Management Board

Mateusz Morawiecki joined Bank Zachodni WBK (then Bank Zachodni) in 1998. Initially, he acted as an advisor to the President of Bank Zachodni Management Board in charge of Trade Finance and international contacts, then he assumed responsibility as the Bank’s Director. Upon the merger of Bank Zachodni and Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy, in 2001 he joined Bank Zachodni WBK Management Board. Since May 2007, he has presided over Bank Zachodni WBK Management Board. During the first three years of his term in office, Bank Zachodni WBK has become one of the largest universal banks in Poland with the third-largest branch network.

Mateusz Morawiecki earned an MA degree in history at Wrocław University. He graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration at the Wrocław Technical University and Central Connecticut State University. He also completed MBA studies at the Wrocław School of Economics. He finished post-graduated studies in the European law and economic integration at Hamburg University. He studied the international law, European law, economic and monetary integration and earned a Master of Advanced European Studies at Basel University. Mateusz Morawiecki also completed the Advanced Executive Programme in Kellog School of Management at North-western University, Evanston, the United States. In 1998 he was a deputy director of the Accession Negotiations Department in the Committee for European Integration. He is a co-writer of the college manual “European Law” [„Prawo europejskie”]. Since 2008, he has performed the function of the honorary consul of Ireland in Poland.

Andrzej Burliga joined Bank Zachodni WBK (then Bank Zachodni) in 1995. He began his career in the Treasury Department when he was promoted to the position of a chief dealer and later the Head of Treasury Department. He headed the Risk Management Division in Bank Zachodni WBK between 2001 and 2006. He was appointed Deputy Head of Risk Management Division and was responsible for day-to-day management of key risks, including credit and operational risk, in Bank Zachodni WBK Group.

Andrzej Burliga graduated from the Faculty of Theoretical Maths at Wrocław University. He completed programmes in the area of risk management as well as management, e.g. m. in. INSEAD International Executives Development Programme, BZWBK Development Programme for Executives, LMC Consulting – Lilley Moncrieff Taylor. He is a member of PRMIA (Professional Risk Managers’ International Association).

Michael McCarthy has worked in Banking and Financial Services for 28 years. He has worked extensively in Retail, Corporate and Commercial Banking in both Ireland and UK and was Managing Director of Allied Irish Bank’s Card Services UK and Ireland business for 6 years from 2002 to 2008. Also, he represented AIB as a board member of Hot Origin Limited (a seed capital fund for technology business start-ups), VISA UK and MasterCard Northern Europe.

He joined Bank Zachodni WBK in early 2009 when he was appointed Management Board member in charge of Business and Corporate Banking Division. In addition he is chairman of the Supervisory Boards of BZWBK Leasing and BZWBK Faktor (both companies which are part of Business and Corporate Banking Division) and is a member of Credit Committee, ALCO and Provisions Committee.

Michael is a graduate of ManchesterUniversity from where he holds an MBA distinction and of the Institute of Bankers in Ireland.

Piotr Partyga began his professional career in Norway as an analyst and financial controller in Orkla. Upon his return to Poland in 1995, he took up the role of a Fund Manager and then Investment Director in Creditanstalt-SCG Fund Management. He managed the establishment and development of Morliny Group, listed on the WSE, until its acquisition by Campofrio and co-created the sector of construction materials within NFI Hetman Group.

For many years he has been involved in development and improvement of HR management. In 1999 he became a partner and an executive search consultant in the Ward Howell/Signum International network. In 2003, he established ARETES Consultants, a Polish leadership consultancy. As a managing partner he headed it until 2012. In 2010 – 2012, he was a Member of Bank Zachodni WBK Supervisory Board.

Piotr Partyga graduated from Norges Handelshoyskole (NHH - Norwegian School of Economics) in Bergen and completed a number of post-graduate courses in the HR and management area, e.g. Harvard Advanced Leadership Program.

Marcin Prell joined Bank Zachodni WBK Group in 1993. Between 2001 and 2006, as the Bank Director he headed the Legal Area. In 2001, he became a Member of Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy Management Board and the Steering Committee for merger of Bank Zachodni and Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy. Between 1994 and 2000, Marcin Prell was the director of Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy and its commercial representative. He performed the role of Deputy Director of the Legal Department in WBK from 1993 to 1994. He sits on the Banking Law Council at the Polish Banks Association. He also worked as a judge at the Stock Exchange Court and sat on the Ethics Committee at the Polish Banks Association.

He graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in the Faculty of Law and completed a few specialist studies on finance and management, including Advanced Management Programme at Wharton University of Pennsylvania, the U.S.

Member of Bank Zachodni WBK. Management Board in charge of the Retail Banking Division composed of Personal and SME segments, Branch Banking, Sales Support & CRM, Direct Banking Area. He also sits on committees of Bank Zachodni WBK Group, including Credit Committee, Provisions Committee and ALCo. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of BZWBK Leasing SA.

He has graduated from the Poznań University of Technology and completed post-graduate studies in banking at the Poznań School of Economics. He participated in a number of courses and workshops on banking and management in Poland and abroad, incl. Senior Management Programme in Swiss Finance Institute in Geneva. He joined Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy (later Bank Zachodni WBK) in 1992. He held the post of a Branch Director, a Regional Director responsible for Wielkopolska Północ Region, a Macroregion Director in Poznań and later in Warsaw.