MAGDALENA ZMITROWICZ - Bank Pekao S.A.

She began her professional career in 1999 at Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. in the Retail Banking Sector, and pursued her career in Enterprise Banking Division, holding various leadership roles in the Bank’s regional structures, including the position of Sales Director for the Northern Region and in the Public Sector Department as Director of the Public Sector Office for Regions. In 2018, she started working at Bank Pekao S.A. as Managing Director in the Enterprise Banking Division, and in December 2018, she was appointed to the position of Vice President of the Management Board of the Bank. With over twenty years of experience in the banking industry, she has gained expertise in both general banking operations, including sales, risk, operations, and the foreign-currency market, and across various customers segments, such as retail clients, SMEs, large companies, institutional clients, the public sector and international corporations. In 2016-2017, she managed the Enterprise Banking Division within the CEEMEA Commercial Banking Group at Citigroup. She also led the activities of the Strategy Champions Group at Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A.

Member of the Supervisory Board of Pekao Leasing Sp. z o.o. since January 2019. Vice-Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Pekao Factoring Sp. z o.o. since December 2018, and Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of the company since March 2021.

She is the Chairwoman of the Council of the Polish Bank Association for Micro, Small, and Medium Entrepreneurs, as well as a member of the Business Council of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw, in the Team for Executive Education - Executive MBA@UW.

Magdalena Zmitrowicz is the initiator of the ‘No sugar’ program - a development project for women working at Bank Pekao S.A. One of the first projects initiated by its participants was the creation of a nationwide networking platform called the ‘Women's Network’, coordinated by leaders from all regions of the country. In 2023, Magdalena Zmitrowicz became an ambassador of the EU Women in Finance program run by Bloomberg.

In March this year, Magdalena Zmitrowicz was the winner in the SME Banker of the Year category in the competition of the international organization Qorus, recognized for her exceptional contribution to the development of SME banking, long-term support for companies, and above-average results compared to the sector. Last year, she was awarded the Nicolaus Copernicus Medal from the Polish Bank Association for her achievements in the development of bank financing of the SME sector.

Magdalena Zmitrowicz is a graduate of the University of Gdańsk, postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Management of the University of Gdańsk, Executive MBA (EMBA) at the University of Warsaw and Global CEO Program at the Wharton School of Pennsylvania. She has completed numerous trainings in Poland and abroad, including in credit risk management, financial analysis and sales. In 2013, she graduated from the Commercial Credit College in New York City as part of Citigroup.

Magdalena Zmitrowicz meets suitability requirements determined in art. 22aa of the Banking Law Act.

 
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