Presidium and Programme Council

Holds the PhD of Technical Sciences in the field of electrical power engineering and energy economics. Has been working at the Energy Regulatory Office URE since 2004, among others as the deputy director of the Department of Market Development and Consumer Issues. He took the position of URE President in 2019. Experienced in international cooperation: serving as an expert of the European Commission for the TAIEX programmes and twin-project in Ukraine related to the functioning of the electricity market, security of energy supply, the balancing market and congestion management. Expert at Florence School of Regulation on the development and operation of regional electricity markets. National expert with the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). In March 2021 appointed for the position of ACER Board of Regulators`s (BoR) Vice Chairman. Experienced in supervising energy companies, particularly in the field of financial reporting and audit as well as investment and development. Author of numerous publications and studies on the functioning of electricity markets, including the grid access principles, balancing and regional markets.

Doctor of legal sciences, legal counsel, graduate of law at the University of Warsaw and Doctoral Studies at the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences

He is associated with the banking sector since 2003. From 2010 to 2020 he served as Director of the Legal and Legislative Team of the Polish Bank Association. Vice President of the Polish Bank Association since 2020. Chairman of the Steering Committee of the National Working Group on Reference Indicator Reform. Chairman of the Committee on Cyber Security of Banks. He has held numerous positions representing the banking sector at the national and European level, also within the European Banking Federation. He has participated in legislative work on numerous pieces of legislation in financial market regulations. Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration at the Financial Supervisory Council.

A graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, where he earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering in 1988.
He began his career in the United States as a service engineer and as a service director for Hogan Technical Services, an industrial electronics equipment repair and maintenance company. From 1989 to 1991, he worked for a Canadian company that designs, manufactures and sells electronic equipment for the mining industry. From 1992 to 1993, he worked for Bull Poland and Digital Equipment Polska.
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From January 1994 to February 2006, he worked at HP Poland, serving successively as: the Director of Marketing and Partner Channels (January 1994-May 1996), the Director of the Computer Products Division (May 1996-July 1998) and the President of the Management Board (July 1998 – February 2006). In 2006, he assumed the position of the President of the Management Board of Oracle Poland. From June 2006 to November 2007, he was the Director of Oracle Fusion Middleware in Central Europe. From September 2013 to June 2016, he served as a Vice President of the Management Board of Asseco Poland responsible for the Infrastructure Division, Data Processing Center and ICT Department.
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Since January 4, 2016, he has been the Chairman of the Management Board of Asseco Data Systems, a company formed by consolidating six Polish companies from the Asseco Group and the Infrastructure Division from Asseco Poland. Since October 1, 2017, he has served as a Vice President of the Management Board of Asseco Poland. He is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at ComCERT, Pirios and National Defence Systems, and a Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Asseco Cloud.

Diana is responsible for strategic risk management, payment ecosystem risk, fraud prevention and data security management in the CEE markets. She advises Visa partners on strategies related to complex operational, financial, legal and regulatory risks. In her daily work, she pays particular attention to combining up-to-date expertise with analysis of multiple data sources.

She has been working in the financial industry for 11 years. She worked, among others, at Citibank Europe and ING Bank Śląski. She carried out projects in the field of IT, corporate and strategic customer support and the launch of innovative projects. She also gained international experience in the New York branch of the ING Group.

Paula Januszkiewicz is an experienced cybersecurity expert, CEO, and the founder of CQURE Inc. and CQURE Academy. She is a Microsoft MVP, an honorable Regional Director for CEE, and a top-rated conference speaker at events such as Microsoft Ignite, RSA, Black Hat, and more. Her session was voted the best at Black Hat Asia Briefings 2019.

Paula has over 19 years of experience in the field, including performing penetration tests, consulting, and delivering sessions and trainings. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge and has created security awareness programs for various organizations, including top management. Paula is also a member of the Technical Advisory Board at the Royal Bank of Scotland/Natwest and has been granted access to the source code of Windows.

Leszek Stypułkowski – MA in Management from the Warsaw School of Economics, scholarship at Mannheim Universitat. Held top management positions in Polish multinationals, co-created strategies and supervised subsidiaries in Europe, the Middle East, China and India for 20 years. CEO of a public company listed on the WSE.

Member of the Council of the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications
Plenipotentiary of the Board of PIIT for GAIA-X
CEO of Force System SA, CIO at Polski Gaz TUW (PGNIG Group), advisor at EdTech Hub Accelerator – public innovation. Previously: Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Finance for Informatization, Chairman of the Informatization Council of the Ministry of Finance, long-time member of the Board of Directors of the Social Insurance Institution supervising the Division of Operations and Operation of Systems, CEO of Post-Tel (Polish Post Group).
Graduate of the faculties of Finance and Banking and Computer Science and Econometrics at the Cracow University of Economics. He completed postgraduate studies in IT resource management at the Institute of Applied Informatics and Automation of the Warsaw University of Technology and the CIO Academy at the Said Business School of the University of Oxford. Engaged in management control in public administration member of the audit committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Founding member of the Polish Software Measurement Association in Poland dedicated to the study of complexity, measurement and valuation of software. Member of the Council of CIONET Poland.
In his career to date, he has worked in public administration, financial and consulting sectors. He has extensive experience in the implementation of large and complex IT projects.