Governing bodies

Romuald Szeliga started his career in the banking sector in 1989 in PKO BP, where he supervised the network of branches in the Poznań region. Since 1992 he was a member of the Management Board of Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy. In this position, he was responsible, among others, for the network of branches, marketing and sales, e-banking, as well as the areas of loans and risk. He participated in the development of the nation-wide network of bank branches, in the bank’s privatization and its stock market launch. In 2001, following the merger of WBK with Bank Zachodni, he assumed the position of a management board member of the new bank, where he was responsible for numerous sales projects, procedures and processes as well as the treasury department. Since 2003, he worked for Bank BPH, where - as the Managing Director - he led the development of a retail banking macroregion (one of four such macroregions).
Romuald Szeliga is a graduate of the University of Economics in Wrocław and of postgraduate banking studies at the University of Warsaw.

Philippe Marié has been active in banking for 27 years, all this time working for Crédit Agricole. Philippe Marié started his banking career in 1983 as a corporate relations manager in Crédit Agricole’s Regional Bank in Loiret; he was subsequently responsible for loans for agriculture and small enterprises. He then assumed the position of the Retail Network Director. In 1998 he was appointed Vice-President in the Regional Bank in Calvados. In the years 2002-2005, as the Vice-President of the Regional Bank in Brie, he presided over the merger with the Regional Bank in Somme. Since January 2006, he managed the Regional Banks in IGL. Until 2010, he was a member of the Management Board of BDI, where he was responsible for IT and HR. In Poland, Philippe Marié also has the function of the Senior Country Officer in CA Polska.
Philippe Marié graduated as an engineer of agriculture at Institut National Agronomique de Paris-Grignon in Paris and engineer of construction, water management and forestry at Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forets In Paris.

Joanna Tomicka-Zawora has been working in banking for 12 years. Over this period, she has gained experience mainly in retail banking. In the past 4 years, she was the Managing Director in Millennium Bank, and one of her achievements was positioning the bank among market leaders in credit card and cash loan sales - among other achievements, she created a separate business line for payment lines. She also participated in defining the strategy and business model for the deployment of payment cards for Banco Comercial Portugues, Millennium Bank’s shareholder, in Romania.
Earlier she worked for Citibank, where, among other achievements, she contributed to strengthening the bank’s position in upper segment credit cards. She was also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Credit Office, Steering Committee of Visa International, Creative Managers Forum and the Banking Cards Issuers Council (Rada Wydawców Kart Bankowych). Joanna Tomicka-Zawora is a graduate of English Studies at University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska in Lublin and of Cheltenham College in the UK. She also graduated from numerous prestigious courses and seminars in the fields of banking, finance and management.

Beata Janczur is in LUKAS Bank since 2007 as Executive Director for HR and HR coordinator for CA Polska. Before joining LUKAS Bank Beata has been associated with ING Group in its Russian, Dutch and Polish structures. In ING Life Insurance Moscow Beata worked out and implemented a green field project in HR support and sales force development, while in Holland she was responsible for Development Programmes for TOP200 and projects on Engagement and Diversity, Organizational Culture for High Performance implemented worldwide. She acted as Human Resources Director in ING Nationale Nederlanden in Poland, managing HR division. Beata Janczur graduated Psychology Institute on Uniwersytet Jagieloński.

Jean-Paul Piotrowski has many years of experience in banking. He has been working for Crédit Agricole for 29 years, where he was COO (Chief Operating Officer) in companies operating in the field of private and retail banking. Before Jean-Paul Piotrowski started his work in Poland, he was a Deputy Managing Director in Banque de Gestion Privée Indosuez, a CA Group subsidiary. BGPI is a leading private banking institution in France. Earlier, he worked, among others, in CFM Monaco, where he was responsible for IT, finances, administration as well as the quality and supervision of M&A projects. Jean-Paul Piotrowski was also a Management Board member and COO in CAI London.
Jean-Paul Piotrowski graduated from the department of finance at Université d’Orléans and the department of business administration at Paris XV. He was awarded the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre de Mérite.

Jean-Paul Pinchon has been working in banking sector for 19 years. For last 3 years he has been Head of Retail, Executive Board Member of Crédit Agricole Serbia. His main tasks there were to re-organize network structure and move the bank model from transactional to sales & advisory model oriented. He also has set up a new sales, marketing and animation structure policy. In addition to business, he set up from scratch the full collection & litigation process and team as well as implemented the Scoring Policy in Crédit Agricole Serbia. Before joining CA Serbia he has been responsible for consumer finance business in Sofinco. In Hungarian subsidiary Jean-Paul was Chief Executive Officer, while in previous years in France - in headquarters and regional structures - he occupied various positions up to Senior Manager for Commercial Development.
Jean-Paul graduated Université Paris II. Panthéon-Assas with master degree in Business Law and Tax.

Marc Renard has over 30-year experience in universal banking, from the very beginning in Crédit Agricole structures. During these years he was working at various functions and management levels, which gave him in-depth expertise and knowledge about every detail of commercial network, sales or co-operation with corporations. Marc was a branch manager at the beginning of his professional career in CA Maine et Loire, then head of commercial network in CA de l’Eure and head of business development department CA Charente-Périgord. Last 3 years he spent in Crédit Agricole S.A. working for international retail banking as head of marketing and the commercial network.
Marc Renard graduated Engineer degree of the Angers University of Agriculture and Executive programme studies INSEAD.

Radoslaw Ksiezopolski joined LUKAS Bank in 2007 as the Strategy and Finance Division Director. Previously, he worked for over 5 years as a department director in Bank Pekao S.A., where he was responsible for a number of reorganisation projects, e.g. change and implementation of a new sales network model and for the development of selected business areas. He also worked on the project of merger of operational areas of Pekao S.A. and Bank BPH. Radoslaw also spent one year in Ukraine, where he supported the development of Pekao S.A. retail operation in this country. Previously, he worked for McKinsey & Company, where he participated in strategic projects for many key players on the banking and insurance markets.
Radoslaw graduated from 3 universities - Sheffield Hallam University in the UK, the University of Economics in Wroclaw (Marketing and Management) and Wroclaw Polytechnic (Electronics Department).

Jędrzej Marciniak boasts over 20 years of experience in banking. His professional career developed in Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy and, following the merger, in Bank Zachodni WBK. During that time he performed a number of functions at various management levels in Poland and abroad. In Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy he launched the first electronic banking service in Poland and one of the first credit cards. During the merger of Bank Zachodni and Wielkopolski Banki Kredytowy, on the position of a management board member, Mr Marciniak was responsible for the consolidation of electronic banking systems and card business. He also supervised the creation of the call centre and payment card acceptance centre. From 2003 he was a managing director in charge of brand management and investor relations. He participated in the creation of a number of marketing campaigns including, among others, Arka investment funds and BZ WBK featuring international celebrities. During the period when Jędrzej Marciniak managed the BZ WBK brand, it became one of the most recognizable brands on the Polish market.
Jędrzej Marciniak graduated from the Poznań University of Economics. He also finished Kellogg School of Management in USA and London Business School In Great Britain.