“On June 12, 2024, the Supervisory Board of the Company appointed the following persons to the Management Board of ORLEN SA: Mr. Marek Balawejder, as of August 1, 2024, as Member of the Management Board for Wholesale Trade and Logistics, Mr. Artur Osuchowski, as of June 13, 2024, as Member Management Board for Energy and Energy Transformation, for the period of the joint term of office of the Management Board, which ends on the date of the Ordinary General Meeting approving the Company's financial statements for 2025,” Orlen said in a statement.
Marek Balawejder
Marek Balawejder is – as it was written – a manager with 30 years of experience in managing “multi-dimensional organizations in companies such as Pepsico, Polkomtel, Raiffeisen, Action and PKN ORLEN, as well as experience in running his own business in the field of consulting and management in the interim management model.” He has higher pedagogical education supplemented with postgraduate studies in Management and Marketing, as well as completed MBA studies and the Advanced Management Program. He also completed the “The Advanced Certificate in Marketing” program based on the licensed program of The Chartered Institute of Marketing.
“As the President of the Management Board, he was involved in preparing a strategy for optimizing trading and logistics processes of ORLEN Gaz, the leader of the wholesale liquid gas market, as well as the creator of the idea of integrating ORLEN Gaz and ORLEN Paliwa, which resulted in the creation of the largest operator of wholesale liquid fuel sales in Poland. As an advisor and Interim Manager, he was involved in the preparation of strategies, management models, and the implementation of new concepts for leading wholesale distributors of FMCG products such as the Metro Group or Eurocash, but also sales processes in organizations dealing with renewable energy, waste oil processing, and gas distribution. liquid,” the announcement said.
Artur Osuchowski
Artur Osuchowski is a manager with over 20 years of experience in managing international industrial companies. In the years 2008 – 2019, he served as a member of the management board of Ciech SA, where he supervised key functional areas, such as: sales, investor relations, MA projects – including those related to energy assets, corporate supervision. He implemented strategic projects aimed at restructuring the Group and increasing its value, while meeting the conditions for emission reduction and energy efficiency, thanks to which the Ciech Group became the profitability leader among industrial concerns in Europe.
In the years 2021-2024, he was a member of the management board of Ege Kimya Polska, implementing projects in the field of electromobility. At the beginning of his professional career, he worked at Raiffeissen Bank Polska and international consulting companies: Ernst Young Corporate Finance and KPMG Advisory, where he implemented projects for the largest energy and industrial companies operating in Central and Eastern Europe. (PAP)