Work Service’s Management and the Supervisory Boards

Management Board:

Tomasz Hanczarek

Chairman of the Management Board

Appointed as Chairman of the Board in April, 2008. Earned a degree in Economics at the Wroclaw University of Economics, Faculty of Management and Computer Science. Co-founder of Work Service and long-time member of the company’s supervisory board. Responsible for the creation and development of the Group’s specialized HR outsourcing services. Frequent contributor of articles on economic and HR issues in the professional press. Previously served on the boards of Young Travel Sp. z o.o. and Virtual Cinema Ltd and later joined Industry Personnel 

Dariusz Rochman

Vice-President of the Management Board

Member of the Management Board since September 2008. After earning a degree in management from Gdynia Maritime University, he built his professional credentials at AT&T, Banpol S.A. and Lucent Technologies. Prior to his appointment at Work Service, Dariusz was a Board Member of AB S.A., a leading distributor of IT products in Central Europe and traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Additionally he served on the Supervisory Boards of Poland’s largest producer and distributor of visual communication media, 2X3 S.A., as well as on the Czech IT companies ATC Holding a.s. and AT Computers a.s.

Piotr Ambrozowicz

Vice-President of the Management Board

Graduate of the Wrocław University of Technology’s faculty of Marketing and Management. Awarded a Doctorate in Economics from the Wrocław University of Economics.

Piotr brings astute financial management skills earned at Fagor Mastercook, a leading home appliance manufacturer. At Fagor he was Member of the Board and Vice President of Finance as well as the Director of Controlling. He was responsible for implementing the Polish subsidiary’s financial, processes in line with the group’s international standard in controlling, bookkeeping and reporting.

Robert Knights

Vice-President of the Management Board

Earned a honors degree in Production Engineering as well as a post graduate diploma in Cosmetic Science. Robert quickly transformed academic achievement into a successful career in the FMCG sector spanning more than two decades, including 12 years surmounting distribution and logistics challenges in Russia’s vast emerging market. The roster of blue chip companies benefiting from his expertise include Mars Confectionary, Pepsi International Bottlers, Unilever and Newell Rubbermaid’s division Sanford Europe, owner of the Parker, Waterman and Paper Mate, brands, the world’s largest writing instrument group.

His professional accomplishments are many and include:

As Director of Purchasing and Logistics of Pepsi International Bottlers for Central and Eastern Russia, he set up the planning, purchasing, customs and distribution functions. His efforts lead to record growth and quickly reestablished Pepsi as a leading soft drink brand in Russia. Unilever then recruited Robert as Head of Operations where he merged four operating units into one, increasing efficiency while reducing costs He was also instrumental in Unilever’s pioneering effort of establishing a multi-category distribution system, consisting of 12 regional and 4 national centers, to service the entirety of Russia.

Capitalizing upon his hard-won experience, Robert founded a successful logistics and distribution consultancy in 2004 for the Russian market. He also holds board positions in several companies. 

Everett Michael Kamin

Vice-President of the Management Board

Boston University School of Management awarded Everett a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance and Accountancy in 2001. His peers honored Everett by electing him to create and supervise the University’s Financial Club. He is a licensed Accredited Asset Management Specialist and possess Series 7 certification from the American Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Upon graduation, he gained hands-on experience in preparing and implementing financial plans for small and medium sized business as a Financial Consultant at t A.G. Edwards & Sons. As a Strategic Analyst, he led the group responsible for seeking out potential business opportunities at Sovereign Bancorp (purchased by Santander Bank in 2009). Later the financial planning consultancy, Aria Partners, recruited him as a hedge fund researcher.

This varied analytical experience empowered Everett to join Merrill Lynch/Bank of America Securities. This industry leader put him in charge of identifying and modeling capital requirements, analyzing the liquidation scenarios in order to recapture invested funds, creating models which take into account the dept instruments in order to carry out transactions, conducting stress-tests and analysis to determine the price and profitability of transactions, building cash flow models for forecast and analysis.

Paul Sofianos

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

A holder of degrees in Economics and Political Science conferred by the University of Massachusetts and London School of Economics. Earned a Juris Doctorate (JD) in law at the University of Miami, focusing on Commercial and Admiralty Law.

In his 25 year career, Paul has applied his business acumen on behalf of FMCG leaders in 20 countries, including 13 years in Russia and Poland. 

Paul first came to Central Europe when Polish Hortex Holdings S.A. the largest juice and food processing company in Eastern and Central Europe, engaged him as Vice President and General Manager. The shareholders charged him with the challenge of restructuring operations and sales, developing new business and markets and leading strategic planning. His success at Hortex motivated the US-Russia Investment Fund, Delta Capital Management, to recruit him as Senior Vice President and Head of Direct Investment. Several of Russia's leading domestic and multinational companies, including Sun-Interbrew, CTC Communications, Saint Springs Water and Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, have recognized his expertise by appointing him on their respective management boards.

Currently he is the president of the Prologics Group, specializing in logistics, transport and outsourcig in Russia and Ukraine.

Wieslaw Skrobowski

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Graduate of Jagiellonian University with additional postgraduate studies at the Agricultural University in Krakow. He also earned a MA at the University of Houston in Texas, as well as a Master of Business Administration at Simon Business School, University of Rochester in New York.

As Chairman of the Board of Polmos Lublin SA he successfully carried out the restructuring of the company leading to a successful début on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

At Johnson & Johnson, as Director of Marketing, he built the organizational groundwork for the Johnson & Johnson Consumer division in Poland.

During the past half decade, He has applied his professional expertise at several leading companies, including, Luxmed SA (Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Optimus SA (CEO), Work Service SA (President), Commercial Union Poland Life / Aviva Group, (Member of the Supervisory Board), Silurian Energy Services Ltd, (President), Silurian Sp. z o. o. (President) and CEO of WS Energy Sp. z o. o. (CEO).

Paul Christodoulou

Member of the Supervisory Board
A holder of a MBA in Finance from New York University, Stern School of Business, a Juris Doctorate from Fordham School of Law, and a Bachelor of Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is admitted to practice law before the Court of International Trade and the International Trade Administration as well in several federal and state jurisdictions in the USA.

He began his career as an associate with JP Morgan Securities in New York, gaining valuable experience in Mergers and Acquisitions as well Securitizations, and option pricing models. His background in international law enabled him to join American Express General Counsel’s office where he specialized in JV contracts, asset securitization, franchising and licensing. At Dewey Ballantine LLP, one of the world largest international law firms, his duties as an International Trade Attorney provided him with valuable experience with complex foreign trade issues, including the dumping of subsidized steel by producers from Russia, Korea, Taiwan, Spain, France,and Italy. 

In 2003, the US Russia Investment Fund, Delta Capital, assigned him the task of applying his international law expertise to conduct due diligence of several FMCG, logistics and warehousing companies in Russia.

He enjoys a hard-won international reputation as a successful business turnaround expert. His skills have enabled dozens of troubled companies to surmount shrinking markets, employee, customer and supplier desertion, bankruptcy, tax and regulatory challenges, to transform themselves into models of efficiency and profitability. These turnarounds have occurred within vastly differing cultural and business environments ranging from Russia and Eastern Europe to the United States.

Paul is co-founder and President of ProLogics Group of companies, specializing in logistics and transportation in the Russian Federation, where he currently resides.

Arkadiusz Ignasiak

Member of the Supervisory Board, Legal Advisor

A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. In 2002 he completed legal training at the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Wrocław. Performed the functions of Supervisory Board member in the companies STK SA in Wroclaw and Newage SA in Nowy Sacz.

He was a general partner in the legal firms of COMP-LEX and Korczyńska and Partners in Wroclaw. Since June 2005, is Partner and lead attorney at a Piotr Ignasiak and Partners sp. k. in Wroclaw.

Peter Kukowski
Member of the Supervisory Board
A Graduate of the School of Economics in Krakow and holds a doctorate degree as well as being a licensed investment advisor. He served as a board member in the company Artmann Sp. z o. o.

He is a member of the supervisory board of t A-Z Finance SA in Wroclaw and a member of the Management Board of Holder Sp. z o. o. in Warsaw. He is also the Chairman of the Board of IDEA TFI SA in Warsaw. Additionally, he is currently working at the DM SA brokerage as Director of the Department of Management and Consulting.

Wojciech Grzybowski
Member of the Supervisory Board

Studied banking and finance and at the Technical University of Radom.

Previously served as a member of the Supervisory Board of PZU Asset Management SA in Warsaw, a Member of the Board of Vistula & Wolczanka SA in Krakow, and Vice Chairman of the board of Polnord SA in Gdansk. Currently serves as Chairman of the Board at Supernova IDM Fund SA in Warsaw, a Member of the Supervisory Board at Relpol SA in Zary and a Supervisory Board Member of eSky.pl SA in Radom.

This considerable experience makes Wojciech a known specialist in project management of restructuring efforts, conducting operations on the financial markets, as well as obtaining financing for investment projects. Has the proven knowledge and skills in managing teams, preparing and formulating business strategies, conducting capital transactions including mergers and acquisitions, and providing a solid analysis of the financial markets.