Speakers

Deputy President of the Management Board of KDPW, the Central Securities Depository of Poland and KDPW_CCP, the CCP clearinghouse

 Senior Manager, expert in the fields of financial markets, management, IT system development and security, and operational risk management.

Graduate of the Cybernetics Department at the Military University of Technology and post-graduate IT studies. Post-graduate PhD studies in Economic Science, specialising in Management Science, at the Warsaw School of Economics. Completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at the IESE Business School of the University of Navarre.

Has been closely involved with KDPW – the Polish central securities depository – since 1999. Member of the KDPW Management Board since 2006 and Deputy President of the Management Board since 2009. From 2011, also Deputy President of the KDPW_CCP clearinghouse, which was separated from the structures of KDPW. Responsible in both companies for technology and operations. Has overseen numerous projects aimed at raising the standard and range of post-trade services, preparing and adapting the Polish financial market to outside competition and to international standards. Key achievements include: implementation of the kdpw_stream depository-settlement system, implementation of risk management and corporate security systems, EU authorization of the KDPW_CCP central counterparty clearinghouse, the launch and registration (in ESMA – the European Securities and Markets Authority) of the KDPW Trade Repository, and overseeing the launch and global authorisation of services involving assigning Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI), as well as the implementation of blockchain technology in KDPW.