Committee of CDOs and CIOs

Leader, manager and architect with over 20 years of experience in digital transformation in financial and manufacturing organizations.

He has extensive professional experience in performing the functions of:

• CIO of the bank,
• director of business strategy areas,
• program and project portfolio management,
• digitization of processes.

He gained the above experience in oil & gas companies, as well as in the consulting, banking and central government industries.
Currently, he is responsible for the digitization of refinery and petrochemical production in one of the largest companies in Europe.

Emil Andryszczyk is a promoter of an organized approach to the transformation of organizations based on:

• business process automation – BPA,
• intelligent IT tools and employee competences.

He believes that through the use of modern technologies, data platforms, AI and ML, companies face a unique opportunity to create value and competitive advantage based on data.

Agnieszka Kobylańska – Director of the Data Governance Bureau at BNP Paribas Bank Polska SA, Chief Data Officer.
For years connected with banking and finance, previously worked for Bank Millennium SA , Polbank EFG, Raiffeisen Bank Polska. She has based her development and career on experience in operational management in large structures, participation in strategic projects, often related to bank mergers, and in recent years, she has turned her attention to data management. For years, she has acted as a ‘liaison’ between Business and IT, where she applies her operational and business experience and knowledge of successful IT project implementation.
She says that the key to success in data management is to take a holistic approach to the subject and combine product, process and technology knowledge. As CDO, she is responsible for developing the ‘data ecosystem’ so that it becomes more and more important asset for building competitive advantage. In practice, this is expressed by building business processes that support high data quality, ensuring good communication and combining modern technology with the growing needs of the business.

The visioner with technical mastery of Data Governance, Data Management and Data Quality.

In the past, Piotr worked for Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Philip Morris in several positions and covered different responsibilities to
make the data as an asset.

Currently, he is the Head of Data Governance within AVON Company, where he is responsible for Data Governance activities and a big fan of the Data Lineage & DAMA

Robert Pławiak – Since November 2022 as Chief Digital&Technology&Information Office in Polpharma, Poland. He is responsible for all aspects of digitalization, and technology areas of IT&OT processes in the most significant pharma manufactures. In the last four years (2018-2022), as the President and Group CIO, he implemented many changes in business processes in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. He contributed to the construction of a new system for the distribution of vaccines against COVID-19 in Poland, and optimized business processes based on implementing and modernizing IT solutions, including WMS, TMS, and ERP. In the Pelion Group, he was responsible for M&A processes and completed the transfer of the management of the Swedish pharmacy network and the IT ecosystem to Poland.
Additionally, Robert is involved in expanding NGO in Poland as President of the IT LEADER CLUB POLSKA foundation. During the last ten years, was established well knows IT Academy for public sector employees that can graduate MBA level. He is a graduate of the computer systems course at the Military Technical Academy in Warsaw and MBA studies at the Warsaw School of Economics. In 2022 he finished studies at Cambridge University School in the field of Digital Disruption Transformation and Strategy. He has broad management and leadership experience reaching nearly 20 years in insurance, banking, leasing, pharmacy, and healthcare. It was gained by managing computerization processes and projects, cybersecurity, and building and deploying IT strategy in insurance and financial state institutions in Poland.
In his career so far, Robert Pławiak was related, among others, to the PZU Group (PZU SA, PZU Życie SA), the EFL Group, Bank Handlowy S.A., Inteligo Financial Services S.A., EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A. (PolbankEFG brand), FunduszMikro Sp. z o.o. , FM BANK S.A., Raiffeisen Bank Poland S.A. He is also an active member of the PMI International&Polska, ISACA, and ISSA associations, and an active speaker at many IT conferences in Poland organized by PMI, ISACA, ISSA, Puls Biznesu, Rzeczpospolita. In the above companies, Robert Pławiak was developing and implementing IT strategies and team transformations and digital transformations in technology divisions subordinated to him. He was leading and acquiring IT projects on an international scale. Moreover, he was responsible for optimization and increasing cost efficiency in IT. As Chief Information Officer in the EFL Group, he was responsible for the development and implementation of the IT strategy, and IT transformation in the years 2017-2020, as well as the construction and implementation of the corporate architecture strategy and IT sourcing in the companies that are part of the EFL Group.

She has been involved inthe marketingcommunications marketsince 2000. In 2013 shejoined Starcom Mediavest Group as ChiefDigital Officer, with theestablishment of PublicisGroupe in 2016 she tookthe position of ChiefDigital, Data & AnalyticsOfficer.
As a board member, shewas responsible for thedevelopment andintegration of thefollowing competencies: Data &Technology &Innovation, Analytics &Insights, Performanceand content. Currently,as Chief Data &Analytics Officer andboard member of theentire Publcis Groupe inPoland, she oversees the development ofcompetencies inanalytics, research,business intelligence,technology and datastrategy. She startedher professional careerat the Mindshare(GroupM) media house.
Since 2014, she hasbeen vicechair of theSupervisory Board ofthe Association ofInternet IndustryEmployers IAB Poland.For more than a dozenyears she has been alecturer at the WarsawSchool of Economics, aregular speaker atmajor industryconferences andworkshops, and ajuror in advertisingcompetitions (MixxAwards Poland andEurope, Effie). In 2011, she wasawarded the title of”Person of the Year” ofthe Internet industry bythe Internet AdvertisingBureau (IAB).
In 2016, she was amongthe finalists of theBusinesswoman of theYear competitio. She is an economist byeducation, a graduateof Finance and Bankingand PostgraduateStudies in Marketingand MarketingStrategies at the
Warsaw School ofEconomics. She hascompleted numeroustraining courses inmanagerial andleadership competencedevelopment
(“Management” ICANInstitute, “Maestro -orchestrating ClientValue” – WPP ExecutiveDevelopment and”Leadership Academy” –Center for Leadership).

Cezary Szulc is an experienced specialist in the field of data analysis and modeling, with extensive experience working for renowned companies such as Roche and Holcim. His professional career began in the data sector, where he acquired the knowledge and skills that enabled him to effectively model and analyze information.

Since 2021, he has served as Chief Data Science Officer, demonstrating excellent leadership and strategic thinking skills in leveraging data for business purposes. His professional achievements include the successful implementation of innovative analytical solutions and oversight of the model creation process, contributing to achieving success and a competitive advantage in the industry.

Cezary is passionate about modern technologies and data analysis, constantly seeking self-improvement and excellence in his field.

Tomasz Wyszynski is an experienced, strategic data, analytics & AI leader with 15+ years of experience across many industries (consumer goods, energy management, industrial automation, retail). He has worked across several different domains (sales, marketing, supply chain, pricing, finance, HR) leveraging data & AI to drive large-scale business transformation in 60+ countries. He pioneered several AI-driven data products, incl. some of the first AI-based assistants in B2B industry. He is a big advocate of Product Thinking & Agile with laser-sharp focus on quality assurance. In his work, he contributes to fighting fake news and explores the frontiers of AI.