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Work Service’s Management and the Supervisory Boards
SUPERVISORY BOARD of Work Service S.A. (Jsc):
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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 30 year career, Paul has applied his business acumen on behalf of FMCG leaders in 20 countries, including over 20 years in Russia and Poland. Paul first arrived to Eastern Europe (specifically to Russia) in 1995 and came to Poland when 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 Chairman of the Prologics Group, specializing in logistics, department store retail, medical disposables, and outsourcing, mainly in Russia and Poland. |
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Tomasz Misiak President of the Supervisory Board The founder and the President of the Supervisory Board of Work Service S.A, the leader of the HR services in Central Europe, listed on Stock Exchange. In the years 1999-2007 he served as Vice-President of the Management Board of work Service S.A. Owner and the manager of Mizyak Investment Fund LTD. Currently presiding in Supervisory Boards of the following companies: Exact Systems Sp. z o.o., MM Conferences S.A. which is a company listed on the New Connect. Previously he was a member of Supervisory Boards of the companies Hawe S.A., IDM S.A. and IT Kontrakt Sp. z o.o. He serves as the President of "Świat Idei" (World of Ideas) Foundation, publisher of the Polish edition of Project-Syndicate. From 2012 he has served as the Vice-President of Employers of Poland. He has rich experience in the social and political operations. After the activity period in student organizations he began self-government activity in Wrocław Town Council where he served as the Chair of the Economic Initiative Commission. In 2005-2011 as a Senator of the Republic of Poland he served as the Chair of the Economy Committee and participated in the operations of the European Commission. He received numerous business awards, including Teraz Polska (Poland Now), Przedsiębiorca Roku (Entrepreneur of the Year) Ernst & Young, Lider Przedsiębiorczości (Entrepreneurship Leader), or Market Leader, Manager of the Year. Graduate of the Wrocław Academy of Economics (now University of Economics), IESE Business School and Global Leadership Seminar Georgetown University. |
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Tomasz Hanczarek Vicepresident of the Supervisory Board Appointed as Vicepresident of the Supervisory Board in January, 2016. In 2010 – 2015 he held position of President of the Managenet Board. He 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. |
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Krzysztof Kaczmarczyk Member of the Supervisory Board Graduate of Warsaw School of Economics specialised in finance and accounting and former auditing student of University of Warsaw in International Relations. He started working in 1999 and until 2008 he worked in Deutsche Bank in Poland (DB Securities S.A.) where he performed the function of the Deputy of the Department of Stock Market Director and Stock Market Analyst for the CEE region. In the period 2008-2010 he performed diverse managing functions in Grupa Telekomunikacja Polska S.A., including the function of the Director of Strategy and Development Department. In the period 2010-2011 he worked in a brokerage house of the Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse in Poland. In the period 2010-2011 he performed the function of Vice-president of the Management Board for Strategies and Development in the Emitel company, the leading television and radio network operator in Poland. Since 2016 he is the Advisor of the Management Board of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. Additionally, he is currently an independent member of the Supervisory Boards of the companies listed on the WSE - Giełda Papierów Wartościowych S.A. (since 2017), Arteria S.A. (since 2017), Braster S.A. (since 2017), BSC Drukarnia Opakowań (since 2017), Europejski Instytut Miedzi (since 2016), KGHM TFI (since 2016), Action S.A. (since 2016), Work Service S.A. (since 2016), TIM S.A. (since 2016), SARE S.A. (since 2015) and a Member of Board of Directors – European Copper Institute in Brussels (since 2016). In the past, he gained his 10-year experience as a member of supervisory boards of both private companies and companies listed on the WSE - KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., KGHM International, Best S.A., Integer S.A., Magellan S.A., Robyg S.A., InPost S.A., Polimex-Mostostal S.A., Duon S.A., Polish Energy Partners S.A., Graal S.A., Wirtualna Polska S.A., 4fun Media S.A., TP Edukacja and Wypoczynek Sp. z o.o., TP Emitel Sp. z o.o. Krzysztof Kaczmarczyk meets the requirements of independence referred to in the rule II.Z.4 of the “Good practices of the companies listed on the WSE 2016” document. |
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Everett Michael Kamin Member of the Supervisory 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. |
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Piotr Maciej Kamiński Member of the Supervisory Board He completed the Faculty of Administration at the University of Warsaw, and was granted Master's degree in Administration. He completed: International Postgraduate Programme Tempus - CUBIS (Curriculum In Business Information Systems) at Catholic University of Milan, Catholic University of Leuven and University of Amsterdam. He is a graduate of „International Institute of Securities Market Development”, arranged by US SEC and IESE Business School - Advanced Management Program, University of Navarra. He held following positions in the management boards of commercial law companies:
He held following positions in central offices of the government administration:
He holds the positions of the independent Member of the Supervisory Board of Budimex S.A. and independent member of the Supervisory Board Wielton S.A., and member of Audit Supervision Authority appointed by Minister of Finance for employer association. Moreover, he held positions of, e.g. : President of Warsaw Stock Exchange Council, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MGW CCG Sp. z o.o., independent Meber of the Supervisory Board of Idea Bank S.A., independent Meber of the Supervisory Board of Rubicon Partners NFI S.A, independent Member of the Supervisory Board of Pamapol S.A., Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Pentacomp Systemy Informatyczne S.A., Member of the Supervisory Board of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bankowy Fundusz Leasingowy S.A., Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wawel Hotel Development Sp. z o.o. (Sheraton Hotel in Cracow), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Centralna Tabela Ofert S.A. (Bond Spot currently) He also holds the position of the Vice-president, member of presidium and Treasurer of Employers of Poland. |
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Robert Ługowski Member of the Supervisory Board He is a graduate of the program MBA Carlson School of Management, Warsaw School of Economics and Individual Scheme of Studies in Catholic University of Lublin, Technical University of Lublin and Marie Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. He is Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of business angels’ network “Cobin Angels”, businessman, investor, an economic expert at the NCBiR and at the Jagiellonian University. He is an expert in the field of diffusion of innovation, business models and organization and development of new projects. He has extensive experience gained while working in managerial positions in the structures of local and regional international technology companies such as Xerox, Hewlett-Packard, Atos. In 2012-2015 worked in Atos IT Services Poland where he was the Head of Business Unit and the Sales Director. He also serves a number of functions in professional and social organizations, inter alia: President of Business Students Club, Member of Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunication and Warsaw Executive MBA Alumni Assocation. He is initiator and co-founder of the Polish Confederation of Business Angels. |
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Pierre Melinger Member of the Supervisory Board A graduate of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Paris and Faculty of Law at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University, as well as Faculty of Political Sciences at the French Political Sciences Institute and the National School of Administration "ENA" in Paris. Mr Mellinger is a founder and Managing Director of ForeVest Capital Partners. Formerly, he was a CEO in PineBridge Investments (Central Europe), a private equity global fund. Mr Mellinger established the PineBridge Investments branch in Poland in 1998 and since that time he was responsible for private equity activity in the region of Central-Eastern Europe. He has more than 35 years of experience in the scope of investments, finances and management, including more than 20 years of experience in the private equity. Formerly, he was also a Director of the Financial Institutions Panel in the EBRD in London, a Managing Director in the Sovac Bank, a Director in the French Ministry of Finance in Paris and in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New York. Currently, he is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the companies: Work Service S.A., Brokerage House TMS Brokers S.A., Promedica Care Sp z o.o., EasyPack Sp. z o.o., Małpka S.A., DCS Digital Cable Systems in Romania.
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John Leone Member of the Supervisory Board He is a graduate of State University of New York Binghamton (1991 – 1995) and The George Washington University Law School (1995 – 1998). During his career, Mr John Leone worked i.a. with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, PineBridge Investments Partners LLC and ForeVest Capital Partners, Inc., with whom he works until this day. In addition, Mr. John Leone has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Małpka S.A. since July 2016.
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