Santander Bank Polska S.A.

Board/Management Information • Jul 20, 2023

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:

• Between 2018-2021, he worked for PwC in Warsaw, sharing his time between Poland and Eurasia.
• From 2015 to 2018, he was the Financial Services Leader and Risk Management Partner for Eurasia in PwC office in Almaty in Kazakhstan.
• Between 2008 and 2015, he was the Financial Services Leader in Poland and the Baltic states; at the same time he was carrying out the duties of Risk Management Partner in Poland and the Baltic states, and subsequently in Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.
• In 2001, he was admitted to the PwC Central and Eastern Europe partnership (PwC CEE), specializing in audits of financial statements of financial services institutions, banks in particular.
• In 1991, he joined Coopers & Lybrand, currently PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he held a number of positions.
• Between 1990-1991, he worked for KPMG in Warsaw.
• From 1984 until 1990, he worked for the Ministry of Finance.

He has the knowledge and experience in the company's sector.

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 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).

Mr Adam Celiński does not conduct any other business activity outside the Bank, does not participate in a competitive company as a partner of a civil partnership, a partnership or a capital company, does not participate in a competitive legal person as a member of its body and he is not listed in the Insolvent Debtors Register maintained pursuant to the Act on the National Court Register of 20 August 1997.

Mr Adam Celiński meets the requirements of the Banking Law Act of 29 August 1997.