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The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

The Management Board of Work Service:

	Wiesław Skrobowski - President of the Management Board

	Dariusz Rochman – Vice-president of the Management Board
	In the Management Board since September 2008. From 1st October 2009 at the position of President of the Management Board. Graduate of Management faculty at Gdynia Maritime University. He successively gained experience in companies like AT&T, Banpol S.A. and Lucent Technologies. Befor working in Work Service S.A. he was holding a position in Management Bord of AB S.A – one of the largest/ biggest distributors on the Polish IT market – traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. He was also in the Supervisory Board of ATC Holding a.s., AT Computers a.s (Czech market) and 2x3 S.A.
	Tomasz Hanczarek – Vice-president of the Management Board
	Member of the Management Board since April 2008. Graduate of Wrocław Academy of Economics. Co-founder of Work Service S.A. and former member of its Supervising Board. Responsible for creation and development of specialized services called outsourcing of personal function. Currently, manages outsourcing products in the Work Service Group. Author of research papers in macro and microeconomics.
	Robert Knights - Vice-President of the Management Board
	He holds a Honours Degree in Production Engineering, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Cosmetic Science. He has over 22 years experience in blue chip FMCG companies, 12 of these in Russia all at board level. He began his career in heavy engineering at Alvis limited, he then moved on to Johnson and Johnson as Production Manager and Deputy Factory Director, his first taste of the FMCG environment. Then he worked in Mars Confectionary as a Capital Equipment before becoming part of the Mars joint venture project with Pepsi in the UK as the Commercial Manager responsible for the service operating companies. Then he took responsibility for all planning, distribution and customs activities for Mars Ice Cream in Russia. He started to work for Pepsi International Bottlers in 1996 as their Director of Logistics and Purchasing for Central and Eastern Russia. He was responsible for establishing the planning function, purchasing function, customs and distribution function for the newly established operating company, the company grew at record pace and firmly re-established Pepsi in Russia. Subsequently he was recruited by Unilever. As Head of Operations he established a successful operating new Unilever’s business. He also merged four operating divisions in one function and he was instrumental in establishing Unilevers multi category distribution system across Russia./ In 2002 Mr. Knights returned to Europe to become European Supply Director for Sanford Europe, owner of brands such as Parker, Waterman and Paper Mate, the largest writing instrument group in the world and part of Newell Rubbermaid. He returned to Russia in 2004 to establish his own Logistics Consultancy Practice which has led to the creation of a very successful distribution company and to board positions with other concerns.
	Everett Michael Kamin - Vice-President of the Management Board
	He graduated from the Boston University School of Management in May 2001, obtaining his BSBA degree (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration) in Finance and Accountancy. As one of the few graduates he was elected to create and supervise the Finance Club. He has got the Series 7 Certificate issued by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He is licensed Accredited Asset Management Specialist. In 2002 he began his professional career as Financial Consultant at A.G. Edwards& Sons where he had an opportunity to learn about the financial sector. He was responsible for implementing financial plans for small and medium business or legal entities. From June 2003 to January 2005 he act as Strategic Analyst and he led the group responsible for seeking out potential business opportunities in Sovereign Bancorp, where he also worked as an Analyst (2004). Aria Partners as Hedge Fund Research Analyst. Between years 2005- 2009 he worked at Merrill Lynch/Bank of America Securities where he was in charge of identifying and modelling capital requirements, analysing 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.
	Piotr Ambrozowicz - Vice-President of the Management Board

SUPERVISORY BOARD of Work Service S.A. (Jsc):

	Paul Sofianos – Chairman of the Supervisory Board
	He finished Economy and Political Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and London School of Economics; at the University of Miami he took his doctor degree in law. He has got more than 23 years of work experience at the FMCG market, including 11 years in Poland and Russia. Currently he has been President of the Prologics Group, specialising in logistics, transport and outsourcing in Russia and Ukraine. Earlier he was Vice-president and Investment Director in US-Russia Investment Fund (Delta Capital Management). He also sat on management boards of several significant companies running their business at the Russian market, among others: Sun-Interbrew, CTC Communications, Saint Springs Water and Lomonosov Porcelain. Before he engaged into work in Russia, he was Vice-president and General Director of Hortex where he was accountable, among others, for restructuring of the company, development of new products and markets and strategic planning. Paul Sofianos has got a vast experience at the international market. So far he has worked in more than 20 countries.
	Tomasz Szpikowski - Member of the Supervisory Board
	Graduate of Management and Informatics faculty at Wrocław Academy of Economics with the specialization in HR Management. In 1999 co-founds Work Service - currently the biggest Employment Agency in Poland. Entrepreneur of the Year 2003 in category of New Business. "Businessman Magazine" awarded the title "Manager of Tomorrow" to him. President of SAZ (Associations of Employment Agencies) - branch organization of 40 employers from allover the country. Lecturer of Wroclaw University of Economics and Poznań Academy of Economics. Author of publications on HR management for "Businessman Magazine", "Manager", "Personel i Zarządzanie" and "Gazeta Prawna".
	Paul Christodoulou - Member of the Supervisory Board
	Over the past two decades Paul A. Christodoulou has built an international reputation as an individual capable of transforming distressed companies and/or their major subsidiaries into profit centers. He has completely turned around organizations facing shrinking markets, employee, customer and supplier desertion, bankruptcy, tax and regulatory challenges 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. Mr. Christodoulou holds three university degrees: JD (Fordham University Law School), MBA (Strern School of Business / NYU), and a BS in Management (Rensseliar Politechnic Institute), and also has CPA-level accounting skills. Mr. Christodoulou is also co-founder and President of ProLogics Group of companies, specializing in logistics and transportation in the Russian Federation, where he currently resides.
	Błażej Żarna - Member of the Supervisory Board
	He graduated from the Cracow University of Economics, Faculty of Finance, Finance and accounting with specialization in Financial Markets and Investment Advisory. In June 2009 he passed CFA Level III exam (Chartered Financial Analyst). He has been a member of the Supervisory Board in Work Service S.A. since February 2010. Since October 2006 works in IDMSA Brokerage House currently as a Project Manager in the Capital Operations Department. He specializes in corporate finance, particularly in the area of financing development of companies. He participated in many public and private issues of securities. He is experienced in coordinating fund raising processes for small and medium companies.
	Arkadiusz Ignasiak - Member of the Supervisory Board