Spółka Gazownictwa responsible for technical and network maintenance.
On July 1, 2020, he was appointed the President of the Management Board of Polska Spółka Gazownictwa.

Arkadiusz Sekściński holds a PhD in social sciences (political science) from the University of Warsaw. He was the organiser of the Internal Security study programme focusing on Energy Security, and a lecturer in such subjects as “Poland’s Energy Policy”, “Energy Policies of Contemporary Countries”, “Renewable Energy Sources” and “Planning and Financing Investment Projects in the Energy Sector”. Author of research articles in Polish and English. He received his Master of Business Administration an MBA Energy programme at Lazarski University.
He held a scholarship from the Foundation for the Development of the Education System (University of Bergen, Norway), the Leonardo da Vinci Programme (the Białystok Province Regional Office, Brussels, Belgium), the Socrates – Erasmus Programme (Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece).
Mr Sekściński started his professional career in the energy sector in 2007, working as a consultant in companies providing advisory services to businesses operating in the heat and power sector. From 2011, he served as director and member of the Management Board of the Polish Wind Energy Association. In 2016, he joined PGE Energia Odnawialna S.A. where, as Vice President and acting President of the Management Board, he supervised investment projects, innovation, operation of generation assets, communication, human resources and security. He served as president of special purpose vehicles responsible for the construction of onshore wind farms and development of wind farm projects in the Baltic Sea. He was also Head of the Photovoltaic Development Programme at the PGE Group.
Mr. Arkadiusz Sekściński is employed at the University of Warsaw as an lecturer (he is currently on unpaid leave).
Vice President, Chief Development Officer, supervises and coordinates the Company’s operations with respect to: 
1) innovation and growth projects involving PGNiG S.A., 
2) analysing and monitoring opportunities to obtain EU funding for the Company’s operations; 
3) oversight of standardisation activities at the Company, 
4) development of technical assumptions, rules, norms and standards for the gas area, 
5) operations of the PGNiG Central Measurement and Testing Laboratory. 

dr bab. Eng. Waldemar Skomudek – has over 36 years of work experience in the professional power industry and over 15 years of work experience at the university. He graduated from, among others 3-year doctoral studies, managerial studies in the field of Modern Financial Management, managerial studies in the field of Modern Business Management Techniques and post-graduate studies in the field of Accounting and Finance. In the years 2001-2008 he held managerial positions in power companies in the Opolskie and Dolnośląskie provinces, and in 2008-2010 he was the Vice-President of the Management Board in Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne Operator S.A. in Konstacin-Jeziorna. He co-founded the EnergiaPro Koncern Energetyczny S.A. and TAURON S.A. capital groups, and in 2007 he participated in the separation of the Distribution System Operator from the EnergiaPro KE S.A. structure. In the years 2012-2020 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Production Engineering and Logistics at the Opole University of Technology, currently a professor at AGH in Krakow. In his professional work, he mainly deals with the functioning of the electricity market, management of large projects, implementation of innovative solutions in the domestic energy sector, management of entities in the electricity sub-sector in the conditions of competition, issues of the stability of the National Power System, including distributed generation, problems of power grid operation and problems of improving the quality and continuity of power supply to electricity consumers. He is the author / co-author of over 180 scientific articles and papers as well as seven monographic publications. Member of many industry organizations, both domestic and foreign.

Mr Józef Węgrecki is a Member of the PKN ORLEN Management Board since March 23rd 2018. Between February 5th and March 23rd 2018 a Member of the Supervisory Board temporarily delegated to perform the duties of the PKN ORLEN Management Board Member responsible for Investments and Procurement.

He is a graduate of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Faculty of Mining and Metallurgical Machines.

Mr Węgrecki holds qualifications to serve on the supervisory boards of companies in which the Polish State Treasury has interests.

In 1978-1990, Józef Węgrecki worked at Zakład Remontowy Energetyki Kraków, where he held the position of Member of the Management Board, Chief Technical Officer. In 1990-1993, Mr Węgrecki served at employee-owned company Remak Opole as its Vice President. From April 1993 to June 2017, he was President and Member of the Management Board of Remak-Krak Sp. z o.o.

In 2017, Mr Węgrecki was appointed Vice President of the Management Board of Energa Wytwarzanie S.A., where his management responsibilities covered water and wind turbine operation, photovoltaic farms, cogeneration and coal-fired power plants, innovation, heating asset acquisitions and setting development directions.

On February 5th 2018, Mr Węgrecki was delegated to temporarily serve as Member of the PKN ORLEN Management Board for Investment and Procurement, and then in April he was appointed Member of the Management Board, Chief Operating Officer.

He is interested in monitoring and analysing the latest technical solutions in the field of power generation: alternative energy sources and their potential industrial applications.

Mr Józef Węgrecki has received a number of awards, including the Galicia Construction Grand Award for his contribution to the advancement of the construction industry, a Badge of Merit for exceptional services to the construction industry, a Gold Medal for long service, and an Honoris Gratia badge for charity and community service.

Mr. Zawartko has been with GAZ-SYSTEM since 31 December 2015.
Previously, he served as the President of the Management Board of PERN “Przyjaźń” (operator of the Friendship pipeline), and the Vice President of the Management Board of Nafta Polska SA. He was a member of the supervisory boards of a number of companies from the energy and chemical sector: Międzynarodowe Przedsiębiorstwo Rurociągowe “Sarmatia”, Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn SA (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Zakłady Chemiczne “Organika Sarzyna” SA (Chairman of the Supervisory Board). For many years, he was an appointed civil servant at the Supreme Chamber of Control where he filled various roles including the Director of the Strategy Department, and of the Department of Professional Development Control Methodology.
During his professional career in senior managerial positions in joint-stock companies, he conducted reorganization processes aimed at their transformation into true business players focused on growth strategies; he participated in the works Inter-Governmental Working Groups negotiating international cooperation agreements in the energy sector (Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Georgia), and working groups negotiating agreements between the following companies: PERN Friendship of Uktransnafta (Ukraine), State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (“SOCAR”), Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation Ltd. (“GOGC”), Klaipedos Nafta (Lithuania) on the merger with MPR Sarmatia sp. z o.o. As part of the work in the supervisory bodies of commercial companies, he was involved in privatisation and restructuring processes in chemical sector companies.
Artur Zawartko graduated from the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology and two post-graduate programmes at the Warsaw School of Economics (Company Value Management and Human Capital Development), participant of management courses at the Leon Koźmiński University.