The appointment of Paulina Strugała as the President of the Bank's Management Board was provided upon the approval by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority. From 16 April 2018 until the date of obtaining the approval, Paulina Strugała will be the Vice President of the Management Board acting as the President of the Bank’s Management Board.
Paulina Strugała is a graduate of SGH Warsaw School of Economics. She holds a Practising Certificate and Audit Qualification issued by an Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a title of Executive MBA, certified by the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees in Paris and University of Bristol. She is also a member of Advanced Management Program of IESE Business School, University of Navarra.
She began her professional career in 1995 at the KPMG Warsaw office, moving up the career ladder and reaching the position of Director, specializing in audit and assurance services providing to polish financial institutions, including banks, investment funds and asset managers.
In December 2006 she started working for PKO/Credit Suisse TFI (now: PKO TFI) as Managing Director responsible for operations. Having worked for PKO Bank Polski since February 2010 she has held the position of Director of Internal Audit function of the Bank and the Capital Group.
In the course of her career, she has been responsible, among many, for auditing financial statements, client advisory regarding accounting and financial reporting, creating strategies and solutions, as well as defining key risks in the banking and other financial institutions activities within an assessment of internal control and risk management systems.
She is a top-class expert having extensive knowledge in all areas of banking.