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The Management Board and the Supervisory Board
The Management Board of Work Service:
| Tomasz Szpikowski - President of the Management Board | |
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Graduate of Management and Informatics faculty at Wrocław Academy of Economics with the specialization in HR Management. Currently, lecturer of Wroclaw University of Economics and Poznań Academy of Economics. In 1999 co-founds Work Service - currently the biggest Employment Agency in Poland. Entrepreneur of the Year 2003 in category of New Business. President of SAZ (Associations of Employment Agencies) - branch organization of 40 employers from allover the country. Member of Business Center Club, Lower Silesia Chamber of Commerce, Polish Economic Chamber in France, Polish Association of HR Management and "Teraz Polska" Club. Author of publications on HR management for "Businessman Magazine", "Manager", Personel i Zarządzanie" and "Gazeta Prawna". |
| Dariusz Rochman – Vice-president of the Management Board, General Director | |
| Tomasz Hanczarek – Vice-president of the Management Board | |
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Member of the managing board since April 2008. Graduate of Wrocław Academy of Economics. Co-founder of Work Service SA 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. |
| Anna Żelazny – Vice-President of the Management Board | |
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She has been Financial Director in Work Service since October 2004; in the Management Board in Work Service since April 2005. Earlier she worked in Impel and Lukas Capital Groups. |
| Jarosław Dymitruk - Vice-President of the Management Board | |
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In the Management Board since May 2007 – at the position of Operating Director. Graduate of the Wrocław Academy of Economics, Department of Management and Computer Science. Earlier related to the LC Corp Capital Group where he was Vice-President of the Management Board of Arkady Wrocławskie and participated in creation of the Sky Tower business project. As Marketing and Sale Director in Browary Dolnośląskie PIAST he was accountable for the merger of “Piast” and Carlsberg Okocim Group. He mastered management skills of global projects and sale in Gillette and Duracell. |
| Paul Sofianos – Vice-President of the Management 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. |
SUPERVISORY BOARD of Work Service S.A. (Jsc)
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Graduate of Management and Informatics faculty at Wrocław Academy of Economics and post-graduate of Finance Management at the same Academy.Holds MBA of Harvard Business Review and Canadian Institute of Management. Vice-president of Western Investment Group SA - capital group gathering several important trade and service companies. In 1999 co-founds Work Service - currently the biggest Employment Agency in Poland. Between 1998 and 2005 alderman of the city of Wrocław, chairman of the Economic Initiatives Commission and the Commission for Youth. Currently, senator of the government of the Republic of Poland and vice-chairman of National Economy Commission. Initiator of meetings with young entrepreneurs and lectures about effective creation of new economic initiatives and modern business management. Author of publications on HR management for "Businessman Magazine", "Manager"and Personel i Zarządzanie". | |
| Paweł Kościołek - Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board | ||
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Graduate of Management and Computer Science of the Wroclaw Academy of Economics. Trainee of IBM Deutschland, Bosch Deutschland and National Bank of Hungary. He presided over the Supervisory Board of ASPA S.A. (Jsc) where he supervised creation and implementation of the company restructuring and development plan after earlier purchase of majority share package from NFI (National Health Fund) and Skarb Państwa (State Treasure). He was Vice-president of the Management Board of Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy (European Leasing Fund), accountable for strategic management in the field of marketing, sale and consolidation process of EFL and Lukas Bank. At the end of the 90s he was President and General Director of Browary Dolnośląskie “Piast” and earlier a director of a branch of BIG Bank S.A. (Jsc) and BIG S.A. (Jsc). He has dealt with consultancy in creation of restructuring and development plans for large companies, banks and companies providing services at the financial market. | |
| Paul Christodoulou - Member of the Management Board | ||
| Mr. Christodoulou holds an 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 began his career as an associate with JP Morgan Securities in New York. During that period he was introduced to the New York financial industry and gained an extensive background in Mergers and Acquisitions as well Securitizations, and option pricing models. In 1990, he entered business school where he expanded his knowledge of the financial markets. During business school, he was an officer of the Graduate Finance Association and president of the Stern Golf Association. Upon his graduation in 1994, he began working as an adjunct professor at NYU. In 1996, he graduated from Law School and passed the New York and Florida bar examinations. He is currently licensed to practice in New York and Washington D.C. and is admitted to practice before the Court of International Trade, The First and Second Districts of Federal Court, and the International Trade Administration. In 1996, he joined American Express in the international division of the General Counsel's office. During this time, he specialized in JV contracts, asset securitization, franchising and licensing. In 1998, he transferred to Dewey Ballantine LLP, where he was employed as an International Trade Attorney. During this period he was exposed to foreign trade matters involving steel subsidization and "dumping," below market sales by producers from Russia, Korea, Taiwan, Spain, France ,and Italy. In 2001, he moved to Miami where he subsequently took over the management of his families salty snack distribution network. Relying upon his education and building upon his experience as factory worker (high school) and route salesman (summer position during college), and a financial consultant in the FMCG market (summers during business school), he devised a workout plan for turning around the companies operations. In 2003, he, moved to Russia as a consultant for the US Russia Investment Fund (Delta Capital) where he was tasked with reviewing the operations of their logistics company. In May 2004, he purchased the logistics company from Delta Optical and has focused on improving the operations and diversifying into complementary activities. | ||
| Tomasz Moroz - Member of the Management Board | ||
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He is a Graduate of the Academy of Economics in Wrocław where he studied International Economic and Political Relations in the specialisation of Foreign Trade. He also finished MBA post-graduate studies - „Management for Central and Eastern Europe” at the European University of Viadrina in Germany. He is President of the Management Board of Travelplanet.pl S.A. (Jsc). He has worked in the company since its beginning. He dealt with creation of company strategy, planning of business enterprise development, sale and marketing management and investors’ relations. In 2005 he was recognised as one of the 10 best Polish entrepreneurs in the “the Entrepreneur of the Year” rank by Ernst&Young. In the FAST 50 rank by Deloitte, Travelpalnet.pl was assessed as the second most quickly developing technology company in Poland and fourth in this regard in Central Europe. | |
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Dawid Walendowski - Member of the Supervisory Board
He graduated from the studies at the Columbia University in New York acquiring B.A. and Master of International Affairs diplomas. In 1999-2007 he worked in Enterprise Investors, the largest company which manages private equity typed investment funds in Central and Eastern Europe (since 2005 as a company partner). In EI he was accountable for investment projects, among others, in the field of retail trade. He presided over supervisory boards in six companies, including Apteki Polskie S.A. (Jsc) and Nomi S.A. (Jsc). He was also a member of supervisory boards of two companies listed at the Warsaw Exchange (W. Kruk Jsc. and Grupa Kęty Jsc.). In 1997-1999 we worked in Rabobank Polska as an advisor in the field of mergers and acquisitions. He deals with consultancy for companies in the scope of financing, capital transactions and development strategy. |
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| Robert Francis Knights – Member of the Supervisory Board |
