KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.

Board/Management Information • Jan 3, 2025

Joanna Zakrzewska

Highly accomplished leader with extensive experience in management, audit and finance. Throughout her career, she has held senior executive positions in both Polish and international companies, including Amazon, Deloitte, KPMG, LOT and Noble Bank, pursuing her passion for driving organizational performance excellence, also as an external consultant.

Expert in internal audit, corporate governance and risk. Advocate of sustainable development. Practitioner of creating, implementing and attesting internal control systems.

She began her professional career in financial audit, auditing financial statements. Subsequently, she expanded her expertise to internal audit and risk management. Moreover, she served as the European SOX implementation coordinator. As Internal Audit Director, she has a proven track record of establishing and revitalizing internal audit functions, fostering strong collaboration with supervisory boards.

She has a background in Economics. She studied at universities in Poland and abroad. She further bolstered her skillset with postgraduate studies in "Business Psychology" (Leon Kozminski Academy).

She holds international certifications: Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA/Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA/IIA).

Chairwoman of the ACCA Poland Panel. She is also a member of the Association of Independent Non-Executive Directors, the Program Council of the "Forum Dyrektor Finansowy", the Institute of Internal Auditors and Chapter Zero Poland.

Speaker. Author or co-author of numerous publications, seminars, reports, and analyses on internal audit, risk, sustainable development, and the luxury goods market. Juror in the Responsible Business Forum competition for the best "Sustainable Development Reports".

As part of her volunteer work, she created structures in Poland and promotes the activities of organizations supporting diversity and women's professional development. Experienced mentor.