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02/06/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/06/2024 05:07

Tomasz Bardziłowski Elected GPW President

Tomasz Bardziłowski Elected GPW President

2024-02-06 12:04:31

PRESS RELEASE

  • The Extraordinary General Meeting of the Warsaw Stock Exchange has elected Tomasz Bardziłowski as President of the GPW Management Board on 5 February 2024
  • The decision will take effect on the date of delivery to GPW of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority's decision approving the changes to the Exchange Management Board

The Extraordinary General Meeting of GPW has passed a resolution electing Tomasz Bardziłowski as President of the Management Board of the Exchange on 5 February 2024. The resolution was adopted by a majority vote at the request of the State Treasury, a shareholder representing 35.01 percent of the Company's share capital. The decision will take effect on the date of delivery to GPW of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority's decision approving the changes to the Exchange Management Board.

Tomasz Bardziłowski

Tomasz Bardziłowski graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Banking from the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) and earned a Master's degree in International Finance from the University of Amsterdam. He completed his doctoral studies at the Kozminski University, the Advanced Management Program at IESE Business School and the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School. He also studied at Staffordshire University Business School in the UK and at Wirtschaftsuniversität in Vienna. He started his professional career in 1997 at ABN AMRO brokerage house in Warsaw, and in 1998 to 2003 he worked at Credit Suisse First Boston as an analyst for the Polish market. Between 2003 and 2005, he was Head of Institutional Sales at DM BZ WBK (now Santander), and in 2005 and 2006, President of the Management Board of CAIB Securities. Between 2006 and 2010, he held the positions of Head of Emerging Europe Equity Research and Head of CEE Equities at UniCredit CAIB. From 2010 to 2012, he was Managing Director and Head of the Polish branch of Credit Suisse Securities. From 2012 to 2018, Member of the Management Board and Head of the Public Market Department of Vestor Dom Maklerski (formerly DI Investors). From February 2019, he was Managing Director in the Capital Markets Department and Advisor to the Management Board of IPOPEMA Securities. Between 2014 and 2016, capital markets expert at the Civic Development Forum. Repeatedly awarded as the best analyst for the CEE market, e.g. by Institutional Investors. In 2005, recognised as "Analyst of the Year" in the Parkiet newspaper poll; in 2006, recognised as the best stock market strategist in the same poll. Stock broker (licence number 2110), holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certificate, which he obtained in 2000.

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The Warsaw Stock Exchange Group (GPW Group) operates trading platforms for shares, Treasury and corporate bonds, derivatives, electricity and gas, and provides indices and benchmarks including WIBOR and WIBID. The index agent FTSE Russell classifies the Polish capital market as a Developed Market since 2018. The markets operated by the GPW Group are the biggest in Central and Eastern Europe. For more information, visit www.gpw.pl