Management Board & Supervisory Board

Marcin Groniewski

President of the Management Board of Santander Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.

Graduate of the Finance and Banking faculty at the University of Economics in Katowice. He olds certificates in the field of risk and process management, coaching, mentoring, as well as change management.

Associated with Santander Bank Polska S.A. Group (previously: BZ WBK S.A. Group) since 1998. He worked mainly in the areas of financial and capital markets. Played various roles in the management of liquidity, currency and interest rate risk. In 1998-2006 he worked as a dealer, than from 2006 to 2012 managed the department dealing on financial markets. Between 2012 and 2016 he was a Director of Financial Markets Area and then the director of Dom Maklerski BZ WBK S.A. He carried out the merger of Dom Maklerski BZ WBK with the Bank (currently: Santander Bank Polska S.A.), than as the Director of the Strategy and Transformation Area he was responsible for the strategy operationalization and the transformation of the Bank’s business model. In March 2022 he was appointed Vice President of the Management Board in Santander TFI S.A. in charge of the Sales and Marketing Area, the Financial Department and with the Product Development Department. In April 2023 he was nominated for the position of President of the Management Board in Santander TFI S.A.

Grzegorz Borowski

Member of the Management Board Santander Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.

Holder of a Ph.D. degree in economics, attorney-at-law. Graduate of the Law Department and a post-graduate programme in European law at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. In 2010, received a Ph.D. degree from the Poznań University of Economics, defending a thesis on economic and legal aspects of the development of investment fund markets in the European Union.

Associated with Santander Bank Polska S.A. Group (previously: BZ WBK S.A. Group) since 2001. Between 2001 and 2007 worked in BZ WBK TFI S.A. and between 2005 and 2007 in BZ WBK Asset Management S.A. as the Compliance and Legal Director. Between 2007 and 2008, engaged in the founding of Spatium Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A., as a Board Member and Legal Director. In 2009, returned to BZ WBK TFI S.A. (currently: Santander TFI S.A.) and BZ WBK Asset Management S.A. Between 2009 and 2014, held the position of the Legal Director and Product Development Director. Subsequently, a Legal Division Director from 2014 to 2016. In April 2014, he was appointed as the Operations Director and in July 2014 as a Member of the Management Board of BZ WBK Asset Management S.A. (in operation until 31 March 2016) and of Santander TFI S.A. (previously: BZ WBK TFI S.A.), in charge of the operations division. He supervises the IT department, the settlement team and the department of fund valuation and reporting and coordinates the cooperation with depositaries and transfer agents.

Szymon Borawski - Reks, CFA

Member of the Management Board Santander Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.

Graduate of the Poznań University of Economics, Department of Management and Marketing; Majors: capital investments and corporate finance strategies. He joined the company in May 2003, initially as a financial analyst and, subsequently, after obtaining the license. In 2006, as an investment advisor. A holder of the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation since 2009. Winner of two Alfa 2015 awards for the best Polish equity fund and the best stable growth fund and two distinctions for the best Polish equity fund and the best balanced fund. In July 2016, he took the position as an Investment Director. In January 2023, he was appointed to the Management Board of Santander TFI S.A. where he is in charge of the Investment Area.

Marlena Janota

Member of the Management Board of Santander Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.

She is a graduate of the Organisation and Management Department at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice and the Executive Management Programme of École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Paris (HEC Paris), SDA Bocconi, London School of Economics, University of Cambridge.

She has been working in the financial market since 2001 and with Santander Bank Polska S.A. Group (previously: BZ WBK S.A. Group) since 2005.

She gained her fist professional experience in Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A, an investment funds corporation, where she worked as the Marketing and Retail Distribution Director from 2001 to 2005. From 2005 to 2008 she was employed in BZ WBK AIB TFI S.A. where from 2007 she headed the Strategy and Development Department. Between 2008 and 2010 she worked for Xelion Doradcy Finansowi Sp. z o.o (at present Dom Inwestycyjny Xelion Sp. z o.o.) as a Commercial Attorney (Prokurent) and Director of the Products and Sales Support Department. In July 2010 she once again joined BZ WBK TFI S.A. and in October 2011 she was appointed to the Management Board of BZ WBK Asset Management S.A. (in operation until 31 March 2016) and Santander TFI S.A. (previously: BZ WBK TFI S.A.) where she has been in charge of the sales and marketing area.

Marlena Janota is also a voluntary member of the management board of Sustainable Investment Forum Poland (POLSIF) – a non-profit NGO focused on developing the Polish market of sustainable investments and finance by setting and promoting best practice.

Janusz Korpa

Member of the Management Board of Santander Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.

A graduate of the Poznań University of Economics and Business, where he majored in Economic Cybernetics and Computer Science.

He has been associated with the Santander Bank Polska S.A. capital group (formerly known as the BZ WBK S.A. capital group) since the beginning of his career, which he started in 1993. He gained experience in the functioning of money markets as an employee of the Treasury Department. Then, he spent many years dealing with issues related to the measurement and monitoring of market risk, liquidity and interest rates. He held the position of Director of the Financial Risk Department from 2008 to 2019. From 2019 to 2020, he was at the helm of the Asset and Liability Management Department, where he was responsible for the management of balance sheet structural risks, liquidity and interest margins. He also supervised the functioning of the Emergency Management Office. He was a member of the Asset and Liability Committee, the Risk Management Forum and the Capital Committee for many years. He has worked with Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. since 2021, initially as an Advisor to the Management Board and since 16 April 2021, he was appointed to the Management Board, where he is responsible for the Risk Management Area.