Ms Kurkowska-Szczechowicz holds a master's degree in economics from the Warsaw School of Economics, majoring in finance and banking, and a master's degree in law from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. She is a graduate of the Executive MBA Program at Aalto University. Ms Kurkowska-Szczechowicz has been associated with the financial market for over 20 years. She has worked in the structures of PKO BP since 2012. She has performed the role of Director of the Risk Centre and then Internal Audit Department. She has participated in a number of projects including the establishment of the Bank and in a project to develop an audit model based on a methodology for continuous risk assessment and control mechanisms using statistical methods and artificial intelligence. She was responsible for implementing new processes, including solutions using statistical methods and robotics.
She has many years of managerial experience and has held numerous managerial positions in financial institutions, including as Director of various Risk Departments. As a Manager at EY, she carried out projects for entities in the financial sector. She has been a member of Risk Committees for many years.
She was also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Credit Information Bureau. She has participated in a number of training courses both at home and abroad.