Prelegenci
Speakers of the past X PIU Congress
CEO, Prudential Polska
Jarosław Bartkiewicz is an experienced manager and a prominent figure in the insurance market. A graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Warsaw, he also completed a four-year Columbia University’s postgraduate programme at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw. Jarosław Bartkiewicz is a certified actuary and took part in many courses in the areas of finance, banking and insurance. Since the beginning of his professional career, Jarosław Bartkiewicz has been working in the finance sector. He started at Pioneer, an investment fund company, and later took on a job at the life insurer TUnŻ PBK. As his career developed, Mr Bartkiewicz worked for another life insurer, TUnŻ Zurich, and ING Nationale-Nederlanden where he spent nine years implementing a large number of strategic projects, also outside Poland. He was in charge of sales and marketing at a Spanish subsidiary of the ING Group. He then transferred to the AXA Group, where he sat as president of Axa Życie for several years. Since spring 2016, he has been leading Prudential in Poland, a company now selling insurance under the Pru brand. Privately a fan of rock music, skiing and basketball, and Iberian culture.
Jarosław Bartkiewicz is an experienced manager and a prominent figure in the insurance market. A graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Warsaw, he also completed a four-year Columbia University’s postgraduate programme at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw. Jarosław Bartkiewicz is a certified actuary and took part in many courses in the areas of finance, banking and insurance. Since the beginning of his professional career, Jarosław Bartkiewicz has been working in the finance sector. He started at Pioneer, an investment fund company, and later took on a job at the life insurer TUnŻ PBK. As his career developed, Mr Bartkiewicz worked for another life insurer, TUnŻ Zurich, and ING Nationale-Nederlanden where he spent nine years implementing a large number of strategic projects, also outside Poland. He was in charge of sales and marketing at a Spanish subsidiary of the ING Group. He then transferred to the AXA Group, where he sat as president of Axa Życie for several years. Since spring 2016, he has been leading Prudential in Poland, a company now selling insurance under the Pru brand. Privately a fan of rock music, skiing and basketball, and Iberian culture.
Founder and owner of Strategy&Future. Author of the books: Pacific and Eurasia. On War,
Poland and Intermarium between the Land and the Sea Powers, The Past is a Prologue, The
End of the End of History, War in space – a turning point in geopolitics, the latest of which is,
The Best Place in the World. Where East Meets West and a co-author of World War III Is
Coming (co-written with Piotr Zychowicz).
Director of the War Games and Simulation Programme of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation;
Senior Fellow at The Potomac Foundation in Washington, co-founder of “Play of Battle”, an
associate of the New Confederation and New Generation Warfare Center in Washington;
member of the advisory team of the Government Plenipotentiary for the Solidarity Transport
Hub (2017-2018), President of the Management Board of Centralny Port Komunikacyjny Sp.
z o.o. (2018 – 2019). A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of
Warsaw, attorney-at-law and a managing partner at a law firm providing business services.
An expert in geopolitics and geostrategy, a participant in the debate on the strategic reality of
Central Eastern Europe, Eurasia and the Western Pacific.
Poland and Intermarium between the Land and the Sea Powers, The Past is a Prologue, The
End of the End of History, War in space – a turning point in geopolitics, the latest of which is,
The Best Place in the World. Where East Meets West and a co-author of World War III Is
Coming (co-written with Piotr Zychowicz).
Director of the War Games and Simulation Programme of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation;
Senior Fellow at The Potomac Foundation in Washington, co-founder of “Play of Battle”, an
associate of the New Confederation and New Generation Warfare Center in Washington;
member of the advisory team of the Government Plenipotentiary for the Solidarity Transport
Hub (2017-2018), President of the Management Board of Centralny Port Komunikacyjny Sp.
z o.o. (2018 – 2019). A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of
Warsaw, attorney-at-law and a managing partner at a law firm providing business services.
An expert in geopolitics and geostrategy, a participant in the debate on the strategic reality of
Central Eastern Europe, Eurasia and the Western Pacific.
Deputy President of IGF Board
A graduate of the Faculty of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering at the Warsaw
University of Technology, Radosław Bedyński completed a postgraduate programme in
Project Management at the Warsaw University of Technology, obtained a Master's degree in
Management at the Faculty of Management from the University of Warsaw and the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as part of the Illinois Executive Master of Business
Administration Program, he also enrolled in a doctoral programme at the Academy of
Finance in Warsaw. He has been involved with the insurance market since 2000. Within
more than a decade, Radosław Bedyński took on different managerial roles in the PZU Group
and Uniqa, responsible for the handling of claims and policy payments. In 2017-2019, he was
Deputy President of the Board of GSU Pomoc Górniczy Klub Ubezpieczonych S.A. heading the
work of the Insurance and Loyalty Programmes Division. Since 2005, he has been
contributing to the work of the Polish Chamber of Insurance as a member of its Direct Claims
Settlement Working Group and the working group dedicated to Processes and Procedures of
Motor Claims Settlement. He was also a member of the Claims Settlement Committee and
the Insurance Processes Digitalisation Team. At the Insurance Guarantee Fund (UFG),
Radosław Bedyński is responsible for the settlement of claims resulting from accidents
caused by uninsured and unidentified perpetrators, claims notified to insolvent insurance
undertakings, as well as for the customer service function.
A graduate of the Faculty of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering at the Warsaw
University of Technology, Radosław Bedyński completed a postgraduate programme in
Project Management at the Warsaw University of Technology, obtained a Master's degree in
Management at the Faculty of Management from the University of Warsaw and the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as part of the Illinois Executive Master of Business
Administration Program, he also enrolled in a doctoral programme at the Academy of
Finance in Warsaw. He has been involved with the insurance market since 2000. Within
more than a decade, Radosław Bedyński took on different managerial roles in the PZU Group
and Uniqa, responsible for the handling of claims and policy payments. In 2017-2019, he was
Deputy President of the Board of GSU Pomoc Górniczy Klub Ubezpieczonych S.A. heading the
work of the Insurance and Loyalty Programmes Division. Since 2005, he has been
contributing to the work of the Polish Chamber of Insurance as a member of its Direct Claims
Settlement Working Group and the working group dedicated to Processes and Procedures of
Motor Claims Settlement. He was also a member of the Claims Settlement Committee and
the Insurance Processes Digitalisation Team. At the Insurance Guarantee Fund (UFG),
Radosław Bedyński is responsible for the settlement of claims resulting from accidents
caused by uninsured and unidentified perpetrators, claims notified to insolvent insurance
undertakings, as well as for the customer service function.
A professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw, Jacek
Czaputowicz served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland from 2018 to 2020.
He is the author of many publications on international affairs, including International Security.
Contemporary Concepts, Sovereignty, Theories of European Integration, Theories of International
Relations.
Czaputowicz served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland from 2018 to 2020.
He is the author of many publications on international affairs, including International Security.
Contemporary Concepts, Sovereignty, Theories of European Integration, Theories of International
Relations.
Director of the Bancassurance Office and Strategic Partnership Programs, PZU
Chair of the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority
Jacek Jastrzębski is one of Poland’s leading specialists in law and finance. He has a legal and economic
background as a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and
the Warsaw School of Economics. He also obtained an LL.M. degree from the University of California,
Berkeley (United States).
Jacek Jastrzębski is a professor at the Department of Civil Law of the Faculty of Law and
Administration at the University of Warsaw.
His academic interests include civil law, commercial law and the law of financial markets. Jacek
Jastrzębski is the author and a co-author of more than 80 scientific papers.
On 23 November 2018,
Jacek Jastrzębski is one of Poland’s leading specialists in law and finance. He has a legal and economic
background as a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and
the Warsaw School of Economics. He also obtained an LL.M. degree from the University of California,
Berkeley (United States).
Jacek Jastrzębski is a professor at the Department of Civil Law of the Faculty of Law and
Administration at the University of Warsaw.
His academic interests include civil law, commercial law and the law of financial markets. Jacek
Jastrzębski is the author and a co-author of more than 80 scientific papers.
On 23 November 2018,
President of the Management Board of BNP Paribas Cardif in Poland.
Grzegorz Jurczyk is an experienced senior executive in the financial sector, working in the areas of commercial and retail banking, consumer finance, insurance and car lease financing. He started his career as a consultant at Bain&Company, a consulting firm. Since 2000, he worked in the roles of a board member and/or president of leading financial institutions: Fiat Bank Polska, Santander Consumer Bank, GE International, GE Money Bank and Bank BPH, where he was responsible for sales and marketing in retail and corporate SME banking. President of Bank BPH from 2016 to 2018, he was involved in the formation of Fiat Bank (1998) and Santander Consumer Bank (2004). He was responsible for the completion of the merger and reorganisation of the retail structures of Bank BPH and GE Money during the banks' merger in 2010. In 2015-2016, he managed the separation of Bank BPH during the sale of its retail and corporate business to Alior Bank.
Grzegorz Jurczyk graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics. He is passionate about golf and motorbikes.
Grzegorz Jurczyk is an experienced senior executive in the financial sector, working in the areas of commercial and retail banking, consumer finance, insurance and car lease financing. He started his career as a consultant at Bain&Company, a consulting firm. Since 2000, he worked in the roles of a board member and/or president of leading financial institutions: Fiat Bank Polska, Santander Consumer Bank, GE International, GE Money Bank and Bank BPH, where he was responsible for sales and marketing in retail and corporate SME banking. President of Bank BPH from 2016 to 2018, he was involved in the formation of Fiat Bank (1998) and Santander Consumer Bank (2004). He was responsible for the completion of the merger and reorganisation of the retail structures of Bank BPH and GE Money during the banks' merger in 2010. In 2015-2016, he managed the separation of Bank BPH during the sale of its retail and corporate business to Alior Bank.
Grzegorz Jurczyk graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics. He is passionate about golf and motorbikes.
Director general , Insurance Europe
Michaela Koller is director general of Insurance Europe, the European insurance and reinsurance
federation. She is currently also secretary general of the Global Federation of Insurance Associations
(GFIA). Michaela has worked in Brussels for the last 30 years. Prior to joining Insurance Europe in
February 2007, she held management positions in different banking trade bodies. Michaela has
served as a member of various consumer/industry groups and advisory groups established by the
European Commission.
She has also been a member of both stakeholder groups of the European Insurance and Occupational
Pensions Authority (EIOPA): the Insurance and Reinsurance stakeholder group (IRSG) and the
Occupational Pension stakeholder group (OPSG). She is currently vice chair of EIOPA’s IRSG. Michaela
testifies regularly at hearings organised by EU institutions. She is a German national and holds a law
degree from Augsburg University.
Michaela Koller is director general of Insurance Europe, the European insurance and reinsurance
federation. She is currently also secretary general of the Global Federation of Insurance Associations
(GFIA). Michaela has worked in Brussels for the last 30 years. Prior to joining Insurance Europe in
February 2007, she held management positions in different banking trade bodies. Michaela has
served as a member of various consumer/industry groups and advisory groups established by the
European Commission.
She has also been a member of both stakeholder groups of the European Insurance and Occupational
Pensions Authority (EIOPA): the Insurance and Reinsurance stakeholder group (IRSG) and the
Occupational Pension stakeholder group (OPSG). She is currently vice chair of EIOPA’s IRSG. Michaela
testifies regularly at hearings organised by EU institutions. She is a German national and holds a law
degree from Augsburg University.
The Polish Chamber of Insurance
A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw, Łukasz
Kulisiewicz has had a 20-year career in insurance, including seven years with the Polish
Chamber of Insurance. He learned the ropes of the profession at PZU S.A., where he was
involved in the development of new tools to support claims handling as part of a major New
Organization of Claims Settlement Project. He later gained experience in a number of
insurance companies, including those operating in the “direct” model, mainly in motor
insurance. He has taken on a variety of managerial and expert roles in claims settlement
functions.
A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw, Łukasz
Kulisiewicz has had a 20-year career in insurance, including seven years with the Polish
Chamber of Insurance. He learned the ropes of the profession at PZU S.A., where he was
involved in the development of new tools to support claims handling as part of a major New
Organization of Claims Settlement Project. He later gained experience in a number of
insurance companies, including those operating in the “direct” model, mainly in motor
insurance. He has taken on a variety of managerial and expert roles in claims settlement
functions.
Member of the Management Board of ERGO Hestia Group.
He has been working for ERGO Hestia for 23 years. Since 2010, he has been in charge of claims
settlement and claims handling, and since 2018 his responsibilities have included operations related
to customer and agent support.
Since 2013, he has been Deputy Chairman of the Claims Settlement Committee of the Polish
Chamber of Insurance.
Kazimierz Majdanski completed the Strategic Leadership programme at the Harvard Business School
and The Competencies of the 21st Century Leader programme at Kozminski University. In 2022,
he was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit for his contribution to the development of the Polish
insurance market.
He has been working for ERGO Hestia for 23 years. Since 2010, he has been in charge of claims
settlement and claims handling, and since 2018 his responsibilities have included operations related
to customer and agent support.
Since 2013, he has been Deputy Chairman of the Claims Settlement Committee of the Polish
Chamber of Insurance.
Kazimierz Majdanski completed the Strategic Leadership programme at the Harvard Business School
and The Competencies of the 21st Century Leader programme at Kozminski University. In 2022,
he was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit for his contribution to the development of the Polish
insurance market.
President & CEO at Toyota Central Europe (TCE, until March 2022: Toyota Motor
Poland) and is responsible for the operations and development of the Toyota and
Lexus brands in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In 2012, he
became the first ever Pole to manage the Polish subsidiary of Toyota and is the man
behind Toyota’s success in the Polish market.
PhD in economic sciences. In 2012 to take up the position of President of Toyota
Motor Poland, becoming the first ever Pole to manage the Polish Toyota subsidiary.
Since 2020, Toyota has been the most popular car make in Poland. In the same
year, Jacek Pawlak was named the CEO of the Year by Executive Club, a Polish
business organisation.
In September 2022, Toyota CEO was named the winner of Forbes'5th BRANDME
CEO poll, which recognises the most authentic business leaders, who display
courage, transparency, and pursue their mission with passion.
Poland) and is responsible for the operations and development of the Toyota and
Lexus brands in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In 2012, he
became the first ever Pole to manage the Polish subsidiary of Toyota and is the man
behind Toyota’s success in the Polish market.
PhD in economic sciences. In 2012 to take up the position of President of Toyota
Motor Poland, becoming the first ever Pole to manage the Polish Toyota subsidiary.
Since 2020, Toyota has been the most popular car make in Poland. In the same
year, Jacek Pawlak was named the CEO of the Year by Executive Club, a Polish
business organisation.
In September 2022, Toyota CEO was named the winner of Forbes'5th BRANDME
CEO poll, which recognises the most authentic business leaders, who display
courage, transparency, and pursue their mission with passion.
Director of Department of Supervision over the Insurance Management and Distribution System, PFSA
President of the Polish Chamber of Insurance
Until 2007, he was president of the management board of the Polskie Biuro Podróży Orbis Travel (Orbis
Travel – Polish Travel Bureau). He was also a member of supervisory boards of Canal Plus Cyfrowy and
PBP SA. He was a member of the supervisory board of Robyg SA. He also held managing positions in
professional organizations and associations.
He was, inter alia, a vice president of Polish Association of Tourism, a member of the French Association
of Commerce in Poland, and vice-president of the board of the Polish Confederation of Private Employers
PKPP Tourism in “Leviathan”. From 1981 to 1998 he lived abroad (in England and France), where he
directed transport and tourism companies.
Jan Grzegorz Prądzyński studied at the School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw (now Warsaw School of
Economics). Since 1998 he holds the insurance broker licence.
Until 2007, he was president of the management board of the Polskie Biuro Podróży Orbis Travel (Orbis
Travel – Polish Travel Bureau). He was also a member of supervisory boards of Canal Plus Cyfrowy and
PBP SA. He was a member of the supervisory board of Robyg SA. He also held managing positions in
professional organizations and associations.
He was, inter alia, a vice president of Polish Association of Tourism, a member of the French Association
of Commerce in Poland, and vice-president of the board of the Polish Confederation of Private Employers
PKPP Tourism in “Leviathan”. From 1981 to 1998 he lived abroad (in England and France), where he
directed transport and tourism companies.
Jan Grzegorz Prądzyński studied at the School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw (now Warsaw School of
Economics). Since 1998 he holds the insurance broker licence.
A full professor of private law, Michał Romanowski teaches civil, commercial and financial markets
law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. He is an advocate and a
partner at a Warsaw-based law firm, Romanowski i Wspólnicy. As a member of the Civil Law
Codification Commission from 2006 to 2015 (the year of the Committee's abolishment), he chaired
the Sub-Committee on Company Law, the Sub-Committee on Law on Business Operators and the
Sub-Committee on the Insurance Contract by appointment of Prof. Z. Radwański PhD. Michał
Romanowski’s Commission responsibilities included adapting Polish company law to the law of the
European Union. He is an author of a position statement of the Codification Commission on the
European Commission’s plan for Better Economic Governance in the EU. He developed the concept
of business organisation of capital groups known as the “Capital Group Code”, which has found wide
practical application, including the concept of functioning of financial conglomerates and holding
companies from regulated sectors. Michał Romanowski is the author of approximately 60 opinions
of the Codification Commission on proposals for the reforms of EU company law and contract law. He
devised the concept of dematerialisation of shares in Polish company law. Michał Romanowski
served as Parliamentary legislation expert and a Member of the Economic Council to Prime Minister
Donald Tusk and an expert of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA). He is the author of
many legislative proposals in the areas of civil law, company law and financial markets law. Michał
Romanowski also authored approximately 200 books, academic papers and articles, including
Poland’s first “Big” Commentary on the Public Trading in Securities Act and groundbreaking
monographs on company law and the capital market. He edited the volumes of the Private Law
System publication series devoted to company law. As an advocate, Michał Romanowski represents
Polish judges in cases concerning the protection of constitutional freedoms and rights before Polish
and European courts, including the European Court of Human Rights. He was named one of the 50
most influential lawyers in Poland in 2013 and 2022 by the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna business and
legal daily among the few jurists who do not hold public office, for his championing of
entrepreneurial and judicial freedom. Michał Romanowski chairs the Content Editorial Board of the
legal journal Wiadomości Ubezpieczeniowe (Insurance News). International organisations defending
the rights of lawyers stand up for his rights to the freedom of professional practice.
law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. He is an advocate and a
partner at a Warsaw-based law firm, Romanowski i Wspólnicy. As a member of the Civil Law
Codification Commission from 2006 to 2015 (the year of the Committee's abolishment), he chaired
the Sub-Committee on Company Law, the Sub-Committee on Law on Business Operators and the
Sub-Committee on the Insurance Contract by appointment of Prof. Z. Radwański PhD. Michał
Romanowski’s Commission responsibilities included adapting Polish company law to the law of the
European Union. He is an author of a position statement of the Codification Commission on the
European Commission’s plan for Better Economic Governance in the EU. He developed the concept
of business organisation of capital groups known as the “Capital Group Code”, which has found wide
practical application, including the concept of functioning of financial conglomerates and holding
companies from regulated sectors. Michał Romanowski is the author of approximately 60 opinions
of the Codification Commission on proposals for the reforms of EU company law and contract law. He
devised the concept of dematerialisation of shares in Polish company law. Michał Romanowski
served as Parliamentary legislation expert and a Member of the Economic Council to Prime Minister
Donald Tusk and an expert of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA). He is the author of
many legislative proposals in the areas of civil law, company law and financial markets law. Michał
Romanowski also authored approximately 200 books, academic papers and articles, including
Poland’s first “Big” Commentary on the Public Trading in Securities Act and groundbreaking
monographs on company law and the capital market. He edited the volumes of the Private Law
System publication series devoted to company law. As an advocate, Michał Romanowski represents
Polish judges in cases concerning the protection of constitutional freedoms and rights before Polish
and European courts, including the European Court of Human Rights. He was named one of the 50
most influential lawyers in Poland in 2013 and 2022 by the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna business and
legal daily among the few jurists who do not hold public office, for his championing of
entrepreneurial and judicial freedom. Michał Romanowski chairs the Content Editorial Board of the
legal journal Wiadomości Ubezpieczeniowe (Insurance News). International organisations defending
the rights of lawyers stand up for his rights to the freedom of professional practice.
Vice President of the Management Board at TUiR Warta
Rafał Stankiewicz has been Vice President of the Management Board at TUiR Warta since
January 2011. and a Vice President of the Management Board of TUnŻ Warta. He is in
charge of the Operations and Claims Settlement Division. Previously, for 13 years, Rafał
Stankiewicz was working for PZU S.A. During his career, he has been responsible for many
successful projects improving productivity and introducing innovation in claims handling.
Rafał Stankiewicz has been Vice President of the Management Board at TUiR Warta since
January 2011. and a Vice President of the Management Board of TUnŻ Warta. He is in
charge of the Operations and Claims Settlement Division. Previously, for 13 years, Rafał
Stankiewicz was working for PZU S.A. During his career, he has been responsible for many
successful projects improving productivity and introducing innovation in claims handling.
Member of the Management Board, System Ochrony Banków
Komercyjnych S.A. (SOBK)
Paweł Wajda is a professor at the Department of Law and Administrative Procedure of the
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw. He also holds a summa cum laude
degree in economics, which he obtained upon the completion of full-time studies at the
Warsaw School of Economics, where he teaches on various postgraduate programmes. His
professional practice focuses on regulated markets, especially the banking, insurance and
capital market. Paweł Wajda has extensive experience in regulatory and compliance
consultancy, as well as the handling of administrative proceedings and proceedings before
administrative courts. Paweł Wajda's experience includes the representation of leading
financial institutions in proceedings conducted by regulatory authorities such as the PFSA, the
President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (OCCP), the Financial
Ombudsman as well as EU bodies (EBA/ESMA/EIOPA). Paweł Wajda is the author of over
200 academic publications. He is an author and editor of commentaries on such laws as the
Trading in Financial Instruments Act, Act on public offering and conditions for the
introduction of financial instruments to organised trading and public companies, Financial
Market Supervision Act, Capital Market Supervision Act, Insurance and Reinsurance Activity
Act and the Banking Law Act.
Komercyjnych S.A. (SOBK)
Paweł Wajda is a professor at the Department of Law and Administrative Procedure of the
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw. He also holds a summa cum laude
degree in economics, which he obtained upon the completion of full-time studies at the
Warsaw School of Economics, where he teaches on various postgraduate programmes. His
professional practice focuses on regulated markets, especially the banking, insurance and
capital market. Paweł Wajda has extensive experience in regulatory and compliance
consultancy, as well as the handling of administrative proceedings and proceedings before
administrative courts. Paweł Wajda's experience includes the representation of leading
financial institutions in proceedings conducted by regulatory authorities such as the PFSA, the
President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (OCCP), the Financial
Ombudsman as well as EU bodies (EBA/ESMA/EIOPA). Paweł Wajda is the author of over
200 academic publications. He is an author and editor of commentaries on such laws as the
Trading in Financial Instruments Act, Act on public offering and conditions for the
introduction of financial instruments to organised trading and public companies, Financial
Market Supervision Act, Capital Market Supervision Act, Insurance and Reinsurance Activity
Act and the Banking Law Act.
Andrzej Wasilewski is President of the Management Board of Spółdzielnia Usługowa VIG Ekspert
and Director, Retail Claims at Compensa TU S.A., InterRisk TU S.A. and Wiener TU S.A. VIG.
An attorney by profession, he is an arbitrator of the Arbitration Court at the Polish Financial
Supervision Authority and a member of the Claims Settlement Committee of the Polish Chamber of
Insurance. Andrzej Wasilewski is working on projects to standardise claims settlement and engage
market participants in structuring and developing processes. He has participated, also as a speaker,
in industry conferences and symposia.
In his career spanning more than 20 years, he has held various roles dealing with claims settlement,
products, underwriting and transformation, working for leading insurance groups PZU, Ergo Hestia
and Aviva. He has been working for Vienna Insurance Group since 2019.
and Director, Retail Claims at Compensa TU S.A., InterRisk TU S.A. and Wiener TU S.A. VIG.
An attorney by profession, he is an arbitrator of the Arbitration Court at the Polish Financial
Supervision Authority and a member of the Claims Settlement Committee of the Polish Chamber of
Insurance. Andrzej Wasilewski is working on projects to standardise claims settlement and engage
market participants in structuring and developing processes. He has participated, also as a speaker,
in industry conferences and symposia.
In his career spanning more than 20 years, he has held various roles dealing with claims settlement,
products, underwriting and transformation, working for leading insurance groups PZU, Ergo Hestia
and Aviva. He has been working for Vienna Insurance Group since 2019.
Deputy Chair of PFSA Board
Krystian Wiercioch has 23 years of experience in supervisory activities. From 1999 to 2002, he
worked at the State Insurance Supervisory Authority, where he was responsible, among other things,
for the day-to-day supervision of insurance undertakings and the monitoring of reserve valuation.
Since 2002, Krystian Wiercioch has been employed by the Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory
Commission and, since 2006, by the Office of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (OPFSA) as a
senior manager in charge of supervision of the insurance sector. Since 2009, he served as Deputy
Director, and later Director, of the Insurance Inspections Department. His responsibilities included
the planning and implementation of audits of insurance undertakings, insurance distributors and
General Pension Societies. Krystian Wiercioch was involved in the preparation of supervisory
guidelines and recommendations and in leading the pre-application and application processes of
captive insurance undertakings. In 2020, he was appointed Acting Managing Director of the
Insurance Supervision Division, where he oversaw the solvency of the insurance sector, risk
assessment, licensing, as well as authorisation and inspection procedures. In 2014-2020, he was the
OPFSA representative in the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS). Krystian
Wiercioch has been serving as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Insurance Guarantee Fund
since 2021. A graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics of the University of
Warsaw, he defended a dissertation on the application of mathematics in finance. Krystian Wiercioch
completed many courses, workshops and seminars on insurance and actuarial science.
Krystian Wiercioch has 23 years of experience in supervisory activities. From 1999 to 2002, he
worked at the State Insurance Supervisory Authority, where he was responsible, among other things,
for the day-to-day supervision of insurance undertakings and the monitoring of reserve valuation.
Since 2002, Krystian Wiercioch has been employed by the Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory
Commission and, since 2006, by the Office of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (OPFSA) as a
senior manager in charge of supervision of the insurance sector. Since 2009, he served as Deputy
Director, and later Director, of the Insurance Inspections Department. His responsibilities included
the planning and implementation of audits of insurance undertakings, insurance distributors and
General Pension Societies. Krystian Wiercioch was involved in the preparation of supervisory
guidelines and recommendations and in leading the pre-application and application processes of
captive insurance undertakings. In 2020, he was appointed Acting Managing Director of the
Insurance Supervision Division, where he oversaw the solvency of the insurance sector, risk
assessment, licensing, as well as authorisation and inspection procedures. In 2014-2020, he was the
OPFSA representative in the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS). Krystian
Wiercioch has been serving as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Insurance Guarantee Fund
since 2021. A graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics of the University of
Warsaw, he defended a dissertation on the application of mathematics in finance. Krystian Wiercioch
completed many courses, workshops and seminars on insurance and actuarial science.
The Polish Chamber of Insurance
A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and the Faculty of Law and Administration at the
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Piotr Wrzesiński completed a postgraduate
programme in insurance at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. He
has been working in the insurance sector for fifteen years for such companies as Ernst & Young,
Accenture and Aviva. At the Polish Chamber of Insurance, Piotr Wrzesiński deals with matters
related to life insurance, bancassurance and economic and financial aspects of the business of
insurance undertakings. He has extensive knowledge of the business and legal aspects of
insurers’ operations. Piotr Wrzesiński is involved in many legislative and regulatory projects on
the business of insurers.
A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and the Faculty of Law and Administration at the
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Piotr Wrzesiński completed a postgraduate
programme in insurance at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. He
has been working in the insurance sector for fifteen years for such companies as Ernst & Young,
Accenture and Aviva. At the Polish Chamber of Insurance, Piotr Wrzesiński deals with matters
related to life insurance, bancassurance and economic and financial aspects of the business of
insurance undertakings. He has extensive knowledge of the business and legal aspects of
insurers’ operations. Piotr Wrzesiński is involved in many legislative and regulatory projects on
the business of insurers.