Board/Management Information • Apr 18, 2024
Board/Management Information
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Antonio Escámez Torres has extensive board-level experience with a strong financial services background having worked in the sector since 1973. He has held a variety of executive and non-executive director-level roles across a number of jurisdictions including in Latin America, Europe and the US. Most of his professional career he has
been associated with Banco Central and Santander Group. He holds a law degree from the University Complutense of Madrid.
Professional background:
Vice Chairman of Attijariwafa Bank (1994-2018).
Chairman of Banco Santander Foundation (2007-2018).
Since 22 March 2021, Antonio Escámez Torres has been the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Santander Bank Polska S.A.
He has knowledge and practical skills related to in which the company operates.
He has relevant knowledge and practical skills of accountancy or examination of financial statements.
He does not meet the independence criteria.


José Luis De Mora is ICADE University graduate (degree in law and economics). He also holds an MBA degree from Boston College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Professional background:
Since April 2011, José Luis De Mora has been the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, and since May 2017: member of the Nominations Committee and the Remuneration Committee at Santander Bank Polska S.A.
He has knowledge and practical skills related to in which the company operates.
He has relevant knowledge and practical skills of accountancy or examination of financial statements.
He does not meet the independence criteria.


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Graduate of Warsaw School of Economics, Foreign Trade Faculty and Advanced Management Program IESE in Barcelona. She has worked for 25 years for Siemens Polska, where prior to taking up the CEO function she was the company's CFO among
Actively engaged in the initiatives and work of groups whose activities fit into her key focus areas and values – sustainable development, corporate social responsibility, greater female representation in different fields (such as science and technology), promotion of diversity and inclusive management, e.g. as a member of the Responsible Business Forum, Polish Confederation Lewiatan, the council of Open Eyes Economy Summit and president of the National Chamber of Commerce for Electronics and Communications. She is a member of the Access Board at the Ministry of Investment and Economic Development. In April 2019, she was appointed to the Council of the Warsaw University of Technology.
Professional background:
Since 22 June 2020 she has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Santander Bank Polska S.A., Risk Committee (since 18 April 2024 as a Chairwoman), Audit and Compliance Committee and Remuneration Committee.
She has knowledge and practical skills related to the industry in which the company operates.
She has relevant knowledge and practical skills of accountancy or examination of financial statements in line with the criteria indicated in the Best Practice for public interest entities providing rules for appointment, composition and performance of audit committees (issued by the KNF on 24 December 2019).
She meets the independence criteria.


José García Cantera holds an MBA degree from IE Business School.
Professional background:
Since April 2015, José García Cantera has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Santander Bank Polska S.A.
He has knowledge and practical skills related to in which the company operates.
He has relevant knowledge and practical skills of accountancy or examination of financial statements.
He does not meet the independence criteria.


Adam Celiński is a graduate of Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) where he obtained a master's degree in Economics. He also earned a master's degree in Philosophy in International Finance at the Glasgow University.
He has been a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) since 1996, and since 1999 until 2021 held the UK Audit Practicing Certificate. In 2000, he became a Polish registered auditor, member of PIBR (Polska Izba Biegłych Rewidentów, a self-government uniting all Statutory Auditors in Poland). For nearly 30 years he worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Professional background:
Since August 2023, Adam Celiński has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Santander Bank Polska S.A. and a member of the Risk Committee. From 1 July 2024 he will be a Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee.
He has the knowledge and experience in the company's sector.
He has relevant knowledge and skills in accountancy and examination of financial statements in line with the criteria indicated in the Best practice for public interest entities providing rules for appointment, composition and performance of audit committees (issued by the KNF on 24 December 2019).
He does not meet the independence criteria (in view of the three-year cool-off period, defined in the Bank's Statute, as required after being employed with the Bank's auditor, which will expire on 30 June 2024). He will meet the independence criteria starting from 1 July 2024.


Danuta Dąbrowska holds an MA degree from the University of Horticulture and Food Industry in Budapest. Since 1999, she has been a member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. She also completed the Advanced Strategic Management
Programme at IMD, Switzerland, and "Best-In-Retail" Programme at Harvard Business School. Danuta Dąbrowska is the Founding Member of FINEXA (Polish Association for Financial Directors).
Professional background:
Since April 2014, Danuta Dąbrowska has been a member of the Supervisory Board, the Audit and Compliance Committee (Committee Chairman in 2016–2017), the Nominations Committee and the Remuneration Committee (Committee Chairman since May 2017) at Santander Bank Polska S.A.
She has knowledge and practical skills related to the industry in which the company operates.
She has relevant knowledge and practical skills of accountancy or examination of financial statements in line with the criteria indicated in the Best Practice for public interest entities providing rules for appointment, composition and performance of audit committees (issued by the KNF on 24 December 2019).
She meets the independence criteria.


Isabel Guerreiro has a proven track record in development and management of IT systems and strategic projects in the financial sector. She holds an MSC degree in Computer Science from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon and an MBA degree from
INSEAD. She is a graduate of Strategic Finance in Banking at Wharton Business School. She completed a number of specialist courses for senior executives, e.g. Design Thinking BootCamp at Stanford University, and Driving Digital and Social Strategy at Harvard University. Since 2005, she has been employed with Banco Santander Totta S.A., Portugal.
Professional background:
Since September 2019 to 18 April 2024, she has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Santander Bank Polska S.A. She was appointed as a Member of the Supervisory Board with effect from 1 July 2024.
She has knowledge and practical skills related to in which the company operates.
She has relevant knowledge and practical skills of accountancy or examination of financial statements.
She does not meet the independence criteria.


Kamilla Marchewka-Bartkowiak has a higher-level doctoral degree and is an associate professor at the Department of Investments and Financial Markets of Poznań University of Economics and Business as well as an expert at the Bureau of Research (former: the Sejm Analyses Bureau) at the Chancellery of the Polish Sejm. She has vast academic experience in finance and banking.
She is a graduate of Poznań University of Economics and Business. She has also completed numerous scientific internships abroad, e.g. at Belgium's and Italy's central banks. She was an advisor to the National Democratic Institute (NDI) during its aid programme for the Parliament of Kosovo.
She is a member of the Committee on Financial Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the European Finance Association (EFA), the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) and the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE).
Her academic interests include such areas as public finance, banking and monetary policy, financial market, the EU finances, audit and control, financial law and financial technology. Professional background:
Since 18 April 2024, Kamilla Marchewka-Bartkowiak has been a member of the Supervisory Board, the Audit and Compliance Committee, the Nominations Committee and the Risk Committee at Santander Bank Polska S.A.
She has an adequate knowledge and experience in the company's sector.
She has relevant knowledge of accountancy and examination of financial statements in line with the criteria indicated in the Best practice for public interest entities providing for rules for appointment, composition and performance of audit committees (issued by the KNF on 24 December 2019).
She meets the independence criteria.


Tomasz Sójka is a lawyer admitted to the bar in Poland, law professor and lecturer at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He specialities in corporate and financial law and new technologies law. He is a graduate of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He also completed scholarships at the Oxford University as well as at DePaul University
in Chicago and TMC Asser Institute in the Hague. He has also run several research projects at Max Planck Institute in Hamburg.
He has extensive knowledge of the Polish financial market and banking sector. His scholarly output includes over 100 publications devoted to capital markets and corporate law. He participated in the legislative process of many acts related to economic law. For 15 years he was the managing partner of a law firm, where, he provided advisory services in the implementation of a number of transactions on the capital market, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Professional background:
Since 18 April 2024, Tomasz Sójka has been a member of the Supervisory Board, a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee, a Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee at Santander Bank Polska S.A.
He has the knowledge and experience in the company's sector.
He meets the independence criteria.


Jerzy Surma is a graduate of the Wrocław University of Technology (Faculty of Computer Science and Management). He holds a PhD in Economic Sciences from the Wrocław University of Economics. Jerzy Surma also completed the IFP programme
at IESE Business School and the Executive Programme at MIT Sloan School of Management.
Professional background:
Since May 2012 to 18 April 2024, Jerzy Surma has been a member of the Supervisory Board, a Chairman Risk Committee, a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee. He was appointed as a Member of the Supervisory Board with effect from 1 July 2024. From 1 July 2024 he will be a member of the Risk Committee at Santander Bank Polska S.A.
He has knowledge and practical skills related to in which the company operates.
He will not meet the independence criteria starting from 11 May 2024 because of the expiry of the 12 years period of his function at the Supervisory Board of Santander Bank Polska S.A.

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