Mr. Dariusz Witkowski appointed to the position of Member of the PKN ORLEN Management Board

The Management Board of PKN ORLEN S.A. (“PKN ORLEN”), Central Europe’s largest downstream oil company, hereby announces that the Supervisory Board of PKN ORLEN has appointed, following its meeting on 19 July 2005, Mr Dariusz Witkowski to the position of Member of the Management Board with effect from 1 August 2005. This complies with the motion of the Ministry of the State Treasury according to the § 9 item 1 point 3 of the Articles of Association of PKN ORLEN.

Mr Dariusz Witkowski, born in 1966 in Warsaw, is a graduate of the Foreign Trade Faculty of the Warsaw School of Economics.

Previous Experience:
May 2005 – present - Undersecretary of State at the State Ministry of the Treasury
April 1995 – April 2004 Polish Security Exchange Commission, Department of Public Companies and Finance (Head of Unit (from December 1995); Director of Department (from July 2000); Deputy Director (from June 1999)).

Courses and training:
- Executive MBA Program (Polish American Management Center, University of Maryland and University of Lodz)
- Human Resources Management (organised by the US Office of Personnel Management)
- Capital Markets Management (organised by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Arthur Andersen, the Foundation for Accounting Development in Poland).