Current Report no. 11 (2021)

New term of office of the Management Board of Santander Bank Polska S.A.

Santander Bank Polska S.A. (“the Bank”) hereby informs that on 22 March 2021, the Bank’s Supervisory Board appointed the Bank’s Management Board for the next term of office in the following composition:

• Michał Gajewski - President of Management Board,
• Andrzej Burliga - Vice-President of the Management Board,
• Patryk Nowakowski - Member of the Management Board,
• Carlos Polaino Izquierdo - Member of the Management Board,
• Juan de Porras Aguirre - Vice-President of the Management Board,
• Arkadiusz Przybył - Member of the Management Board,
• Maciej Reluga - Member of the Management Board,
• Dorota Strojkowska - Member of the Management Board.

Michał Gajewski, attorney-at-law, is a graduate of the Law Department at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He also studied at the Northwestern University in Chicago and London Business School.

• Since 1992, he has been professionally active in the banking sector. In the years 1992-2008, Michał Gajewski worked with WBK Group and with Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. He started from a branch role, progressing to various middle and senior management capacities, and finally reached the position of the Management Board member responsible for Retail Banking.
• In the years 2008-2011, he acted as Vice-President of the Management Board of BGŻ Bank, where he was in charge of the Retail Business and SME Banking and the Corporate Customers Division.
• In 2012, he started work at Bank Millenium S.A. where he served as the Macroregional Director in the Retail Banking Division in the years 2012-2015, and then in 2015 was appointed Management Board Member responsible for Retail Business.
• In 2016, Michał Gajewski was appointed a President of Management Board of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (now Santander Bank Polska S.A.).

Michał Gajewski does not conduct operations competitive against the Bank and is not recorded in the Insolvent Debtors Register run pursuant to the National Court Register Act dated 20th August 1997, and he meets the requirements stipulated in Banking Law act dated 29th August 1997.

Andrzej Burliga graduated from the Faculty of Theoretical Mathematics at Wrocław University. He completed programmes in the area of risk management as well as management, e.g. INSEAD International Executives Development Programme, BZWBK Development Programme for Executives, LMC Consulting – Lilley Moncrieff Taylor. He is a member of PRMIA Professional Risk Managers’ International Association.

• Andrzej Burliga joined Santander Bank Polska S.A. in 1995. He began his career as a dealer in the Treasury Department, then he was promoted to the position of a chief dealer and later the Head of Treasury Department.
• He headed the Risk Management Department in Bank Zachodni WBK between 2001 and 2006.
• In 2007, Andrzej Burliga was appointed a member of the Management Board of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. and in 2017 he was appointed Vice President of the Management Board of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. in charge of the Risk Management Division. He was responsible for day-to-day management of key risks, including credit and operational risk, in Bank Zachodni WBK Group (now Santander Bank Polska S.A.).

Andrzej Burliga does not conduct operations competitive against the Bank and is not recorded in the Insolvent Debtors Register run pursuant to the National Court Register Act dated 20th August 1997, and he meets the requirements stipulated in Banking Law act dated 29th August 1997.

Patryk Nowakowski graduated from the Poznan University of Economics and Business, IT and Econometrics Department. He has a long track record in development and management of IT systems and strategic projects in the finance sector.

• From 2016 to 2019, until taking up the role of Management Board Member, he was Chief Information Officer. Meanwhile, from 2017 to 2018, he managed acquisition of the demerged part of Deutsche Bank Polska S.A. and successfully completed the legal and operational merger as well as smooth migration of products held by retail and business clients of Deutsche Bank Polska S.A. to the systems of Santander Bank Polska S.A.
• Between 2008 and 2016, he was in charge of Management Information Team, Information Management Competence Centre, Systems Development Area and, next, CRM and Business Development Area.
• In the years 2004-2007, he worked in Switzerland, gaining international experience as Business Intelligence Consultant at Business & Decision AG Zurich, and then as Associate Director in UBS AG and Senior Principal Consultant in Oracle.
• He started his professional career in 2002 in Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (now: Santander Bank Polska S.A.) as IT System Development Specialist.

Patryk Nowakowski does not conduct operations competitive against the Bank and is not recorded in the Insolvent Debtors Register run pursuant to the National Court Register Act dated 20th August 1997, and he meets the requirements stipulated in Banking Law act dated 29th August 1997.

Carlos Polaino-Izquierdo graduated from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, faculty of Business Administration.

Carlos Polaino Izquierdo started his career in Banco Santander Spain in 1998, previously worked in Ernst & Young. He has held a number of positions in the Santander Group since then. Having served at various management positions in Santander Spain Internal Audit and having gained wide international experience, he was appointed a Deputy of Head of Internal Audit in Santander Brazil in 2006. There, apart from being responsible for ensuring an adequate control environment and correct management of risks, he played an active role in the merger of the different banks from Santander Group operating in this country.

In May 2011, he was appointed the Head of Internal Audit in BZ WBK Group. Since April 2015, he has been the Member of Management Board of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (now Santander Bank Polska S.A.) in charge of the Accounting and Financial Control Division.

Carlos Polaino-Izquierdo does not conduct operations competitive against the Bank and is not recorded in the Insolvent Debtors Register run pursuant to the National Court Register Act dated 20th August 1997, and he meets the requirements stipulated in Banking Law act dated 29th August 1997.

Juan de Porras Aguirre graduated from Universidad de Granada and received a diploma in Business Administration from Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas in Barcelona. He also completed the Investment Banking Executive Program at Northwestern University in Chicago.

• Since 1989, he has been professionally active in the banking sector. From 1989 till 1998, he was employed with Commerzbank and Lloyds Bank as a credit risk analyst.
• From 1997 till 2004, he worked with Societe Generale where he managed the relationship with telecommunication and energy companies, and thereafter served as the deputy head of the Corporate & Investment Banking team in Madrid.
• From June 2004, he was responsible for building Rabobank’s Spanish energy and telecom sector portfolio in Madrid.
• Between 2005 and 2007, he served with the Royal Bank of Scotland in Madrid as the Chief Director responsible for the energy, petroleum and gas sector.
• From January 2007, he was the Managing Director of Global Banking & Markets at Banco Santander and contributed to 25% income growth despite operating in already mature markets of Spain and Latin America.

He joined Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (now Santander Bank Polska S.A.) in 2011 when he was appointed the Management Board Member in charge of the Corporate & Investment Banking Division. In 2017, he was appointed Vice President.

Juan de Porras Aguirre does not conduct operations competitive against the Bank and is not recorded in the Insolvent Debtors Register run pursuant to the National Court Register Act dated 20th August 1997, and he meets the requirements stipulated in Banking Law act dated 29th August 1997.

Arkadiusz Przybył is a graduate of the University of Łódź, he received MA degree in Management in 1997 and MA degree in Finance and Banking in 1998, he also holds an MBA degree from INSEAD, France.

• Arkadiusz Przybył has many years of experience in the banking sector. In 2012-2017, he served as as the CEO of Santander Consumer Bank in Wrocław. Between 2011 and 2012, he worked as Business Director in the Headquarters of Santander Consumer Finance in Madrid where he was responsible for strategy and business development, market integration and company acquisition projects as well as for supporting and supervising the operations of Santander Consumer Finance in Poland.
• In 2009-2010, he served as the Executive Director at GE Money Bank (Latvia) and GE Money (Latvia), and between 2005 and 2008 he worked as the Head of Retail Banking at GE Money for Central and Eastern Europe, Zurich/Paris Headquarters.
• In 1997-2005, he held the position of Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company in Warsaw.
• In March 2017, he joined the Management Board of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (now Santander Bank Polska S.A.) In May 2018, he was appointed Vice President of the Management Board in charge of the Retail Banking Division.

Arkadiusz Przybył does not conduct operations competitive against the Bank and is not recorded in the Insolvent Debtors Register run pursuant to the National Court Register Act dated 20th August 1997, and he meets the requirements stipulated in Banking Law act dated 29th August 1997.

Maciej Reluga graduated from the faculty of Quantitative Methods in Economics at Warsaw University. He also completed a Finance Management Programme at the University of Namur (Belgium). He studied at ICAN Institute’s Strategic Leadership Academy and completed a Senior Management Programme at Banking at the Swiss Finance Institute. He attended trainings and courses, also at Cambridge University.

• Maciej Reluga has worked for the Bank since 2002. He is Chief Economist in charge of macroeconomic and market analyses, short- and long-term forecasting as well as the development of stress test scenarios.
• In 1998-2002, he worked for ING Bank Śląski and ING Barings.
• Between 1996 and 199,8 he was an Analyst with the Central Bank of Poland.

In February 2017, Maciej Reluga was appointed the Management Board Member in charge of the Financial Management Division at Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (now Santander Bank Polska S.A.).

Maciej Reluga does not conduct operations competitive against the Bank and is not recorded in the Insolvent Debtors Register run pursuant to the National Court Register Act dated 20th August 1997, and he meets the requirements stipulated in Banking Law act dated 29th August 1997.

Dorota Strojkowska Dorota Strojkowska is a graduate of Polish and Classical Philology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. She also completed post-graduate studies at Poznań University of Economics and Koźmiński University. She also finished a number of training courses on HR management, coaching, strategic planning, financial management and business psychology, including Development of Managerial Skills at Nottingham Trent University and Advance Leadership Programme at ICAN Institute, Harvard Business Review.

• Dorota Strojkowska has over 20 years of experience in banking. She has been with Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. for many years now, performing a number of functions: Head of the Organisational Effectiveness Area (2013-2016) Head of the Retail Banking Business Model Coherency (2012-2013) and Team Manager in the CRM and Sales Support Department (2005-2012).
• From April 2016 to December, to March 2017 Dorota Strojkowska headed the HR Division in PKO BP.

In April 2017, Dorota Strojkowska was appointed the Management Board Member in charge of the Business Partnership Division at Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (now Santander Polska S.A.).

Dorota Strojkowska does not conduct operations competitive against the Bank and is not recorded in the Insolvent Debtors Register run pursuant to the National Court Register Act dated 20th August 1997, and he meets the requirements stipulated in Banking Law act dated 29th August 1997.

Legal basis:
§5 item 5 of the Finance Minister's Ordinance of 29th March 2018 on current and periodic reports published by the issuers of securities and the rules of equal treatment of the information required by the laws of non-member states.