Annual
report 2020
The President of the Management Board acts as Chairman and manages the activities of the Management Board. Board Members report to the President on the execution of their duties, while he monitors and evaluates the results of their work.
Members of the Management Board manage the Company’s affairs directly, according to the division of duties defined in Organisational Regulations of Orange Polska. Meetings of the Management Board are held on average twice a month on dates specified in working schedules. Participation of the Management Board Members in meetings is obligatory and each Management Board Member may place matters on the agenda of the meeting. Participation of other persons in meetings is at the discretion of the President of the Management Board, who presides at meetings. Resolutions of the Board are adopted by absolute majority of votes of all appointed Board members. A resolution can also be adopted outside the meeting by circulation, by an absolute majority of votes, but only if all members have been notified of the content of the draft resolution.
Management Board composition as of 31 December 2020
The term of office of each member of the Management Board is three years. The President and other members of the Management Board are appointed and removed by the Supervisory Board. The resolutions of the Supervisory Board regarding the appointment or re-appointment of the President or other members of the Management Board are adopted by a simple majority of the votes cast. The mandates of Management Board members expire at the latest on the date of the Annual General Meeting which approves the financial statements for the second full financial year of his/her service as a member of the Management Board.
Members of the Management Board may be at any time removed or suspended for important reasons by the Supervisory Board before the expiration of their term of office.
The following changes took place in 2020:
On 31 March 2020, Maciej Nowohoński, previously in charge of Finance and Carriers Market, became the Management Board Member in charge of Carriers Market and Real Estate Sales, while Jacek Kunicki, previously the Group’s Chief Controller, became Orange Polska’s Chief Financial Officer as the Executive Director in charge of Finance. On 21 July 2020, Jacek Kunicki was appointed by the Supervisory Board as the Management Board Member.
On 12 June 2020, Jean-François Fallacher informed Orange Polska that he had accepted an offer to become the CEO of Orange Spain as of 1 September 2020. He remained the President of the Management Board of Orange Polska to 31 August 2020.
On 21 July 2020, the Supervisory Board appointed Julien Ducarroz as the President of the Management Board, effective on 1 September 2020.
On 21 July 2020, Mariusz Gaca informed Supervisory Board that he had accepted an offer to become the CEO of Orange Moldova. He stepped down from the Management Board of Orange Polska on 31 October 2020.
Responsibilities: CEO and President of the Management Board
Appointment to the board: September 2020
Qualifications: He is a graduate of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne and Zurich.
Career experience: Julien Ducarroz has extensive experience in the telecom industry, with more than 10 years on executive positions, gained in different countries in many different areas, including strategy and commercial functions. He joined the Orange Group in 2002 in its International Division, then continued as business intelligence and valuebased marketing manager in Orange Group Marketing in London (2003-2004). Subsequently he became Deputy Chief Marketing Officer in Orange Nederland (2006-2007). In 2007 he joined Orange Romania as a strategy director, and from May 2009 to May 2016, he managed sales, marketing and marketing communication as Chief Commercial Officer. Between 2016 and 2020 he was the CEO of Orange Moldova where his achievements include launch of convergent services with the acquisition of main cable operators, cultural transformation to implement entrepreneurial mind-set and adoption of agile ways of working across the organization and preparation of entry of mobile financial services.
Responsibilities: Vice-President of the Management Board in charge of Business Market
Appointment to the board: October 2015
Qualifications: She is a graduate of the Jagiellonian University, the Academy of Leadership Psychology at Warsaw University of Technology Business School, the Academy of Mentoring, and Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD.
She is a board member of the Responsible Leadership Council organised by the Responsible Business Forum in Poland, a member of the Orange Foundation Council and a member of Professional Women Network (PWN). She is also the Head of LiderShe association.
Furthermore, she is an active mentor in mentoring programmes held by Vital Voices, Perspektywy Foundation and others. She is co-author of Europe’s first studies designed for women – Women’s Leadership Academy at Leon Koźmiński Academy.
Career experience: She began her professional career at DHL International Ltd. in 1992. She has over twenty years’ experience in the telecommunications sector. From 1996 she was responsible for the sales market in Polkomtel S.A., initially as Sales Director, then Regional Director, Mass Customers Department Director and Deputy Director of the Business Customers Department. In 2006 she joined the Orange Polska team in PTK Centertel as Deputy Branch Director of Sales for Business Market, then Branch Director of Business Market Sales. From 2008 she was Branch Director for Business Customers, then Sales Director in both PTK Centertel and Orange Polska. In November 2013, she became Executive Director in charge of Sales in Orange Polska, and two years later she was appointed the Management Board Member in charge of Sales and Commercial Digitisation. Since January 2017, as Vice President of the Management Board of Orange Polska, she has been responsible for the business market as well as Integrated Solutions and BlueSoft.
Responsibilities: Management Board Member in charge of Strategy and Corporate Affairs
Appointment to the board: November 2018
Qualifications: He is a graduate of Law and International Relations at the University of Warsaw and has completed the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University.
Career experience: From 2010 to 2012, he was the Vice-President of the Management Board and then acting President of the Management Board for PGE Energia Jądrowa S.A. Between 2007 and 2010, he served as Deputy Minister of the Interior and Administration, responsible for the development of information society and public records, as well as Chairman of the government committee Digital Poland, and a member of the government Committee for Energy Security and the interministerial Committee for Digital TV and Radio Broadcasting. He sits on the Orange Foundation Board and Employers of Poland Board.
Responsibilities: Management Board Member in charge of Customer Experience
Appointment to the board: October 2015
Qualifications: She is a graduate of the Faculty of Philology at the University of Silesia and postgraduate studies in European Economy Management with a diploma from French École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) and the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). She is also a graduate of postgraduate studies at the Academy of Leadership Psychology, Warsaw University of Technology Business School. In addition, she is an experienced Lead Auditor of Quality Management System ISO 2002 and Customer Operations Performance Center (COPC®) Co-ordinator.
Career experience: She began her career in telecommunications at PTK Centertel in 2000, holding management positions related to mass customer care and taking part in the development of customer service for the Idea mobile network. Between 2004 and 2013, she served as Director of Business Customer Service for the Orange network. In October 2010, she was appointed Director of Mobile Business Customer Service in Orange Customer Service. From 2013, she served as CEO of Orange Customer Service (till 2016) and Executive Director in charge of Customer Care in Orange Polska (till 2015).
Responsibilities: Management Board Member in charge of Network and Technology
From 2016, the Network and Technology Executive Director responsible for mobile, fixed network and IT infrastructure as well as supervision of both companies: NetWorkS! and TP Teltech.
Appointment to the board: November 2018
Qualifications: He graduated from electronic engineering in the Warsaw University of Technology and holds MBA qualifications from the University of Gdańsk and the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
Career experience: Piotr Jaworski has been working at Orange Polska (formerly Telekomunikacja Polska) since 1991, initially as the Technical Manager in the Telecommunications Plant in Białystok, then, in the Company’s Headquarters, as Director of the Business Customer Relations Department and Regional Executive Director (for South and Central Regions). Between 2007 and 2013, he was the Technical Customer Service Director. Then, until 2016, he worked as the Service Delivery and Maintenance Director, responsible for technical processes of service provision and maintenance (for both Orange customers and alternative operators), network investments (including VHBB FTTH roll-out) and active network maintenance. He has been the leader of several projects in customer experience development.
He has been involved in charity work for years. He is a member of the Orange Network Experts Committee. Between 2007 and 2020, he was a member of the OPL Ethics Committee. He is also the Chairman of the TP Teltech Supervisory Board as well as the Chairman of the NetWorkS! Supervisory Board.
Responsibilities: Management Board Member in charge of Human Capital
Appointment to the board: January 2011
Qualifications: He is a graduate of the Faculty of History at the University of Warsaw and undertook postgraduate studies in Local Government and Non-Governmental Organizations Management, also at the University of Warsaw. He has Trainer of Trainers Certificate – TERM Programme 1995-96 from Sheffield International College.
Career experience: Previously, from 2009 he was the Executive Director in charge of Human Resources at Telekomunikacja Polska (now Orange Polska) and Competencies Management and Employees Development Director. He started his career in the Orange Group as Manager of Training and HRBP for Sales at PTK Centertel. Before he started working at Orange, he was a Director and a Board Member in Infor Training (an INFOR Media Group Company) in charge of Development, Training and Entrepreneurship for B2B market. He has additional experience in educational institutions: as a private school teacher, project manager, certified trainer, trainings and educational materials architect, publisher. He also worked as Director of the National In-Service Teacher Training Centre, responsible for the implementation of training programmes supporting the development of education in Poland and Poland’s joining the EU.
He is Chairman of Supervisory Board for Polish Pension Fund at Orange Polska and also a member of Advisory Board of the Polish Human Resources Management Association.
He is a member of the Human Explorers, an informal group that is focused on sharing good HR practices, and also Pro Bono Leaders initiative.
Responsibilities: CFO
Appointment to the board: July 2020
Qualifications: He graduated from the Higher School of Management in Warsaw and holds an MBA from the Oxford Brookes University.
Career experience: He has worked in Orange Polska since 2003 holding a number of managerial positions of growing responsibility within the finance area; in particular he was the Director of Investor Relations from 2010 to 2014 and Orange Polska Group Chief Controller from 2014. From 31 March 2020 he holds the position of Orange Polska’a Chief Financial Officer.
Jacek Kunicki is a supervisory board member of NetWorkS! and TP Teltech entities (part of Orange Polska Group).
Before joining Orange, Jacek worked in the finance team of a telecom Energis Polska.
Responsibilities: Management Board Member in charge of Carriers Market and Real Estate Sales
Appointment to the board: March 2014
Qualifications: He is a graduate of Foreign Trade at the Economic University of Poznan and from the Dutch HAN University of Applied Sciences in Nijmegen.
Career experience: He has been with Orange Polska since 2003 and held several positions of growing responsibility in finance, including Orange Polska Group Controller in 2006–2014. He was a Member of the Management Board of Emitel from 2010 to 2011 and the Chief Financial Officer of PTK Centertel between 2011 and 2013. From March 2014 till March 2020 he served as the CFO of Orange Polska. Furthermore, he sits on supervisory boards of selected subsidiaries of Orange Polska. Prior to joining the Orange team, he worked for Arthur Andersen & Andersen Business Consulting.
Responsibilities: Since November 2013, she has worked as Executive Director in charge of Transformation and Effectiveness
Qualifications: She graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics, Management and Marketing Department; she also holds qualifications from the Musicology Department, Warsaw University, and postgraduate studies in Positive Psychology at SWPS (University of Social Sciences and Humanities).
She holds the International Coaching Community certificate (2010) and International Coaching Federation certificate (2013).
Career experience: A member of the Orange Polska team since 1994, she began her employment at PTK Centertel where she was responsible for ERP implementation. From 1998 to 2001, she was responsible for budget management in the Network and IT area. In 2001 she joined Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. where, as the Sourcing Director, she was responsible for the creation and development of a Sourcing Organisation working within the France Telecom Group. As Property Director in 2010-2013, she coordinated the concept development and construction of the Miasteczko Orange (Orange Town) facility. At the same time, she supervised the sale of properties from Orange Polska’s portfolio.
Currently, as Executive Director in charge of Transformation and Effectiveness, she is responsible for Company’s transformation programme covering both business and the cultural change area. The scope of her responsibilities also includes sourcing and the process of implementing new products and services for customers (TTM).
Responsibilities: Since February 2021, he has worked as Executive Director in charge of IT.
Qualifications: He graduated in France from École Polytechnique in Fundamental Physics and from Telecom Paristech.
Career experience: He has almost 30 years of professional experience in the telecommunications and IT industry, on various functions from CIO to Business Unit manager and startup entrepreneur. He worked in several countries on the implementation of innovation projects around Middle East, Africa and Europe.
He joined Orange Polska in 2018 as an advisor to the CEO on technology innovation.
Since 2019, he has managed the ICT offer portfolio comprising integration services, cybersecurity, cloud and software development. His missions included management of Integrated Solutions and BlueSoft.
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