BŁAŻEJ SZCZECKI - Vice President of the Bank’s Management Board, supervising the Technology and Operation Banking Division, Retail Banking Division
Officer and subsequently as the Chief Strategy Officer of Bank Pekao, responsible a.o. for the digital and operational transformation, as well as for the coordination of the work on the strategy of the Bank. From 2017 till 2018 he was responsible for the Transformation and Services Division, where he managed a.o. IT and Operations of the Bank. In 2010- 2017 he was Member of the Management Board of Pekao Leasing Sp. z o.o., where he assumed responsibility for IT, operations, insurance business, and customer service.
Previously, from 2004 till 2010 he held various leadership roles in the Corporate Banking Division of Bank Pekao, including participation in the taskforce preparing the merger of Bank Pekao with the BPH Bank. Before he worked as consultant for McKinsey and Co. in Frankfurt (Main) in Germany. He also served as a research associate at the University in Frankfurt (Oder) and in Giessen (Germany), as well as professional experience at Dresdner Bank.
From 2017, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Centrum Kart S.A. From 2017 to August 2020, in the Supervisory Board of Pekao Financial Services Sp. z o.o. he was the Deputy Chairman and Secretary of the Supervisory Board. He was reappointed to the Supervisory Board of Pekao Financial Services Sp. z o.o. in March 2021 and serves as the Chairman of the company's Supervisory Board.
He has a Ph.D degree in economics from the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), he graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). He participated in numerous courses and trainings in Poland and abroad, a.o. Unifuture in cooperation with the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne (Switzerland).