“Prime Minister Donald Tusk on August 6 this year. Jarosław Dąbrowski and Mateusz Szczurek were appointed as members of the Board of Directors of Gospodarstwa Krajowego Bank.“BGK announced in an official statement.
Jarosław Dabrowski has previously managed or sat on the boards of a number of financial institutions. Mateusz Szczurek was Minister of Finance from 2013 to 2015, and since 2016 has been a regional economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In 2016, he also became a member of the European Commission’s five-member European Fiscal Council.
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New Board of Directors for BGK
The Prime Minister’s decision means that BGK, headed by Miroslav Čekaja, will, from August 6, 2024, have a Board of Directors consisting of:
- Miroslav Ceckaj, Chairman of the Board of Directors (appointed on 12 April 2024)
- Marta Postola, First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors (appointed on 12 April 2024)
- Maciej Klich, Deputy Chairman of the Board (appointed on 26 April 2024)
- Leszek Stepolkowski, Member of the Board of Directors (appointed on June 28, 2024)
- Jaroslav Dabrowski, Member of the Board of Directors (appointed on August 6, 2024)
- Mateusz Szczorek, Member of the Management Board (appointed on 6 August 2024)
What is PGK?
BGK is a Polish development bank that initiates and implements programs for economic growth in Poland, cooperating with all development institutions, such as PFR, KUKE, PAIH, PARP, ARP. The bank cooperates with business, public sector and financial institutions, responds to economic needs and undertakes a number of initiatives that promote sustainable development. BGK has branches in Brussels, London, Frankfurt am Main and Amsterdam. BGK supports the export and foreign expansion of Polish companies. It is the creator, co-founder and main shareholder of the Three Seas Fund, which invests in transport, energy and digital infrastructure in the countries of the Three Seas region.