Legal basis: Article 56 sec. 1 point 2 of the Act on Public Offering - current and periodic information.
Subject: Appointment of the Company's Management Board for a new joint term of office
VRG S.A., with its registered office in Kraków (the "Company"), announces that the Company's Supervisory Board, at a meeting held on 17 May 2024, elected the Company's Management Board for a new joint term of office commencing at the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting approving the Company's financial statements for the financial year 2023.
In accordance with the content of the resolutions adopted by the Supervisory Board, the following were appointed to the Company's Management Board for the period of the new joint term:
Mr Mateusz Kolański to the position of President of the Management Board;
Ms Marta Fryzowska to the position of Vice-President of the Management Board;
Mr Łukasz Bernacki to the position of Vice-President of the Management Board;
Mr Michał Zimnicki as Vice-President of the Management Board.
Information on the professional curriculum vitae, educational background and qualifications of Mr Mateusz Kolański.
Mateusz Kolański is a lawyer, manager and marketing specialist who has gained education and extensive experience in various legal and business areas.
Mateusz Kolanski graduated from the University of Wroclaw in 2013 with a degree in law. He then continued to develop his educational career at the Warsaw School of Economics, where he specialised in marketing and marketing strategies in 2014. Additionally, between 2015 and 2016, he completed postgraduate studies also at the School of Economics - Academy of Companies, deepening his knowledge of business management.
In 2014, he started his barrister's apprenticeship until he qualified as a professional barrister. In 2022, he decided to develop himself further and undertook an MBA at the School of Economics.
His professional career spans a variety of experiences, starting from working as a sales representative at Jutrzenka S.A., through marketing at the same company, to legal assistance at Impel S.A. and paralegal at the renowned law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf Grzesiak s.k. He spent the following years as a legal aid at Colian S.A. and a trainee lawyer at the Leszek Zgutka Law Office.
From January 2015 to November 2023, he was a member of the Management Board at iPrawnicy Sp. z o.o., and from February 2016 to November 2023, he worked at Colian sp. z o.o., serving as a lawyer, proxy and advisor to the Management Board.
Mateusz Kolanski was appointed to the Supervisory Board of VRG S.A in January 2021. From June 2021 to November 2023, he served as Chairman of the VRG S.A. Supervisory Board. On 28 November 2023, he was appointed Chairman of the VRG S.A. Management Board. Since December 2023, Mateusz Kolański has also served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DCG S.A.
Information on the professional curriculum vitae, educational background and qualifications of Ms Marta Fryzowska.
Mrs. Marta Fryzowska, graduated from the University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Law and Administration, specialization: administration (2001 - 2006). Since 2006, she was employed at LPP SA, successively as: merchant assistant in the Reserved Men product preparation department (2006 - 2007), junior merchant in the same department (2007 - 2009), merchant and then fashion merchant in the same department (2009 - 2010), product manager in the product preparation department of Reserved Men (2011-2015), and since October 2015 she was the director of the collection in the product preparation department of Reserved Men. 2010-2011 fashion merchant Cache - Cache, women's clothing (2010-2011) in Beaumanoir.
Marta Fryzowska has served as Vice President of the Management Board of VRG S.A. since December 2021 . She has also served as a member of the Supervisory Board of the subsidiary DCG S.A. since June 2022.
Information on the professional CV, educational background and qualifications of Mr Łukasz Bernacki.
Łukasz Bernacki graduated from the Cracow University of Economics with a master's degree in Management and Marketing, specialising in Accounting (1996-2001).
Career progression:
2000-2005 corporate banking advisor at BRE Bank S.A.
2006-2009 Relationship Manager and Deputy Regional Director at Bank DnB Nord Polska S.A.
2013-2021 member of the Supervisory Board of Premium Cigars Sp. z o.o.
since 2009 - he is still associated with the VRG S.A. capital group, where:
(a) from 2009 to 2015, he served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer of VRG S.A;
(b) from 2009 to 2015, he served as Vice President of the Management Board and then as President of the Management Board of the subsidiary DCG S.A;
(c) served as a member of the Supervisory Board of the subsidiary DCG S.A. from 2016 to 2020;
(d) Since 2015, he has been employed by the subsidiary W.KRUK S.A., including as Vice President of the Management Board from 2015 to 2020 and as President of the Management Board from July 2020.
(e) since July 2022, has held the position of Vice-President of the Management Board of VRG S.A.
f) Since September 2023, he has been a member of the Management Board of WK 1840 HU Kft, a subsidiary of W. Kruk S.A.
Information on the professional CV, educational background and qualifications of Mr Michał Zimnicki.
Job profile:
A manager with many years of practical experience gained in significant financial and business projects in companies with various business profiles. A person who combines practical knowledge in the field of finance with the ability to manage operational and strategic companies at the level of Board structures.
Education:
1996 - 2001 Cracow University of Economics, Specialization: Finance and Banking, Specialization: Corporate Finance
Work experience:
As of September 2023. - WK 1840 HU Kft, a subsidiary of W.Kruk S.A., position: Member of the Management Board
Since July 2022. - W.Kruk S.A., subsidiary of VRG S.A., position: Member of the Management Board
From July 2021. - DCG S.A. subsidiary of VRG S.A., position: Member of the Supervisory Board
From September 2020. - VRG S.A., position: Vice President of the Management Board, CFO
February 2012 - August 2020 Marketing Investment Group S.A.
position: CFO, Member of the Management Board
Company profile: large capital group with a commercial profile, footwear and clothing industry, operations in nearly 10 neighbouring countries through stationary shops as well as e-commerce channel
July 2006 - June 2011 Lynka Sp. z o.o.
position: Financial Director, Member of the Management Board
Company profile: medium-sized production, retail and service company, textile and promotional articles industry.
October 2004 - June 2006 Mota-Engil Polska S.A.
position: Deputy Financial Director, Proxy
Company Profile: Large road and building construction company, developer
November 2003 - September 2004 Sheraton Warsaw Hotel Sp. z o.o.
position: Accountant then Chief Accountant
Company profile: five-star Warsaw hotels - Sheraton and Westin
September 2001 - October 2003 PricewaterhouseCoopers Sp. z o.o.
position: Consultant then Senior Consultant
Company profile: consulting and audit firm
As stated in the declarations made by each of the above-mentioned persons appointed to the Management Board of the Company for a new joint term of office,
a) there are no legal impediments preventing them from performing the function of a member/member on the Management Board of VRG S.A., and in particular there are no impediments referred to in art. 18 § 1 and § 2 of the Commercial Companies Code,
b) do not carry out activities that are competitive to VRG S.A., do not participate in a company that is competitive to VRG S.A. as a partner in a civil partnership, a partnership or as a member of a body of a capital company, and do not participate in another legal person that is competitive to VRG S.A. as a member of its body,
(c) no bankruptcy proceedings are pending or have been instituted against them and there are no grounds for instituting such proceedings,
d) no civil, administrative, tax, criminal or other proceedings are pending against them, the outcome of which could adversely affect the performance of their duties in the Company or the content of their declaration,
e) they are not entered in the register of insolvent debtors of the National Court Register,
f) they are not subject to any other known impediments to their candidacy to the Management Board of VRG S.A. for a new term of office.