Speakers

Doctor of Technical Sciences in the field of electrical power engineering and energy economics. He has associated his career with the energy sector from the very beginning. At the Energy Regulatory Office since 2004, recently – since 2014 – as the deputy director of the Department of Market Development and Consumer Issues. Civil servant official (since 2007).
Rafał Gawin has experience in supervising energy companies, particularly in the field of financial reporting and audit as well as investment and development.
He has wide experience in international cooperation. Rafał Gawin was 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. He was also an expert at Florence School of Regulation on the development and operation of regional electricity markets. He has also repeatedly represented the Energy Regulatory Office on the international forum.
In 2013, he was a national expert with the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) in Lubljana, where as a member of the market monitoring group he worked, inter alia, on the Agency’s report on the assessment of national energy markets, on Regional Initiatives and issues related to unplanned energy flows. He was also responsible for cooperation with national energy regulators.
A lecturer. As an expert in the Energy Law Act Rafał Gawin is an author of publications and studies on the functioning of electricity markets, including the grid access principles, balancing and regional markets. Co-author of i.a. commentary on Polish Energy Law Act (2010 and 2016).
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki appointed Rafał Gawin President of the Energy Regulatory Office on 24th July 2019.

Rafael Mateo, with nearly 40 years of experience in the electricity
sector, is one of the most experienced professionals in the renewable-energy sector,
having played an active role in the global shift from fossil fuels to renewable energies.

His professional career began in 1982. He held different positions during his long trajectory
in Endesa, including Production Director of Endesa Generación, Managing Director of
Endesa Generación Latam, and CEO of Endesa Chile (NYSE: EOC). He has wide-ranging
knowledge of Spanish and Latin-American markets, having managed a broad generation
portfolio in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru.

In 2010, he joined ACCIONA ENERGÍA as General Manager, becoming CEO in 2013, the
position he currently holds. He has been essential for consolidating the excellent track
record of the Company over that period, guaranteeing solvency, reliability and growth
through diverse regulatory cycles and geographies.

Mr Mateo Alcalá is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ACCIONA Energía
International, S.A. and a member of various administrative bodies of other Acciona Group
subsidiaries and he is also advisory board member of OMEL (Spanish Market Operator).

Mr Mateo Alcalá is a leading public figure in renewable energy and participates in an array
of international organizations that promote a decarbonized economy and renewable
development.

He acted as president of Unipede-Eurelectric’s production group in the past, is currently a
member of the CEO ́s Electricity Group of the World Economic Forum, and actively
participates in different forums and renewable-energy organizations.

Mr Mateo Alcalá holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Higher
Technical School of the University of Zaragoza (receiving the Extraordinary Honors Award).
He has also completed a General Management Program at IESE Business School and a
Business Management Program at INSEAD.d

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.

A graduate of the University of Agriculture in Poznań (1990) and a holder of the European Union scholarship FH Weihenstephan (1991-1992). Between 1994 and 1999, he was an expert and a Project Manager working on Phare and USAID support programmes. He started his professional career in the Voivodeship Office in Poznań, and in the years 1993-2005 he was a member of the management and supervisory boards of commercial law companies related to business consulting, information technology and power industry. Since 2006 he has been working for the Asseco Group, where he currently manages the power and gas division. He is a co-author of a number of energy market studies, development strategies for energy companies, restructuring programs and studies on energy market development. He is a member of Steering Committees in several major Polish IT projects for the power sector. He is a co-author of the development strategy for Asseco’s business operations in the domestic and foreign markets. In addition, he is responsible for the supervision over the development of Asseco’s products as well as their internationalisation and globalisation.

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.

Jan specializes in consultancy for Polish and foreign companies from the power and production sectors. He focuses on improving efficiency, process optimization and customer support in choosing the optimal investment options. In addition, Jan supports clients on business aspects and business cases in the field of digitalization and automation of production processes.

Dominik Brodacki analyzes the energy and fuel sector, including regulatory and personnel changes, business strategies and trends. He is a graduate of law and European studies from the University of Warsaw, where he is now a PhD student. For several years he dealt with legal advisory for Polish and foreign enterprises. He is a cooperator of the Ignacy Lukasiewicz Energy Policy Institute and member of the editorial team of the scientific magazine Energy Policy Studies. An author of scientific publications and market analyzes in the field of energy policy, energy law and electromobility.

Szymon Byliński is the director of the Department of Electromobility and Hydrogen Economy at the Ministry of Climate and Environment, a graduate of the National School of Public Administration. As an employee of the Ministry of Economy and then the Ministry of Energy, he was responsible for regulations concerning the fuel market, alternative fuels infrastructure and fuel quality. He was the head of the ministerial team for the quality of fuels and alternative fuels. He is the co-author of key documents for the development of electromobility in Poland: the Act of 11 January on electromobility and alternative fuels, the National Framework for the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure. Currently, as the director of the Department, he is responsible for the regulation of the electromobility market and for the Polish hydrogen strategy.

Prof. Maciej Chorowski from 2020 is the President of the Management Board of the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. From 2016 to 2019 he served as Director of the National Centre for Research and Development and member of the National Development Council to the President of the Republic of Poland. Prof. Chorowski is an honorary member of the International Institute of Refrigeration in Paris and a member of the International Cryogenic Engineering Committee ICEC in Zurich. He collaborates with institutions such as MMR Inc (Mountain View, CA,USA), Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA, USA), National University of Singapore, Inter-University Accelerator Center in New Delhi, ITER International Organization in Cadarache, France, Fusion for Energy F4E in Barcelona, FAIR GmbH in Darmstadt or ESS AB in Lund, among others.
Prof. Chorowski was and is a member of scientific councils (e.g. Institute of Energy Systems IASE, Institute of Molecular Physics PAS, Obrum sp. z o.o., MPWiK sp. z o.o.), supervisory boards (e.g. Energetyka sp. z o.o., New Energy Transfer SA, Satrevolution SA, NFOSiGW), advisory bodies (e.g. Research, Innovation and Development Team at the Ship Forum).
Prof. Chorowski is the initiator of the involvement of the Polish industry in the construction of large research facilities such as: LHC Large Hadron Collider at CERN, ITER thermonuclear reactor at Cadarache, XFEL laser in Hamburg or FAIR accelerator complex in Darmstadt. He has held many positions in international organisations, such as member of the Finance Committee at CERN in Geneva, Executive Committee at F4E in Barcelona, Chairman of the Gas Liquefaction Commission of the International Institute of Refrigeration in Paris. He is one of the initiators of the establishment of the Wrocław Technology Park SA, where he was President in 2002-2012.

Patryk Darowski joined Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego in 2017. He is responsible for the Sectoral Analysis and Support Department.
Currently Patryk leads an internal project which aims to implement relevant ESG standards and regulations in BGK and shall represent the holistic approach to the idea of sustainable development.
Before joining BGK, Patryk worked at Deloitte and Concordia Espirito Santo Investment.
He gained his experience working for clients from the construction, real estate, medical and telecommunications sectors.
Patryk graduted from the University of Economics in Wroclaw with a specialization in business management.
Patryk holds the Chartered Financial Analyst ® designation.

Expert providing advice to Polish and foreign companies from the power and production sectors. Specializes in determining investment options, improving the efficiency of processes, creating development strategies, cost optimization and restructuring. She leads a team of strategic advisors who support clients in the analysis of technological data, digitalisation and automation of production processes.

He graduated from the University of Economics in Katowice with a degree in Economics, specialization: Finance and Banking. He also completed postgraduate studies at the University of Wrocław at the Faculty of Law and Administration, majoring in Taxes. He is a Certified Auditor.
Manager with over 20 years of experience in IT and financial areas. For 10 years he has been working in the IT area in managerial positions. He has been associated with the energy sector for almost his entire professional career.
He is experienced in restructuring processes in the financial and IT areas and in building Shared Service Centres. He participated in the development and implementation of IT strategy. He also has experience in implementing ERP and billing systems in organizations. In managing processes and organizations, he combines financial and IT knowledge.
He sat on the Supervisory Board of ZOWER Sp. o.o. and recently on the Supervisory Board of PGE Systemy, where he held the position of Secretary.
Since 01.01.2021 he has been a CO-CEO of the Management Board of PGE Systemy S.A. Hi is responsible for the LTE450 network construction project.

Piotr Ferszka is a Vice-President of the Management Board of SAP Polska and Sales Director for Key Accounts. He has over 20 years of experience in sales of IT solutions and systems, which he gained while working for global technology brands such as Oracle Polska, Asseco and Hewlett-Packard. In SAP since December 2020. Piotr Ferszka graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. He is passionate about green energy, focusing on hydropower – as a member of the Polish Association for Small Hydropower Development (Towarzystwa Rozwoju Małych Elektrowni Wodnych).

Mr Marek Foltynowicz graduated from the Politechnika Śląska He started his career as a research engineer at the Polymer Institute of Polish Academy of Science.
He spent most of his career in the engineering side of the business working in several engineering offices and/or construction sites in Poland as well as abroad.
As a refining specialist he was appointed as Member of the Board of Directors of “NAFTA POLSKA S.A.” – holding company of polish oil sector. –and later on member of the board of directors for Polish Oil&Gas Company .
He is highly recognised as an independent consultant for the Oil&Gas industry and the Hydrogen technologies and mobility FCEV projects.
Currently he cooperates with Hydrogen Cluster in Gdańsk.

Wojciech Hann graduated from the theoretical physics faculty at the University of Wrocław and MBA studies at the University of Rochester (USA). He has over 25 years of experience in investment banking and company financing. Mr Hann was involved as advisor in more than fifty transactions, primarily within the energy sector and multiple other sectors, both in Poland and Eastern Europe.
Between 2016 and 2019 Hann was a Member of the Management Board of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego. In 2016 he was managing director of the capital markets department in Ipopema Securities. Prior to that, for 9 years, as a Partner in Deloitte, Mr Hann was in charge of creating and executing projects. Between 1998 and 2007 Wojciech Hann worked in UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking / CA IB in Warsaw, and after that in Vienna, where, among others, he was director of Energy&Utilities department.

At Instrat Michał is responsible for energy transition and environment, economics of taxation and inequalities. He worked in business associations, transaction advisory firm and in the public sector, in both Poland and Germany. Graduate of Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), he held scholarships at the University of Mainz (DAAD) and at University of St. Gallen (SEMP)

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.

At PKP Energetyka he is responsible for a.o. continuation of the Modernisation of Railway Catenary Power Supply Systems (MUZa) megaproject, introduction of innovative solutions in the distribution area, including development of the Intelligent Integrated Railway Power Distribution Management System. From 2018, he was the director of the Services Department at PKP Energetyka. He was mainly responsible for railway traction network maintenance. Previously he was, i.a., Vice-President of Tauron Dystrybucja and member of the Vattenfall Board of Directors. He is a graduate of Automation at the Silesian University of Technology. He also completed an MBA program at the University of Business Lancashire.

Vice-President of the Board, General Director, Polish Chamber of Energy Storage
An expert in the energy industry with 20 years of professional experience. He gained experience in energy distribution and transmission companies as well as in consulting companies. A longtime publicist in the field of energy market in economic media. A consultant in the field of system solutions in the power industry cooperating with government institutions and the Parliament. The first president and co-founder of the only Polish organization of companies in the field of energy storage technologies (electricity, heat, hydrogen and cold) and electromobility (vehicle charging infrastructure, battery and hydrogen technologies) and energy management in energy clusters.

In his current SAP position, he is responsible for cooperation with Energy & Utility companies and Industry Associations to set and bring new ideas where innovative SAP Technology can help to grow, drive additional value and answer to industry trends. Big enthusiast of Digital Transformation and IoT being also a part of various innovative SAP initiatives focused on Utility value chain. He is also a member of Era-net smart grids plus initiative working group and plays an active role in FutureFlow initiative conducted with four Power Transmission Companies under Horizon 2020. Before joining SAP, he worked for 15 years in big consulting companies conducting several big projects in the area of process & cost optimization, asset management, corporate planning in Utilities & Energy industry.

Head of Projects, Offshore Development at SSE Renewables.  Worked in Renewable Energy since 2003, initially with Scottish Power then to Airtricity and SSE Renewables, gaining a wealth of experience leading some of SSE Renewables most high profile projects, including the construction of the Clyde onshore wind farm and the development of the Beatrice, Seagreen, Dogger Bank and Berwick & Marr Bank offshore wind farms.  Currently Co-chair of the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council and leads the UK Offshore Wind Sector Deal Pathways to Growth workstream.  A Chartered Civil Engineer having graduated from the University of Strathclyde.

A graduate of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw and the Warsaw School of Economics in the field of Project Management. For 20 years he has been associated with companies providing IT systems supporting the digitization of enterprises. At Autodesk for 15 years, currently responsible for the development of the construction market in Poland. The main area of activity is supporting enterprises in the implementation of new technologies and concepts in order to optimize processes related to the implementation of built investments.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. He gained professional experience in law firms in Warsaw.
In 2014, he was elected the youngest councillor of the Mokotów District of the Capital City of Warsaw. In the years 2014–2018 he was a member of the Committee on Spatial Order and Environmental Protection, the Committee on Statute and Local Affairs, as well as the Committee on Health, Social Welfare and Family.
From the beginning of his public activity, he has been involved in local government activities in the field of combating environmental pollution. In 2018, he coordinated the work of the team creating the program on combating air pollution and municipal waste management.
Since 2018, he has been a councillor of the Capital City of Warsaw. He is a member of several committees, including the Committee on Environmental Protection, Committee on Complaints and Motions and the Committee on Audit in the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw.
In 2015-2018 he worked as an advisor in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in the governments of Beata Szydło and Mateusz Morawiecki. In 2018, he was appointed by the Prime Minister as a representative of the Minister of Justice in the Central Council for Social Readaptation and Assistance to Convicts.
In the parliamentary elections of 2019, he was elected a deputy to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of the 9th term.  He is a member of the parliamentary committee on Justice and Human Rights and Legislative Committee.

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. 

Sławomir Sieradzki is Director of the Gas Market Development Division at GAZ-SYSTEM – the Polish Gas Transmission System Operator. He has been actively involved in the energy sector since 2006, starting his career at the Oil and Gas Department of the Polish Ministry of Economy.

Sławomir Sieradzki joined the GAZ-SYSTEM Group in 2011, first as a chief specialist at Polskie LNG (GAZ-SYSTEM’s SPV). In 2016 he joined GAZ-SYSTEM as Deputy Director of Development Division. He built his expertise working for the construction of the LNG terminal in Swinoujscie as well as in the supervisory boards of various companies of the PGNiG S.A Group. 

Since 2018 he has been the Director of the Gas Market Development Division, with the main responsibilities comprising: strategic planning and development of the national and regional gas transmission system including new cross-border interconnections to ensure energy security and energy transition in Poland; new LNG infrastructure development in Poland; preparation of national system development plan and gas market in Poland and region; customer relations and agreements with new users of gas transmission system; international and institutional cooperation and representation in sector organizations at the European and international level; European gas regulatory framework; hydrogen and biogas system development.

Since 2016 Slawomir Sieradzki has been a member of GLE Executive Committee and the chair of the GLE Advocacy Group within the Gas Infrastructure Europe. Since 2019 he has been chairing a Study Group under International Gas Union (IGU) Strategy Committee on “Long term strategy in environment-conscious markets”.

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.

Michał Skorupa has over eighteen years of experience in sales, development and implementation of corporate strategies and processes, as well as in building teams in the various corporate areas .
For ten years he has been engaged in the industrial power, and for six years in photovoltaics and renewable energetics, at the national and foreign level. As an expert in this industry, he actively participates in issuing opinions on legal acts and statutes dedicated to the energy technology sector.
In July 2019 he has been appointed to the Chief Executive Officer of FOTON Technik Sp. z o.o.. With the E.ON Group and innogy Polska S.A. he has been related since 2011, including a member of the Supervisory Board position. Successfully developing business in the area of strategy, sales and operations, thanks to which Foton Technik is one of the leading companies in Poland in the Renewable Energy Sources sector.
He is the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) graduate, where in 2017 he obtained the title of Master of Business Administration (MBA).

A manager of the department selling advanced telecommunications services to complex structures of holding companies and companies from the energy sector. An engineer with over 20 years’ experience in supporting business processes with TELCO/IT technologies as well as procedures conducted under the Public Procurement Law.
At T-Mobile Polska, Robert Solnica is in charge of the department implementing projects in the following areas: IoT, M2M, cybersecurity, network solutions and Smart City.

Associated with the IT industry since 1997. He started his career as a developer and designer of ERP systems at Simple. He built and implemented banking systems for BRE Bank, PEKAO SA and Citibank. He managed implementations, maintenance and development of billing systems at PGNiG SA. Since 2015 he has been working for Asseco Poland, where he is responsible for business development in the energy and gas sector, implementation of integration systems and expansion of the product portfolio. A graduate of Computer Science at the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology at the Warsaw University of Technology and Postgraduate Management Studies at the University of Warsaw. Privately a travel enthusiast.

Master graduate of the Faculty of Computer Science and Management of Wroclaw University of Technology and the Executive MBA program at Kozminski University in Warsaw. Participant of management programs conducted by Insead in France and the London School of Economics in the UK. Founder and President of his own software manufacturing company. He further developed his career in SAP Poland where he served, among others, as Consulting Director and Vice President of the Board. In the 2013-2015 he was Head of the Consulting and Technology Department and a member of the management board of the Enterprise Group at Hewlett-Packard Poland. He has extensive experience in creating and implementing market strategies, as well as sales of software, services and IT infrastructure. As Vice President of Atende he is responsible for operational management.

Expert at the Eastern Policy Forum and Assistant Professor at the Institute for International Studies of the University of Wrocław. From 2008 to 2010, he cooperated as a national and energy security expert with the National Security Office and the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland. In 2016-2018, he was President of the Management Board of the Lower Silesian Institute of Energy Studies.
Since December 2015, he has been working for TGE, where he is responsible for the development of the gas exchange market.
Lecturer of the post-graduate programme titled “Contemporary issues of the engineering, construction and operation of gas pipeline systems” at the Wrocław University of Technology. Author of several dozen scientific publications on energy security, energy policy of modern states, functioning of international energy markets. Publicist and reviewer of “Wiadomości Naftowe i Gazownicze” (Oil and Gas News), a monthly published by Stowarzyszenie Naukowo-Techniczne Inżynierów i Techników Przemysłu Naftowego i Gazowniczego (Scientific and Technical Association of Oil and Gas Industry Engineers and Technicians). He is the author of a conceptual study devoted to the creation of a gas hub in Poland.
Marcin Sienkiewicz is a graduate of the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Wrocław, where in 2012 he received the title of Doctor of Humanities.

Highly valued economic expert. Speaker at Polish and international economic conferences. Member of the European Parliament – member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Substitute member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and Committee on Budgets. Member of Polish Sejm from 2005 to 2019. He served as Secretary of State at Ministry of Energy from 2015 to 2019. Since 2016 he also served as Government Representative for the Restructuring of Hard Coal Mining.
Acknowledged as the Man of the Year by the Polish mining industry in 2017 and as the Personality of the Year by the wind energy sector in 2018. In the European Parliament, he focuses on issues related to climate and energy policy, EU industrial strategy, energy security and just transition.

Vice President of the Management Board for Asset Management
A graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics and Electronics of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow. He also completed the postgraduate studies in the field of energy enterprise management and new techniques in power engineering management.

He has professional experience with respect to the operations of the power sector, including management of the development of the distribution grid and the provision of electricity distribution services. He was involved in setting up the organization of the electricity market in Poland.

From the beginning of his professional career, he had been associated with the energy industry and TAURON Group or its legal predecessors, i.e. ENION S.A. and Zakład Energetyczny Kraków S.A.

Since 2016, he was the Vice President of the Management Board for Operator at TAURON Dystrybucja S.A. (Issuer’s subsidiary), where he was responsible, among others, for the development of the distribution grid, provision of electricity distribution services, metering and grid operation management.

In addition to the above mentioned position, in 2016 he was the Director of TAURON Dystrybucja S.A. Cracow and Tarnów branches. In 2015-2016 he had worked as a coordinator and had been responsible, among others, for customer service quality. From 2013 to 2014 he had been the chief specialist, and in 2011-2012 he had been the head of the Office of Tariffs and the Energy Regulatory Office (URE) Relations.

In 2010-2011 he had been holding the position of the Director of the Tariff Department at ENION S.A. and had been responsible in particular for regulated revenue management. In 2007-2010 he had been the Director of the Distribution Services Department and had been responsible for ensuring profitability of the distribution services sales. From 2005 to 2007, he had been the President of the Management Board, in 2004–2005 – a Member of the Management Board for Trading, and until 2004 – a Member of the Management Board and the Director of Energy Trading.

In 1989–2000 he had been holding the following positions at Zakład Energetyczny Kraków S.A.: the director of the high voltage region; deputy head of the high voltage region for technical affairs as well as the grid foreman and engineer.

Born in 1969. He is a graduate of Electrical and Control Engineering Faculty at the Opole Higher Engineer School. Furthermore, he completed postgraduate studies in accounting and finances and energy at the Wrocław University of Economics.
He has been involved in energy sector since the beginning of his professional career. He commenced work in 1994 in electricity distribution company in Opole where he performed the function of Head of Department of Carrier Service Realization. He was a Director of the Department of Distribution System Management in EnergiaPro concern as well as Head of Carrier Service Office in TAURON Dystrybucja. He was also a member of the Technical Committee by the Polish Committee for Standardization. In recent years he performed the function of Distribution Director in the Gliwice branch of the company as well as the function of Distribution Services Sales Department Director.
Since 2002 he has been participating in activities conducted by working teams of the Polish Society of Transmission and Distribution of Electricity (PTPiREE) in the scope of energy market, smart metering and legal regulations in the area of power engineering. He is the Vice-President of this Society.