Company authorities of GetBack S.A. in restructuring
Przemysław Dąbrowski, Vice President of the Management Board
He has been a Member of the Management Board of GetBack S.A. since April 2018.
He has extensive experience in financial management in the insurance industry, and in managing financial investments and leading large financial transactions. He also has practical and theoretical knowledge of accounting, tax issues and elements of actuarial mathematics. He worked as an analyst and financial controller at Whirlpool Polska Sp. z o.o., a treasurer at AIG Polska, and then Financial Director, Member of the Management Board of Creative Team SA (the Elektrim Group), and Director of the Planning and Controlling Office at PZU. He worked for AT Kearney and Accenture as Manager and Senior Manager. In his professional career, Przemysław Dąbrowski has held the positions of: Director – Deputy Head of the Financial Division at PZU and PZU Życie Headquarters, Director of the Planning and Controlling Office at PZU and PZU Życie Headquarters, Director of the Information Management Office at PZU and PZU Życie Headquarters, Member of the PZU Życie and PZU Management Boards, responsible for the Financial Division and successfully supervising debt collection processes. He was a member of the SEG Supervisory Board. Przemysław Dąbrowski is a co-owner and president of eSensei, a startup developing coaching tools, and Silver Bullet Labs, a startup developing mobile games.
A graduate of the University of Warsaw with a major in computer science, also completed post-graduate studies in management. Mr Dąbrowski also obtained an MBA from the University of Illinois and completed the Warsaw-Illinois Executive MBA program, as well as the Advanced Management Program at IESE Business School, Spain.
Magdalena Nawłoka, Vice President of the Management Board
In the recent period she has been dealing with strategic consultancy, implementing among other things an insurance project in Romania. From December 2016 to December 2016 - CFO and member of the Management Board of Kopex S.A. where her responsibilities included debt restructuring and operating activity. In 2013-2015, Vice-President of TUIR Allianz Polska S.A. and Allianz Life Polska S.A. where she was responsible for the corporate and mass business and IT division. From March 2011 to September 2013, member of the Management Board of Generali Poland TU S.A. as well as Generali Life Poland TU S.A. where among other things she supervised the area of controlling, accounting, and databases. In 2009-2010, she was an advisor to the Management Board in Oranta Russia where she was responsible for the IT area. In 2008-2009, she held the function of the Vice-President in PZU S.A., responsible for the corporate division. From November 2006 to October 2008 – strategic advisor in Interamerica Romania where she was responsible among other things for the reorganisation of the sales structure and the pension fund establishment project. In 2006 – Vice-President in PZU Życie S.A., whereas in 2004-2006 – Managing Director for Product in PZU S.A. Earlier she held the function of the Director for Sales Strategy, Planning and Controlling there. In 2002, CFO in PZU CL Agent Transferowy. In 1999-2002, she was a member of the Management Board in Eurobig Services Sp. z o.o., whereas in 1999 – advisor to the Management Board in PTE Ego. In 1990s she worked in the consulting area in : BIG Finance Sp. z .o.o., EVIP Management Consulting Sp. z o.o., EVIP Audit Sp. z o.o.
In 2012 she received the prestigious title of the Woman to Watch awarded by “Business Insurance Magazine” in the USA. Graduate from the Ashridge Business School. In 2003-2004 she studied at Warsaw University and the University of Illinois. Graduate of the foreign trade faculty of the University of Economy in Kraków. In 1996 she also received the title of a chartered accountant of the Accountants Association in Poland (SKwP).
Tomasz Strama, Vice President of the Management Board
He has been involved in the debt management industry for 18 years. Between 2001 and 2014, he worked for KRUK S.A. As an expert and member of senior management staff, he was responsible, inter alia, for managing debt collection processes and implementing debt collection strategies for debt portfolios under management. In 2008−2014, as Area Director, he was responsible for the development and sale of the KRUK Group’s services, investment in debt portfolios, and for relations with the Group’s strategic partners. He also managed the Business Development Department, where he was in charge of sales and operations as part of debt management services provided to the largest financial institutions in Poland.
In 2014-2018, as Director General and Management Board Member responsible for operations (COO), he developed (as a greenfield project) and later managed KRUK Deutschland GmbH of Germany.
Since 2019, he has worked for Getback S.A. w restrukturyzacji (in restructuring) as Adviser to the Management Board and Managing Director responsible for debt collection strategies.
He graduated the Wrocław University of Technology. In 2012, he completed management studies at Wrocław School of Banking.
Marcin Tokarek, Member of the Management Board
Manager with more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Since November 2015, he has provided advisory services to financial sector entities (loan providers and debt collection agencies). His main field of expertise is in developing statistical models for credit risk assessment (scorecards), designing management information systems for loan providers and debt collection agencies, valuation of performing and non-performing debt portfolios, and designing business processes in the debt collection and lending business.
He has been on the Management Board of GetBack S.A. since July 2018. Since May 2017 – President of the Management Board and co-owner of Lease And Work Sp. z o.o. From November 2015 to July 2017 – President of the Management Board of Credit Found sp. z o.o. From April 2012 to September 2014 – President of the Management Board of SMS Kredyt Holding S.A. and President of its subsidiaries Profeskasa S.A. and SMS Invest sp. z o.o. Risk Management Director at SMS Invest sp. z o.o. and SMS Kredyt spółka jawna. From March 2003 to October 2006, he worked for the Ultimo Group as Head of the Credit Risk Management and Statistical Analysis Department. Then he became Vice President of Ultimo’s Management Board. He has also worked for Lukas S.A., Lukas Bank (now the Credit Agricole Group), and Cetelem Polska Expansion S.A.
He graduated in Applied Mathematics (Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology) from the Wrocław University of Technology.
Paulina Pietkiewicz, Member of the Management Board
Operating Director and CCO in the Abris Group. She has 18 years of international experience in different sectors of the financial services industry (asset management, investment funds, pension funds, securities trading, shared service centres, private equity funds), combined with experience in such areas as mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, back-office and middle-office management, outsourcing, law, regulations and compliance.
In Abris she is responsible for the enforcement of transactions, back-office and administration of Polish, Romanian, Luxembourg and Cypriot companies, legal, tax and compliance issues of the Abris Group, management of disputed asset portfolio, and she holds the function of a member of the management board of Abris holding companies. In 2013-2014, acting President of Nordea PTE S.A. responsible for splitting Nordea PTE from T.U. Nordea Life, adapting the activity of Nordea PTE to the open-end pension fund (OFE) reform of 2014, as well as sales negotiations. In 2011-2013, she held the function of a member of the Management Board and Director as well as CCO in Credit Suisse Polska where she was responsible among other things for the sale of Credit Suisse Asset Management, opening of Credit Suisse Securities (CSSEL) Poland Branch and reorganisation of Credit Suisse Bank Luxembourg (Poland Branch). From 2002 to 2008, she was connected with the PZU Group, first in the position of the Director for M&A as well as advisor to the Management Board of PZU S.A., then as a member of the Management Board of PZU Asset Management S.A. and TFI PZU S.A. In 2003-2006, she was a member of the Supervisory Board of TFI PZU S.A., in 2003-2005 – Supervisory Board of PZU NFI Management and PTE PZU S.A. In 1999-2010 she worked in the Achmea Group. In 1999-2001 she was a lawyer in Eureko BV (foreign investment holding in the Achmea Group), whereas in 1995-1999 she was connected with the law firm of Wardyński&Partners.
She has the MBA diploma from the London Business School (University of London). She is the graduate of the Faculty of Law of Warsaw University, as well as DEA Université de Poitiers. Paulina speaks English and French fluently, and German on a communicative level.
Supervisory Board of GetBack S.A. in restructuring
Radosław Barczyński, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Radosław Barczyński (b. 1978) is currently a Director at Spinko Sp. z o.o. (since 2016), where he is responsible for supply chain management, production planning and investments. In 2011–2016, he co-founded and managed commercial enterprises in Belarus and Russia.
From 2009 to 2010, he held managerial positions in mining and cargo handling companies, e.g. he was Vice President responsible for restructuring at Famak S.A., President of the Management Board of Fugo S.A., and Member of the Supervisory Board of Fugo-Odlew Sp. z o.o. Before 2009, he worked for financial institutions, including UniCredit CAIB Poland S.A. (2008), Bank Pekao S.A., Bank BPH S.A. (2003–2007), and Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A. (2000–2002), where he provided M&A advisory services and managed organizational units offering services and financing (including structured finance) for corporate clients.
Radosław Barczyński is a graduate of the Faculty of Finance and Banking at the Poznań University of Economics (2002), where he received his Master’s degree in economics. He also completed postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Engineering Management at the Poznań University of Technology (2017). Radosław Barczyński is a Polish citizen.
Przemysław Schmidt, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Manager, investment banker and legal counsel with 30 years of professional experience. Currently, a shareholder and member of the Management Board of GetFresh, producer of Dar Natury spring water. Independent member of two investment committees at the Polish Development Fund group. Member of supervisory boards of public and private companies. Member of the Board of Trustees of the SWPS University, as well as a member of the team of experts at the Supervisory Boards Forum. President of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Confederation Lewiatan.
In 2013-2018, he was an independent member of the supervisory board of Polish Developement Investments (Polskie Inwestycje Rozwojowe), and after changing the name and adoption of the fund's structure, he was an independent member of two investment committees in the group of the Polish Development Fund.
2001-2013: managing partner and chairman of the Supervisory Board of Trigon DM S.A., the oldest Polish brokerage house. 1997-2000: deputy CEO of the American company @Entertainment Inc., the largest cable and satellite television operator in Central and Eastern Europe and the first company from the region listed on NASDAQ. At the same time, as part of a corporate group, CEO of of Wizja TV. 1995-1996: managing director of the Polish operations of MeesPierson, an investment bank from the ABN AMRO group. Author of publications on economic topics.
2007-2009: Chairman of the European Board of Directors of Young Presidents’ Organization. Graduated with honours from the Faculty of Law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Passed the judge and legal counsel examinations. 1991-1992: studied at Hastings College of the Law, University of California, as part of the Fulbright programme. Completed postgraduate courses at Georgetown University, Leiden University and TMC Asser Institute (Asser College Europe). Started professional career in 1987-1992 as an assistant at the Department of Civil, Commercial and Economic Law at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and as a legal counsel at the law firm Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak, where he worked in 1990-1995. Completed numerous training courses in finance, strategy and business psychology.
Piotr Rybicki, Member of the Supervisory Board
Mr Piotr Rybicki is a qualified auditor. He graduated from the Marketing Management and Foreign Languages School in Katowice. He also completed a postgraduate course in management at the Warsaw School of Economics. Piotr Rybicki specialises in corporate finance, reporting and corporate governance. He has experience as vice president of the management board for finance of a company listed on NewConnect, as well as a member of supervisory boards, including of listed companies. He is also a lecturer at courses for candidates to supervisory boards and an initiator of the Supervisory Board Conference. He serves as Vice President of the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice.
Wojciech Łukawski, Member of the Supervisory Board
Since September 2008, he has been a member of the management board of Abris Capital Partners Sp. z o.o. He holds fourteen years of experience in the private equity sector, obtained mainly in Poland. He also has many years of experience in consultancy in the field of mergers and acquisitions. He sat on the management boards of investment funds dealing with general privatisation in Poland, supervising the restructuring and sale of over 120 state owned enterprises, and numerous other companies, including: Szczakowa Glass sp. z o.o. (2009- -2011), Manzoil sp. z o.o., Central European Aggregates sp. z o.o. (2007-2011), SPD Maczka sp. z o.o. and SPD Ikara sp. z o.o. (2008-2009), Copernicus Capital TFI S.A. (2006-2008), SPP sp. z o.o. (2006-2007), Copernicus Trustee Services S.A. (2004-2006), BBI Development S.A. (then NFI Piast S.A. – 2005), Octava S.A. (then Octava NFI S.A. – 2003-2005), Księży Młyn (2002-2003), Insight Polska sp. z o.o. (2000- 2004), Armada Business Park sp. z o.o. (1999-2002). He also held the position of a finance director in automotive and textile industry companies, including from December 2001 in Acciona Nieruchomości sp. z o.o. (then Mostostal Invest sp. z o.o.), where subsequently he took the position of a member of the board (June-July 2002), and in Syntex sp. z o.o. (2003). He also sat on the audit committees of the supervisory board of FM Bank S.A. and Prime Car Management S.A. During 2002-2003 he worked as a specialist for commercial space negotiations in Apsys Polska sp. o.o. In 1996-1999 he was a consultant at York Trust Investment Partners Ltd. He started his professional career working as a grant fund specialist at Łódź Regional Development Agency, where he worked in 1995-1996.
He is fluent in English. A graduate of the University of Lodz at the Faculty of Management, where he obtained a master's degree in 1996.
Krzysztof Burnos, Member of the Supervisory Board
From 2015 he has been managing the Self-Governing Organisation of Statutory Auditors in Poland, holding the function of the President of the National Council of Statutory Auditors of the Polish Chamber of Statutory Auditors (PIBR, Polska Izba Biegłych Rewidentów). In 2012-2015, he held the function of an independent member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee in Magellan S.A. (financial sector), a company listed at the Warsaw Stock Exchange market in Warsaw. From 2005 he has held the function of the CEO in the audit and consultancy company Burnos Audit Sp.z o.o. The scope of his responsibility covers audits of financial statements, tax and business consultancy, cooperation with foreign customers, as well as audits of EU-funded projects. He has been in the auditor’s profession since 2001, conducting audits of stand-alone and consolidated financial statements. He conducted audits also in the debt recovery sector. In the years 1998-2006 he held the functions of the financial controller, chief accountant and CFO in CEBAL TUBA Sp. z o.o. – a company owned by an international stock exchange listed group of companies, Pechiney/Alcan. He was responsible for the statutory and corporate financial reporting compliant with the IFRS, accounting policy, taxes, accounting processes, and financial planning. He started his professional life in consultancy companies, including Providum S.A., where he worked in the years 1994-1998. In 1996, connected with PBG Bank S.A. in Łódź where he worked in the Retail Banking Department. He conducts training for auditors on international audit standards. He is also a lecturer and author of textbooks, as well as a number of publications on audit and accounting.
In 2011, he completed doctoral studies at the Faculty of Management of Łódź University. In the same year he gained the title of the certified accountant of the Accountants Association in Poland (SKwP). Since 2001, he holds the title of a statutory auditor. In 1997, he graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of Łódź University, majoring in tax law. He also holds the Master’s diploma in economic sciences – in 1996 he graduated in accounting and financial analysis from the Faculty of Economy and Sociology, subject: data processing and accounting.
Jarosław Dubiński, Member of the Supervisory Board
Under the restructuring practice, in the last 4 years, he was involved in over 20 restructuring processes, including in majority large restructuring projects taking place in the Polish market. In particular, he took part in providing legal services for the restructuring of the financial debts of PBG S.A., PKM DUDA S.A., Polimex Mostostal S.A. and Action S.A. Under the mergers and acquisitions practice he conducted several dozen transactions. He provided advice among other things with regard to takeovers conducted by the Maspex Group and the MCI Group. He also provides advice to Polish and foreign financial institutions (private equity and venture capital). Under the capital markets practice he supervises cooperation with a dozen or so investment funds with regard to the entire scope of their activity. He has unique experience, most extensive on the Polish market, in creating investment fund companies, investment funds, and providing ongoing service for the operation of those entities.
He is a lawyer who has been recognised three times by one of the most prestigious international rankings of law firms, operated by Chambers & Partners, in the categories: banking and finance, and restructuring and insolvency. He is recognised as a leading expert on restructuring and insolvency. The law firm Dubiński Jeleński Masiarz and Partners which he manages in the last four years conducted the largest number of transactions which received awards from the “Rzeczpospolita” daily from among all Polish law firms.
He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of Warsaw University, he is a legal advisor and managing partner in the law firm of Dubiński Jeleński Masiarz and Partners. He conducts and supervises the M&A practice in the firm, restructuring of business entities, and capital market law (in particular the law of investment funds).
