The ordinary general meeting of MCI management appointed Piotr Czapski, a well-known manager from the private equity market, to the supervisory board of the fund. Piotr Czapski will replace Jarosław Dąbrowski, who resigned declaring his intent to join the supervisory board of the subsidiary Private Equity Managers.
On June 28, 2013, the ordinary general meeting of shareholders of MCI Management SA appointed Mr. Piotr Czapski to the supervisory board. Mr. Jarosław Dąbrowski resigned as a member of the supervisory board, while at the same time declaring his consent to apply for the supervisory board of Private Equity Managers, the company managing assets in the funds of MCI Management.
– Strengthening the competences of supervisory boards of MCI and PEM is a consequence of the growing scale of our investment activities and an attempt to face the fund’s new challenges – Magdalena Pasecka, Member of the Board and Financial Director of MCI Management, commented on the changes – We believe the extensive experience of both gentlemen will greatly benefit the MCI Group, in particular in the context of PEM’s debut planned for 2014. – she added.
Piotr Czapski is an advisor to EQT, a leading European group of private equity funds managing over EUR20 billion in assets. In 2008, he opened the Warsaw office of EQT Partners and until the year 2013, as a partner, managed EQT operations in Central Eastern Europe. He graduated Washington University in Seattle USA, where he became M.Sc. and later Ph.D. in electronics and worked as an assistant professor. In the years 1995-97 he worked for Chrysler Corporation in R&D department. He holds four patents in the automotive industry. After his return Poland in 1997, he joined McKinsey & Co. where he acted as partner and managed McKinsey’s Business Technology Practice in Eastern Europe. In the years 2005-2008, he was member of the board in Netia S.A. responsible for strategy, development and merger and acquisition transactions. He was also a member of the supervisory board of Netia and P4. Currently, he is the vice president of the supervisory board of HTL – Strefa and member of the supervisory board of Atos Medical in Sweden.
Jarosław Dąbrowski is the founder and managing partner of Dąbrowski Finance, an independent financial company. He started his professional career in 1991. In the years 1992-1983, he worked in the council of ministers office as director of the office of the deputy prime minister for economic affairs. Since 1994, he was involved with the Raiffeisen Group. In the years 1995-1997, he was the president of the Raiffeisen Atkins Consortium and the president of the board of NFI Progress S.A successfully introducing it to the Warsaw Stock Exchange. From 1997 to 2000, he was member of the board of Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A., and from 2001 to 2004 he was vice president of the board of Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A. in the years 2004-2009, Jarosław Dąbrowski acted as president of the board of DnB NORD Bank Polska S.A. In 2007, he executed the merger of DnB NORD Bank Polska S.A. and BISE Bank. Currently, he is a member of the supervisory boards of Polski Bank Przedsiębiorczości and BPT Asset Management A/S.
Jarosław Dąbrowski is a graduate of law at the Warsaw University. He has an MBA the, and he completed a series of specialized trainings and studies including those at the Edinburgh University Management School and the University of Navarra in Barcelona.