Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A. (“PKN ORLEN”, “Company”), announces that the Supervisory Board of PKN ORLEN, following its meeting on 6 March 2014, has appointed following persons to the Company’s Management Board:
- Mr. Dariusz Jacek Krawiec to the position of President of the Management Board,
- Mr. Sławomir Jędrzejczyk to the position of Vice-president of the Management Board,
- Mr. Piotr Chełmiński to the position of Member of the Management Board,
- Mr. Krystian Pater to the position of Member of the Management Board,
- Mr. Marek Podstawa to the position of Member of the Management Board,

for the common three year term of office, starting from the day coming after the day of termination of the current common term of office of the Company’s Management Board, i.e. after the day of the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting that will approve financial statement for 2013. Mr. Dariusz Jacek Krawiec holds the position of President of the Management Board, Mr. Sławomir Jędrzejczyk holds the position of Vice-president of the Management Board and Mr. Piotr Chełmiński, Mr. Krystian Pater and Mr. Marek Podstawa hold the position of Members of PKN ORLEN Management Board in the current term of office.

Mr. Dariusz Jacek Krawiec

Graduated from Poznan University of Economics.

(1992-1997) he worked for Bank PEKAO S.A., Ernst & Young S.A. and PriceWaterhouse Sp. z o.o. (1998) he was with the UK branch of Japanese investment bank Nomura plc headquartered in London, where he was responsible for the Polish market. (1998-2002), he served as President of the Management Board and CEO of Impexmetal S.A.. (2002) he became President of the Management Board of Elektrim S.A.. (2003-2004) he was Managing Director for Sindicatum Ltd London. (2006-2008) he served as President of the Management Board of Action S.A..

He has a wealth of experience working in corporate supervisory bodies. He has chaired the supervisory boards of Huta Aluminium Konin S.A., Metalexfrance S.A. of Paris, S and I S.A. of Lausanne, cemarket.com S.A.. He has been member of the supervisory boards of Impexmetal S.A., Elektrim S.A., PTC Sp. z o.o., Elektrim Telekomunikacja Sp. z o.o., Elektrim Magadex S.A., Elektrim Volt S.A. and PTE AIG.

(7 June - 17 September 2008) he acted as Vice-President of the Management Board of PKN ORLEN and 18 September 2008 he was appointed President of the Management Board and CEO of the Company.
24 March 2011, the Supervisory Board of PKN ORLEN has appointed again Mr. Dariusz Jacek Krawiec to the position of President of the Management Board of PKN ORLEN for the next three year term of Company’s Management Board that started 30 June 2013.

Currently, he serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Unipetrol a.s.

Mr Sławomir Jędrzejczyk

Graduated from the Łódź University of Technology and obtained the title of British Certified Auditor from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. (2005-2008) he served as President of the Management Board and CEO of Emitel. Earlier, he had worked for companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange: as Head of the Controlling Division of Telekomunikacja Polska SA, as Member of the Management Board and CFO at Impexmetal SA as well as in the Audit and Business Advisory Department of Price Waterhouse.
(7 June - 17 September 2008) he acted as a Member of the Management Board of PKN ORLEN. 18 September  2008 he was appointed Vice-president of the Management Board and CFO.
24 March 2011, the Supervisory Board of PKN ORLEN has appointed again Mr Sławomir Jędrzejczyk  to the position of Vice-president of the Management Board of PKN ORLEN for the next three year term of Company’s Management Board that started 30 June 2013.

Sławomir Jędrzejczyk as a Vice-president of the Management Board of PKN ORLEN is in charge of treasury, controlling, accounting, supply chain management, investor relations, M&A, and IT. His main responsibilities include implementing strategy geared towards increasing value, building relations with capital market, providing financing, and increasing cash flows through operating excellence, divestments and projects improving working capital.

Currently, he serves as Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Unipetrol, a.s.
Since 1 January 2014, he is a Member of the Board of Directors of TriOil Ressources Ldt., Canada.

Mr Piotr Chelminski

Graduated from the Warsaw University of Agriculture. In 1996, he completed postgraduate course in management at the University of Management and Marketing in Warsaw (Partner of the University of Denver in USA). During his professional career he has accumulated years of experience holding various positions on the management boards of Polish and other foreign-owned companies, including listed companies.

(1995–1996) he served as Vice-President for sales, marketing and export of Okocimskie Zaklady Piwowarskie S.A. (brewery). (1996-1999) he worked for Eckes Granini GmbH & Co. KG as Regional Director for CEE region and as President of its subsidiary, Aronia S.A. (1999–2001) he has been a Member of the Board of Directors, Browar Dojlidy Sp. z o.o. (2001-2002) he held the position of the Member of the Board of Directors and Member of the Supervisory Board of Werner & Merz Polska Sp. z o.o. (2001–2006) he served as Member of the Board of Directors and as Member of the Supervisory Board – direct operational supervision of Sales and Marketing, Kamis-Przyprawy S.A. (2006-October 2009) he served as Vice-President for Sales and Marketing, Gamet S.A. in Torun and as Member of the Board of Directors, Gamet Holdings S.A. in Luxembourg.

(December 2009 - April 2013) he held the post of Chairman of Board of Directors and CEO at Unipetrol, a.s. 

6 March 2012, he was appointed to the position of the Member of PKN ORLEN Management Board responsible for Petrochemical Operations, effective from 10 March 2012.

8 April 2013, he was entrusted with the post of Member of Supervisory Board of Unipetrol.

Currently, he serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ANWIL S.A. and Member of Supervisory Board Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sp. z o.o.

Mr. Krystian Pater

Graduated from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Faculty of Chemistry. Additionally, he has completed post-graduate courses in “Chemical Engineering and Equipment” at the Warsaw University of Technology (1989), “Management and Marketing” at the Pawel Wlodkowic University College in Plock (1997), “Petroleum Sector Management” (1998) and “Enterprise Value Management” (2001-2002) at the Warsaw School of Economics. In 1993, he started working for Petrochemia Plock S.A. and, later on, for PKN ORLEN, where (2005-2007) he served as Executive Director responsible for Refining Production.

15 March 2007, he was appointed Member of the Management Board of PKN ORLEN.
24 March 2011, the Supervisory Board of PKN ORLEN has appointed again Mr. Krystian Pater to the position of Member of the Management Board of PKN ORLEN for the next three year term of Company’s Management Board that started 30 June 2013.

Currently he is Member of the Management Board of AB ORLEN Lietuva and Member of the Supervisory Board of Unipetrol a.s. Additionally, he serves as Vice-President of the Management Board of SITPNiG, Member of the Management Board of EUROPIA and CONCAWE and Chairman of the Association of Oil Industry Workers in Plock.

Mr Marek Podstawa

Graduated from AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, faculty of Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics and Electronics (1989), and MBA studies at the University of Minnesota/Warsaw School of Economics (2000). He also completed post-graduate courses  in International Trade at the Cracow University of Economics and  in Business Management at the University of Economics in Katowice. He has completed a number of courses covering a wide range of topics, including: strategy development, leadership, finance, project management, crisis management, crude oil trade and derivatives in the UK, USA and the Czech Republic. He also completed training for candidates for supervisory board members at the Institute of Business Development in Warsaw.

Mr Marek Podstawa has an extensive track record of leading international teams.

(1990-1992) he worked as an engineer at Central Plants of Metallurgy Automation. (1993-1996) he worked at DuPont Conoco Poland first as a Regional Representative, next Regional Director. After changing the company in ConocoPhillips, he worked till 2008 on many positions in areas of retail and wholesale trading, marketing, R&D, unification of financial and management systems, firstly in CE countries, then in Germany and in the USA. He was promoted from Coordinator of Marketing & Refining Projects to the post of  Director for Wholesale Programs at ConocoPhilips head office in Houston, Texas (2006-2007) and then Strategic Planning Director (2007-2008).

In January 2009, he was nominated to the position of Executive Director for Retail Sales at PKN ORLEN S.A. He was also the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ORLEN Deutschland GmbH (2009-2011) and a member of the Management Board of Benzina, s.r.o. (2009-2010).

14 March 2012, he was appointed to the position of Member of PKN ORLEN Management Board in charge of Sales, effective from 19 March 2012.

Currently, he serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ORLEN Deutschland GmbH. 

All of the newly elected members of the PKN ORLEN Management Board have declared that upon joining the Management Board of PKN ORLEN they will not be involved in any activity that competes with PKN ORLEN; will not be a partner of any competing company; and will not be members of any board of a competing incorporated company. All of the newly elected members of the PKN ORLEN Management Board are not on the List of Insolvent Debtors kept on record on the National Court Register Act.