Current Report No. 7/2018: Reappointment of KRUK’s Management Board for another term
Text of the report:
The Management Board of KRUK S.A. (the “Company”) announces that on March 19th 2018 the Company’s Supervisory Board passed resolutions, effective from March 19th 2018, reappointing the Company’s Management Board for a new joint three-year term (the “Resolutions”).
All members of the Management Board were reappointed for the new term:
1. Piotr Krupa, President of the Management Board
2. Agnieszka Kułton, Management Board Member
3. Urszula Okarma, Member of the Management Board
4. Iwona Słomska, Member of the Management Board
5. Michał Zasępa, Member of the Management Board
The biographical notes of the Management Board members appointed for the new term are provided below.
Piotr Krupa
President of the Management Board since 2003.
He co-founded the Company. He started his professional career in 1997 as a partner in the civil partnership Kuźnicki i Krupa. He remained with the partnership until 2004. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Wrocław in 1996. In 2000, he completed legal training in court started in 1997; in 2003 he completed legal training as a legal counsel started in 2000. He is a legal counsel and a licensed private investigator. Piotr Krupa is the winner of Ernst & Young's 'Entrepreneur of the Year 2017' competition in the main category and in 'Products and Services'. The jury awarded him for "a revolutionary change to the business model, which made the company a pioneer of new solutions on an international scale". He does not carry out business outside the KRUK Group; he is not a partner in any partnership under civil law or another type of partnership, or a member of a governing body of an incorporated company or a member of a governing body of any other competitive legal entity. He is not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors maintained pursuant to the Act on the National Court Register.
Agnieszka Kułton
A Member of the Company’s Management Board since 2006.
She started her professional career in 1996 as a senior clerk at the finance department of the Wrocław Municipal Office. In 1997–2000, she was employed at Agencja Ratalna Sprzedaży ARS S.A, initially as head of lending and then as head of the lending department and director of the financial products division. In 2000–2001, she served as director of the financial products division at Agencja Ratalna Sprzedaży ARS Serwis Sp. z o.o. and in 2001–2002 at Euro Kredyt Sp. o.o. She joined the Company in 2002 as a debt collection and trading specialist; in 2003–2006, she was collections director.
She graduated from the Faculty of National Economy of the Wrocław University of Economics in 1995. She does not carry out business outside the KRUK Group; she is not a partner in any partnership under civil law or another type of partnership, or a member of a governing body of an incorporated company or a member of a governing body of any other competitive legal entity. She is not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors maintained pursuant to the Act on the National Court Register.
Urszula Okarma
A Member of the Company’s Management Board since 2006.
She began her professional career at Zakład Energetyczny Wrocław as an accounting specialist. In 1999, she was head of the Council office at the Długołęka Commune Office, and in 1999–2001 she was head of the prevention department at SKK Kredyt S.A. She joined the Company in 2002 as director of the telephone debt collection department and director of the financial institutions service department.
She graduated from the Wrocław University of Economics in 1998, with a degree in finance and banking. She does not carry out business outside the KRUK Group; she is not a partner in any partnership under civil law or another type of partnership, or a member of a governing body of an incorporated company or a member of a governing body of any other competitive legal entity. She is not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors maintained pursuant to the Act on the National Court Register.
Iwona Słomska
A Member of the Company’s Management Board since 2009.
She began her professional career in 1994 as a radio journalist. In 1996–2000, she worked as a public relations manager at Gospodarczy Bank Południowo-Zachodni S.A. In 2002–2004, she was head of the marketing and public relations department and the spokesman for SKK KREDYT S.A., PKO Towarzystwo Finansowe Sp. z o.o. and Bank Współpracy Europejskiej S.A. She joined the Company in 2004 as director of the marketing and public relations department.
She graduated from the University of Wrocław in 1995 with a master’s degree in social sciences. In 2000, she completed Polish-American Studies on Social Communication in Organisation and Management at the Wrocław University of Technology, and in 2010 – MBA studies at the School of Banking in Wroclaw, organised in partnership with Franklin University Ohio. She does not carry out business outside the KRUK Group; she is not a partner in any partnership under civil law or another type of partnership, or a member of a governing body of an incorporated company or a member of a governing body of any other competitive legal entity. She is not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors maintained pursuant to the Act on the National Court Register.
Michał Zasępa
A Member of the Company’s Management Board since 2010.
He began his professional career at A.T. Kearney Sp. z o.o. in 2000 and remained with the company for two years. In 2003–2004, he worked for Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Sp. z o.o. and in 2004–2010 for Enterprise Investors Sp. z o.o.
He graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics in 2000 with a master’s degree in management and marketing. In 1996-1997, he studied at the University of Wisconsin as part of the Batory Foundation Scholarship, and in 1999 at the Stockholm School of Economics. He does not carry out business outside the KRUK Group; he is not a partner in any partnership under civil law or another type of partnership, or a member of a governing body of an incorporated company or a member of a governing body of any other competitive legal entity. He is not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors maintained pursuant to the Act on the National Court Register.
Legal basis: Par. 5.1.22 of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance of February 19th 2009 on current and periodic information […]