Management Board

Management of the company’s affairs and its representation. The composition of the Management Board and its areas of responsibility.

Management Board
President of the Management Board

Matthias (Maciej) Kniżewski

Entrepreneur and investor. He has spent most of his working life between Denmark, Switzerland, the Middle East and Asia. Biography

Entrepreneur and investor. He has spent most of his working life between Denmark, Switzerland, the Middle East and Asia. He is the founder of Danske Gas, a multi-energy operator that imports LPG, LNG, diesel and biofuels, and trades in electricity. The people who started earlier ventures with him are still with him today – only in larger roles. Through his family holding company, he also invests in energy, infrastructure, financial institutions and property, in Europe and beyond. He sponsors the principal energy summits and conferences from Europe to the Middle East and Africa.

A lawyer by training, he holds an MBA and is taking part in the Advanced Management Program.

Away from business, the sea is closest to his heart: long voyages, technical diving in distant waters, expeditions from the tropics to waters beyond the Arctic Circle. A collector of post-war Polish painting and of rare writing instruments. He supports the Montserrat Abbey choir, museums and opera. He is a theatre producer and writes prose.

He intends to devote a substantial part of what he is building to social causes.

To the species Homo sapiens.

Areas of responsibility
Strategy and development
Mergers and acquisitions
IT and information security
Member of the Management Board for Corporate Affairs

Svetlana K.

Responsible for the company’s corporate governance: corporate documentation and the Management Board Office, legal affairs, compliance, and relations with institutions and registers. Biography

Responsible for the company’s corporate governance: corporate documentation and the Management Board Office, legal affairs, compliance, and relations with institutions and registers. Her remit also covers communications, personnel matters and data protection.

Areas of responsibility
Legal affairs
Compliance and anti-money laundering
Management Board Office
Communications and PR
HR, personnel and payroll
Data protection (DPO)
Administration, health and safety
Member of the Management Board for Controlling

Michał D.

Responsible for the company’s controlling and financial planning: budgeting, management reporting and cost control. Biography

Responsible for the company’s controlling and financial planning: budgeting, management reporting and cost control. His remit also covers accounting, financial reporting and tax.

Areas of responsibility
Controlling and financial planning
Operational accounting
Financial reporting
Tax (VAT, excise duty)
Governance and supervision

Legal form, register, supervision.

A two-tier governance structure: the Management Board runs the company, while the Supervisory Board and its Audit Committee exercise oversight and an independent auditor audits the financial statements.

Legal form
Spółka akcyjna (S.A.)
Register
District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw in Warsaw, 12th Commercial Division of the National Court Register (KRS)KRS 0000861970
Share capital
20 000 000 PLNpaid in full
Corporate bodies
  • General Meetingdecisions reserved by law and the articles of association
  • Supervisory Boardpermanent supervision; Audit Committee – reporting and audit
  • Management Boardconduct of the company’s affairs and representation
Independent auditor
Grant Thornton