Speakers

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Marina has been since March 2021 part of the team in Poland, first as Market Area Manager and since 1 February 2022 as CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer. She joined IKEA almost 20 years ago in Russia as part of the HR team. She had various roles, her last job there being Country HR Manager for Russia. Later, she moved to Sweden to take the role of Assistant to Global Retail Manager and then continued as a Market Manager in Barcelona in Spain.

Federica has extensive experience with diverse leading European retail clients. She holds an MBA at Oxford university where she focused on how data support innovation.

Since 2008 President of Polish Organization of Commerce and Distribution which associate the biggest international retail and wholesale companies in Poland. 2000 till 2017 Director of the METRO AG Representative Office in Poland representing METRO AG companies Makro C&C, Real and Media Saturn Holding towards state authorities, NGO’s and industry associations. Vice President of Employer’s Confederation Lewiatan. Vice President of the European trade association EuroCommerce in Brussels.
Since 2012 Chairman of the Central Eastern Europe Council, representing modern distribution channel of the CEE region towards EU institutions.

Kamila is responsible for driving cashless payments acceptance, business development and relations with retailers, acquirers, local governments and public administration.

Kamila supports acquirers in expanding Mastercard branded card payments into new verticals with targeted innovative solutions, enhances merchant value proposition with Mastercard services and acts as trusted strategic partner and solution provider for public sector.

Kamila has wide experience in implementing transit solutions in Polish cities with acquirers, operators and urban communication companies.

Kamila joined the company in 2000 and has since worked in Technology, Account Management, Banking and Product Development areas. She was responsible for business development with majority of banks operating in Poland. She has also contributed to launch of Mastercard premium cards and World Mastercard Rewards loyalty program.

Prior to joining Mastercard, Kamila worked in banking sector in Poland in retail, payments cards, electronic banking and foreign operations business divisions.

He is responsible for development of data driven solutions (data products and platforms) for various recipients, including merchants, issuers and public sector. Using Mastercard’s data insights Marek supports the recipients in making informed decisions and benchmark their performance against market. For public sector Marek’s Team supports implementations of data insights platforms for tourism insights and economic trends tracking. Nowadays with the Team focuses on integrating data sources and building comprehensive solutions providing multi-dimensional market understanding. Marek joined company in 2015 as a Data Insight Manager for loyalty platform (Priceless Specials) and then the role expanded to all Data Driven Solutions in Mastercard. Prior to Mastercard worked on retail market in commercial-finance and consumer research.

Krzysztof Kośmider specializes in implementing projects for companies in the retail sector. He has over 20 years of experience in optimizing business processes and implementing IT solutions based on best business practices supported by latest technologies. He has extensive experience in IT transformation on both Polish and international markets.

For 9 years she has been working for Kaufland, where she is responsible for recruiting employees across the entire network in Poland and building the company’s image as an employer. An advocate of sharing knowledge, developing potential, empowering talent and implementing non-standard solutions. Passionate about sailing, reading and travelling far and near.

Marcin Łojewski – the member of the board at Kaufland Polska, he graduated from Poznan University of Economics. He has been working for retail for 15 years, from the beginning for the Schwarz Group, initially at Lidl Polska, where he was a finance director, at present at Kaufland Polska, where he is responsible for the administration department.

Education : HEC Paris, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
Chairman & CEO IMMOMOK Sp. z o.o. since 2002
Head of E. LECLERC Polska since 2008

Juan Manuel Morales has been elected president of EuroCommerce in June 2021 for a period of three years. He is director general of IFA, a leading retail group in Southern Europe, with more than 130,000 employees and 11,000 stores operated by its affiliates across Spain, Portugal, and Italy. Morales’ whole career has been with the consumer goods industry, spanning 30 years within both retail and food and drink manufacturers in Spain, Portugal, Poland and the Baltics: before joining IFA in 2011, he held commercial, general management, and president positions in Grupo Osborne, The Coca-Cola company, and Nielsen.

Juan Manuel is also Vice-President of our member association ASEDAS, member of the executive committee of the Spanish business and employers’ federation CEOE, and board member of AECOC, the Spanish GS1 association.

He has a degree in Economics and Business from the Complutense University of Madrid and an Executive MBA from the IESE Business School.

Started career at Carrefour in 1987 in France.

In the years 1999-2011 worked at Carrefour Polska, e.g. as IT director, board member responsible for the HR area, and then as operating director of super and hypermarkets. He participated in the acquisition of Ahold company and the rebranding of the Champion and Globi brands, as well as the creation of the Carrefour franchise network.

In the following years, managed hyper and supermarket formats as well as convenience and cash & carry in Greece and France, and recently held the position of COO at Carrefour Romania.

Holds a diploma from the Faculte des sciences de Paris and the INSEAD Fontainebleau Institute. Fluent in French and English and communicates in Polish.

Konrad Robak, Country & Business Development Manager at TOMRA Collection Poland, which provides solutions for recycling machines that facilitate the return of aluminum, plastic and glass beverage packaging for reuse. From May 2022, he is responsible for the commencement of operational and commercial activities of TOMRA Collection in Poland. For over 20 years working in sales and business development, including the last 12 years working in companies operating in the circular economy area. During these years, he developed a closed-loop logistic carrier pooling solution for global and European leaders, helping to build sustainable supply chains in the CEE region.

Anna Sapota, Vice President Public Affairs Eastern Europe North, Ph.D. in law. At the TOMRA Group, she is responsible for shaping the Group’s position on relevant markets, in relation to legislative changes in the broad field of environmental protection and waste management, as well as maintaining relations with public administration bodies and market stakeholders in Eastern Europe North countries.

Michał has 19 years of banking experience. Over that time he was responsible for (i.a.) development & relationship management with strategic corporate clients, business teams’ management, development & implementation of the sectorial strategies (Food&Agri and TSL). He gained his experience in Rabobank Group, where he worked in Poland (Rabobank Polska and BGZ) and as well as in the Netherlands (bank’s HQs and Corporate Network). In the process of BNPP and Rabobank/BGZ merger was responsible for integration of the strategic and multinational corporate clients, and subsequently Michał became head of Large Corporates Department. He worked also in Corporate Division of Santander Bank, where was responsible for development of TSL sector strategy. Currently is responsible for Food&Agri sector strategy and growth for BNPP Group’s bank in CEE & Turkey. Michał graduated from Krakow University of Economics.

Board Member for Sales, associated with Lidl for 22 years. He gained his first experience at Lidl’s international headquarters in Germany. He developed the logistics department and the technical purchasing area at Lidl Polska in the years 2004-2022. He was responsible for launching 10 distribution centers in Poland and creating a nationwide waste management system in the company. He graduated from Poznań University of Economics. He also studied at the universities of Aalborg in Denmark and Cologne in Germany.

He has been associated with Castorama Polska since the beginning of his professional career. He performed various functions within the company’s operations, initially working in the store, through logistics and quality department, and concluding in the field of social responsibility and sustainable development. Together with the team he dealt i.a. with implementing the sustainable development plan for Kingfisher Group, of which Castorama is a part. Currently in the position of Manager for Business Relations and Social Projects. Always close to people, local communities and products offered by the company. A graduate of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), MSC Eng. of wood engineering.

Nils Swolkień joined the DECATHLON group in 2004 and was the Chief Financial Officer of its company in Poland from 2005-08. Then he left the country in 2008 to gain experience in the international structures of the DECATHLON group. In France, he served as CFO Central & Eastern Europe and Head of Group Management Control. From 2015, he was CFO of DECATHLON for Asia, and two years later he changed his development path at DECATHLON and took on the role of Head of the Mountain Department in one of the shops in Singapore. For almost two years, he managed first the department and then the entire shop, until he took over as managing director (CEO) of DECATHLON in Singapore at the end of 2018. On his return to Europe in 2021, he started with the position of Chairman (CEO) of DECATHLON in Bulgaria. Since October 2022, he has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DECATHLON in Poland as the first Pole heading the DECATHLON business on the Vistula River.

Konrad has been working in the FMCG industry for last 10 years. He gained experience in research and analysis of FMCG market data while working for Jeronimo Martins Polska, OMD Media, and for over 7 years associated with NielsenIQ. All the time spent in Nielsen, Konrad is engaged in cooperation with retail chains, he currently manages the part of NielsenIQ focused on supporting Retailers’ in Poland. Thanks to his daily contact with retail chains from hypermarkets, through discounters to petrol stations, he has a broad perspective on the Polish FMCG market, and he also closely observes consumer trends affecting retailers’ business. He is a graduate of Econometrics and Computer Science at the Warsaw University, a fan of Italian football and cuisine, collector and music connoisseur.

CEO of Lidl Polska, he has been with the company since 2002. He worked on the management board of Lidl Germany. Since 2020, he has been managing a team of employees in Poland. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Management at the University of Łódź and Justus-Liebig-Universität in Gießen.

For over 20 years, Kinga Wyganowska has been involved in technologies that support optimization and development of trade and production in a holistic value chain approach, covering S&OP, Category Management, Supply Chain, Pricing, Promotion, and Workforce Management. She has successfully delivered dozens of projects for clients in Poland and across Europe. Her professional satisfaction stems from consistently delivering real business and environmental value by utilizing the latest and proven technologies. Currently, she is responsible for the business development of RELEX Solutions in Poland and the CEE region.