Kralupy nad Vltavou, 27 April 2011– The General Shareholders’ Meeting of ČESKÁ RAFINÉRSKÁ, a.s., which took place today in Kralupy nad Vltavou:
elected Marek Świtajewski as member of the Board of Directors of Česká Rafinérská,
elected Miika Daniel Eerola to the company’s BoD,
elected Łukasz Piotrowski to the BoD, replacing Roman Novotný and
re-elected Jacek Smyczyński to the BoD.
Miroslav Kornalík and Ivan Souček will leave the company.
Mr Świtajewski has almost 20 years of experience in sales, project management and top-management positions. He has been holding the office of a Unipetrol RPA Executive since September 2010. Before coming to Unipetrol he held, among others, various management positions in TP Emitel, Nortel Networks and Lucent Technologies.
Miika Daniel Eerola has a 20 years’ experience in refinery and chemical industry. His previous positions included that of the Plant Engineer for a petrochemical company Borealis and a Technical Manager as well as Plant Manager for Messer Suomi Oy. He held the posts of Vice President responsible for oil refining in the Naantali refinery of Neste Oil Oyj and Vice President responsible for production and logistics in Porvoo refinery of Neste Oil Oyj.
Łukasz Piotrowski has a 7 years’ experience in industrial production. He held management positions in Axtone, a manufacturer of railway components, and in Decora, a manufacturer of products for interiors.
Mr Souček acted as Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Česká Rafinérská since 2003.
Personal changes in the BoD and management of Česká Rafinérská will not affect the realisation of current tasks in the company and are in accordance with the long-term strategy for consolidating the business activities in Unipetrol Group.
Professional CV of Marek Świtajewski
September 2010 – 2011 Unipetrol RPA executive
December 2006 – 2010 Technical Director in TP Emitel
2006 – 2007 Co-owner and Chairman of Global Contact & Institute of Training and Market
Researches
2004 – 2006 Chairman of Nortel Networks Poland
2003 – 2004 Customer Operations Leader in Nortel Networks – North/South Eastern Europe
2001 – 2003 Implementation Manager in Nortel Networks – Central & Eastern Europe, Israel,
Turkey
2000 – 2000 Project Manager in Nortel Networks
1998 – 2000 Sales Manager in Lucent Technologies
Education:
1988 – 1993 Merchant Marine Academy in Gdynia, MSc in Radio Telecommunication and
Electronic
4/2009 – 2011 Vice President responsible for Production & Logistics, Porvoo refinery, Neste Oil Oyj
2008 – 2009 Vice President, Oil Refining, Naantali refinery, Neste Oil Oyj
2003 – 2007 Production Manager, Oil refining, Porvoo refinery, Neste Oil Oyj
2000 – 2003 Plant Manager, Tampere paper chemical plant, Hercules Finland Oy
1998 – 2000 Technical Manager, gaseous oxygen plant, Messer Suomi Oy
1995 – 1997 Plant manager, air separation unit, Imatra, Messer Suomi Oy
1994 – 1995 Plant Engineer, cracker business unit Porvoo, Borealis Polymers Oy
1991 – 1994 Operating Engineer, Porvoo refinery, Neste Oy
Education:
1991 Pori Institute of Technology, B.Sc. in Process Technology
2009 Helsinki School of Economics, Executive MBA
Professional CV of Łukasz Piotrowski:
09/2009 – 2011 Member of BoD, Axtone Sp. z o.o.
01/2009 – 2011 Operational Director, Axtone Sp. z o.o.
09/2008 – 12/2008 Logistic Manager, Axtone Sp. z o.o.
2007 – 2008 General Supply Chain Manager, Decora S.A.
2007 – 2008 Member of BoD, Decora Distribution S.R.L. Romania
01/2006 – 12/2006 Project Manager, Member of BoD, Kancelaria Kupiecka VDG Procurement Sp. z
o.o.
05/2005 – 12/2005 Planning Manager, Decora S.A.
01/2005 – 04/2005 Supply Chain Specialist, Decora S.A.
09/2004 – 12/2004 Production Planner, Decora S.A.
Education:
2004 – 2011 Poznań University of Economics, doctoral studies
2007 – 2008 ICMI – Harvard Business School – Program Management
1998 – 2004 University of Management and Banking, master’s degree in Logistics and Finance
Management
UNIPETROL, a.s. is a group of companies operating in the petrochemical industry in the Czech Republic. In 2005 UNIPETROL became a part of the PKN ORLEN Group, the largest oil processor in Central Europe. The UNIPETROL Group is oriented mostly towards oil processing, fuel distribution and petrochemical production. In all of these business areas the UNIPETROL Group is among the key players both in the Czech Republic and on the Central European market. The Group ranks among the leading firms in the Czech Republic in terms of its revenues, and employs almost 4,000 people.
Contact:
Bořek Konečný
Communication Specialist
Telephone: +420 225 001 670, +420 736 502 600
E-mail: borek.konecny@unipetrol.cz