Paweł Szataniak

CEO OF THE WIELTON GROUP

Paweł Szataniak has many years of experience in operational and strategic management in the industrial and food sectors. From 2010 to 2020, he was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wielton S.A., and since July 2020, he has been President of the Management Board and heads the Management Board of the Wielton Group. Since 2021, he has once again been President of the Management Board at Pamapol S.A., where he held the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board from 2009 to 2021, and prior to that, until 2008, he held the position of President of the Management Board. In addition, Paweł Szataniak is a Member of the Supervisory Board in subsidiaries of the Pamapol Group, including Kwidzyn S.A. (formerly Warmińskie Zakłady Przetwórstwa Owocowo-Warzywnego Sp. z o.o.) and Mitmar Sp. z o.o.
Paweł Szataniak holds a doctorate in technical sciences – in 2016, he defended his doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Žilina. He completed his master’s degree at the Faculty of Management of the Częstochowa University of Technology (field of study: quality management). Paweł Szataniak is also a graduate of postgraduate studies at the Kozminski University in Warsaw (field of study: Kozminski Advanced Management Program).

Mariusz Golec

DEPUTY CEO OF THE WIELTON GROUP

Mariusz Golec has been involved in the manufacturing sector since 1994. He gained his professional experience in various manufacturing companies – initially in positions related to direct production, then as a designer and assembly process manager. He has been associated with Wielton S.A. almost since its inception. From 2000 to 2015, he held the position of Vice President of the Management Board. From 2015 to June 2020, he served as President of the Management Board, and since July 2020, he has been Vice President of the Management Board of Wielton S.A. and Deputy CEO of the Wielton Group. He participated in key projects of the Company, including the introduction of the Company’s shares to the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2007. Between 2015 and 2021, he was involved in the acquisition of shares in the French company Fruehauf SAS, the Italian company Viberti Rimorchi S.R.L., the German company Langendorf, the British company Lawrence David, and the Spanish company Guillén Desarrollos Industriales.
Mariusz Golec is a graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Łódź University of Technology, as well as an MBA from the University of Economics in Wrocław and the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at IESE Business School.

Bartosz Bielak

CFO OF THE WIELTON GROUP

Bartosz Bielak is an experienced manager and expert in finance, controlling, mergers and acquisitions, financial transformation, and industrial enterprise restructuring. During his career, he has led the implementation of key initiatives in the areas of cost optimization, process digitization, and the development of analytical tools supporting operational efficiency. Before joining the Wielton Group, he was responsible for strategic and operational projects in international consulting companies, as well as in management positions at the Orlen Group, Grenevia, and the TDJ Group. His experience includes comprehensive organizational and financial transformations, as well as mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Bartosz Bielak is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, where he also completed his doctoral studies. He is also a graduate of postgraduate studies at the London Business School. He is an active member of international professional organizations: ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), GARP (Global Association of Risk Professionals), and IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors).

Waldemar Frąckowiak

President of the Supervisory Board and Independent Member of the Supervisory Board

Full professor, habilitation, PhD, MA – Poznań University of Economics, Poland Harvard Business School, Alumnus, Boston, USA, 1992, 1993.

Mr. Waldemar Frąckowiak has knowledge and skills in accounting and auditing.

Full professor, originator and head of the Department of Investment and Capital Markets at the Poznań University of Economics. The professor’s main research interests are: corporate strategy and finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial markets and institutions. He is the author of more than 300 scientific and press publications, including more than a dozen books and research texts.

Professor Frąckowiak is a pioneer of the Polish M&A market, with extensive experience in research and academic education, consulting in corporate finance, as well as serving as a non-executive board member and chairman of both publicly traded companies and other large companies and investment companies. The professor was the founder and Managing Partner of W. Frąckowiak & Partners, one of the first consulting and auditing law firms in Poland, which now has 25 years of experience, and which in later years functioned as HLB Frąckowiak & Partners and now operates under the name Grant Thornton. In the 1990s the professor actively advised investors on many of the first major transactions conducted in the Polish M&A market after the 1990 political transformation.

Since 1993, the Professor has accompanied the Polish transformation, while co-creating the history of the modern Polish economy. Professor Frąckowiak has participated in and advised on some of the largest transactions and ownership restructurings in Poland, as well as other international investment projects.

In past years, Professor Frąckowiak has also served as president and non-executive board member of various leading Polish companies – both publicly listed and private companies, such as KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., BZ WBK Bank S.A., Inter Groclin Auto S.A. and the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Professor Frąckowiak has a wide network of business and academic contacts in Poland, the US and many EU countries. The professor is an active lecturer at many business, government, academic, scientific and other events and presentations.

Mariusz Szataniak

Deputy President of the Supervisory Board

Mr. Mariusz Szataniak has a university degree (M.Sc. in engineering) and graduated from the Faculty of Management at Częstochowa University of Technology in Częstochowa (major: management and marketing, specialization: production management).

Mariusz Szataniak gained knowledge and experience while working:

from 2000 to 2004 at Pamapol Sp. z o.o. as President of the Management Board,

from 2003 to 2011 – at Pamapol- Logistic Sp. z o.o. as a Member of the Supervisory Board,

from 2004 to 2006 at Pamapol S.A. as President of the Management Board,

from 2005 to 2011 at Warmińskie Zakłady Przetwórstwa Owocowo-Warzywnego Sp. z o.o. as a Commercial Proxy,

since 2006 in Pamapol S.A. as Vice President of the Management Board,

since 2006 in Wielton S.A. in Wieluń as a Member of the Supervisory Board,

from 2007 to 2008 at Mitmar Sp. z o.o. as Vice President of the Management Board,

since 2007 at Huta Szkła Sławno Sp. z o.o. as President of the Supervisory Board,

since 2007 in Zakłady Przetwórstwa Owocowo-Warzywnego “Ziębice” Sp. z o.o. as President of the Supervisory Board,

since 2008 in Mitmar Sp. z o.o. as a Member of the Supervisory Board,

from 2009 to 2012 at CENOS Sp. z o.o. as a Member of the Supervisory Board,

from 2011 to 2013 and from 2014 at Warmińskie Zakłady Przetwórstwa Owocowo-Warzywnego Sp. z o.o. as a Member of the Supervisory Board.

Krzysztof Półgrabia

Secretary of the Supervisory Board

Mr. Krzysztof Półgrabia is a graduate of the Faculty of Zootechnics at the Agricultural Academy in Wrocław. He also completed Postgraduate Studies at the Poznań School of Banking at the Faculty of Finance and Banking (specialisation: bank management).

Professional experience:

from 2005 at Pamapol S.A. in Rusiec as financial director, from October 2008 as a member of the Management Board, from 1 December 2008 as President of the Management Board, and from 11 March 2013 as Vice President of the Management Board,

from January 2015 to October 2015 – Dystrybucja Sp. z o.o. in Rusiec as liquidator,

2008 – 2011 – Naturis Sp. z o.o., based in Rusiec, as a member of the Supervisory Board,

2009 – 2012 – Cenos Sp. z o.o., based in Września, as a member of the Supervisory Board,

since 2007 – Slawno Glassworks, based in Slawno, as a member of the Supervisory Board,

from 2007 – Mitmar Sp. z o.o. as a member of the Supervisory Board, from March 2008 to December 2008 as President of the Management Board, from December 2008 to March 2010 as a member of the Supervisory Board, from March 2010 to July 2013 he served as President of the Management Board of the same company, and then from 21 June 2013 to 12 January 2015 as Vice President of the Management Board, since 12 January 2015 he has served as President of the Management Board,

from 2007 to 2013 at Zakłady Przetwórstwa Owocowo-Warzywnego “Ziębice” Sp. z o.o. in Ziębice as a member of the Supervisory Board, and from May 2011 to September 2013 as President of the Management Board,

since 2005 at Warmińskie Zakłady Przetwórstwa Owocowo-Warzywnego Sp. z o.o. in Kwidzyń as a member of the Supervisory Board, and since April 2013 as Vice President of the Management Board,

since 2005 in Wielton S.A. in Wieluń as a member of the Supervisory Board, including since 2009 as secretary of the of the Supervisory Board,

from 2004 to 2005 at Wielton S.A. as a financial advisor,

from 2003 to 2005 at Pamapol S.A. in Rusiec (and its legal predecessor Pamapol sp. z o.o.) as a financial advisor,

from 2001 to 2002 at Holding P.T.S. S.A. in Wieluń as Vice President of the Management Board,

from 1997 to 2001 and 2002 to 2007 at Procar S.A. in Wieluń, including successively as: financial analysis specialist, director, Vice President of the Management Board (1999-2001), President of the Management Board (from 2002 to 2007),

from 1996 to 1997 at PKO BP S.A. Wieluń Branch as a specialist in financial analysis of corporate clients.

Krzysztof Tylkowski

Member of the Supervisory Board

Mr. Krzysztof Tylkowski has a secondary education (mechanic technician) graduated from the Vocational School Complex in Wieluń and holds the title of Master of Vehicle Mechanics.

In the following years, Krzysztof Tylkowski gained knowledge and experience, working:

from 1987 to 1993 he was engaged in business under the name “Production Locksmithing” Ryszard Prozner, Krzysztof Tylkowski s.c.

from 1993 to 1998 in PROTYL Sp. z o.o. in Wieluń as Vice President of the Management Board,

from 1995 to 1996 at PROCAR Sp. z o.o. in Wieluń as Vice President of the Management Board,

in 1996-2002 in the company PROMECH Sp. z o.o. in Wieluń as a Member of the Management Board,

since 1997 in ZWzD PROMET Sp. z o.o. in Wieluń as Vice President of the Supervisory Board,

from 1998 to 2007 at WŚT Sp. z o.o. in Kępno as a Member of the Supervisory Board,

from 1999 to 2001 at Wielton Sp. z o.o. in Wieluń as President of the Management Board,

from 2000 to 2006 at Holding PTS S.A. in Wieluń as Vice President of the Management Board,

since 2001 in PROCAR Sp. z o.o. in Wieluń as a Member of the Supervisory Board,

since 2002 in the company PROTYL SERWIS 44 Sp. z o.o. in Wieluń as Vice President of the Supervisory Board, then as Vice President of the Management Board,

from 2002 to 2006 in the company TRUCK 44 Sp. z o.o. in Rzgów as Vice President of the Supervisory Board,

since 2004 in the company PROMETEO Sp. z o.o. in Wieluń as President of the Supervisory Board,

in 2005-2006 at Wielton S.A. as President of the Management Board,

from 2006 to 2007, he served as President of the Management Board at TRUCK 44 Sp. z o.o. in Rzgów,

since 2006 in Wielton S.A. as a Member of the Supervisory Board,

in 2006 -2015 in the company PROMET S.A. in Starachowice as President of the Management Board,

since 2017 in SERWIS 44 Sp. z o.o. in Wieluń as Vice President of the Management Board.

Tadeusz Uhl

Independent Member of the Supervisory Board

Professor of Mechatronics, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science and Technology.

Mr. Tadeusz Uhl has knowledge and skills in the industry in which Wielton S.A. operates.

Professional experience:

1998 – Founder and President of EC Group, a group of companies in the R&D area (the company’s current headcount is over 700 engineers),

2001- Department of Mechatronics and Robotics, University of Science and Technology,

1998- Full Professor, University of Science and Technology,

1991 – 1997 Professor at the University of Science and Technology,

1883 – 1991 Lecturer, University of Science and Technology,

1983 – 1990 Assistant, Associate Academy of Mining and Metallurgy.

Membership in professional organisations:

– America Society of Mechanical Engineers, member since 1996,

– Society of Experimental Mechanics, member since 2001,

– Polish Society for Technical Diagnostics, member since 2000, chairman since 2010,

– Polish Acoustical Society, member since 1997,

– Polish Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, member since 2001,

– Committee on Mechanics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, member from 1997 to 2000,

– Committee on Mechanical Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, member since 2008,

– Committee on Theory of Machines and Mechanism, Polish Academy of Sciences, member since 2000,

– Mechatronics Technical Committee at IFToMM, member since 2002,

– Section of Mechatronics of the Committee on Mechanics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, chairman from 1997 to 2007,

– Member of the High-Level Group of Key Enabling Technologies – European Commission 2013,

– Member of the Supervisory Board of Fam ur S.A.

Areas of specialisation and research:

Mechatronics, structural health monitoring, condition monitoring for rotating machinery, advanced signal processing, numerical analysis for fault detection, smart sensor technology, structural dynamics, vibrothermography for structural health monitoring systems, wireless sensors, optical methods, identification of mechanical systems. Currently, the Professor’s team is working in the following areas:

Microrobotics – the team developed a new type of robots for manipulation inside biological cells with a visual control system, we used a mechatronic approach formulated by my team to develop a prototype robot. The robot is based on the parallel robot concept.

Robotics – development of robot design, rapid prototyping of robot control systems, design of inspection robots, implementation of inspection robots for pipeline monitoring, mobile robot design, space robot design.

Structural health monitoring – the team has developed a new approach to composite structures for structural health monitoring using vibrothermography, and we are currently developing a structural health monitoring system using piezo actuators for thermal excitation of composites. We have developed a vision system for monitoring large structures and brand-new equipment for testing Lambda waves in structures.

Piotr Kamiński

Member of the Supervisory Board

Graduate of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw and the Tempus CUBIS postgraduate program at the Universities of Milan, Amsterdam and Leuven in management, including support by information systems (1994). Graduate of the Advance Management Program of the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra in Barcelona (2007).

From 1992 to 2000 he was associated with the Securities and Exchange Commission where he served as Director of the Department of Public Companies and Finance.

From 2000 to 2003, he was Vice President of the Stock Exchange S.A. During this period, he also served as President of the Supervisory Board of the Central Board of the Stock Exchange S.A.

In March 2003, he was appointed to the position of Member of the Management Board of PKO Bank Polski S.A., overseeing the corporate banking area, and served in this capacity until March 2006. He was also involved in the Bank’s restructuring and public offering processes. During this period, he also chaired the Supervisory Board of Bank Leasing Fund S.A.

From 2006 to 2009 he served as President of the Management Board of Bank Pocztowy S.A., the Bank underwent a major restructuring during this period.

Since 2005, he was a member of the Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange where he served as President of the Board from 2006 to 2008.

In 2010-2011, he served as Member of the Supervisory Board and Member of the PZU S.A. Supervisory Board Committee for IPOs. At the time, PZU S.A.’s long-standing conflict with Eureko ended and an IPO was conducted.

From 2011 to 2013, he served as Member of the Management Board and Acting President at Totalizator Sportowy Sp. z o.o. During this period, the company defined a development strategy that included a long-term drive to move its services into the mobile sphere.

Between 2010 and 2020, he served as an Independent Member of the Supervisory Board of Budimex S.A. Since 2010, he has been a member of numerous supervisory boards of listed companies, including Immobile S.A., Altus TFI S.A., Sphinx S.A., Workservice S.A., IdeaBank S.A., among others.

From 2020 to 2022, he served as Vice President/CFO of the multinational Wielton Group S.A. Europe’s third largest trailer manufacturer.

From 2008 to 2022, he was President of the Polish Branch of the Alumni Association of the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra in Barcelona.

Currently:

He is a member of the Supervisory Boards of Wielton S.A., Pamapol S.A., Platige Immage S.A., 4Cell Therapies S.A. and the Employers Institute Foundation.

He is President of the Management Board of the Queen Hedvig Schoolarship Foundation, which organises scholarships for Poland’s brightest young people who want to develop their careers in the broad prospects of a modern, competitive economy.

He is a member of the Council of the Polish Audit Supervision Agency on behalf of the Employers, having previously served as a member of the Audit Supervision Commission since 2009.

Since 2006, he has been Treasurer and Vice President of the Management Board for Finance of the Employers of Poland.