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Małgorzata boasts over twenty-five years of legal expertise as an attorney, specializing in competition and antitrust law across a broad spectrum. Her advisory services encompass areas such as abuse of dominant position, vertical agreements (including distribution and commercial agreements), and horizontal agreements.
Her extensive experience extends to litigation, where she adeptly represents companies before commercial and arbitration courts, including those operating under ICC Rules, UNCITRAL, and the Court of Arbitration at the National Chamber of Commerce. Małgorzata also serves as an arbitrator in both domestic and international disputes.
She navigates antitrust matters before the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection and the European Commission, with many cases culminating in groundbreaking rulings by the Polish Supreme Court.

Recognized as a foremost authority in antitrust and competition law by Chambers Europe and Legal500, Małgorzata is deeply committed to educating and mentoring aspiring female lawyers. Beyond her legal practice, she actively champions gender equality through engagement in pro bono initiatives, including co-authoring the publication A Practical Guide to Anti-Discrimination.
Małgorzata shares her wealth of knowledge by teaching competition law to MBA students at the Warsaw University of Technology and postgraduate students of competition law at the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Karolina holds nearly 20 years of professional experience from various product and commercial roles within the global market research company NielsenIQ working with consumer attitudes, retail sales and shopper trends within FMCG. For the past 6 years prior to stepping into the Managing Director role, she served as a Vice-President within Nielsen BASES with responsibility for international analytical team consulting on new product launches ideation, optimization and activation.

Robert is the Country Manager of Offerista Polska, the No. 1 Drive 2 Store chain in Europe, which supports retail chains and manufacturers with its reach and main services in digital trade marketing.
Robert has been an active participant in the Polish Internet market since 1999.

During this time he has been involved in the development of two main horizontal portals: Gazeta.pl and Interia.pl. In both of these organizations, he was in charge of the General Director of Advertising Offices.
Additionally during this time he was working for the development of the digital market within IAB Polska.
Over two years he has been supporting the largest retail chains and brands in the digital transformation in the Offerista Polska in order to provide measurable advertising success, which will bring increased sales in stationary stores.

Helena Januszkiewicz is a product and sales development specialist at Mastercard. Currently, she is responsible for transfer solutions and open banking in Central Europe. As part of her role at Mastercard, she coordinates, among others, the project of implementing transfer solutions in the context of deposit refunds and cooperates with stakeholders related to the deposit system. She graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics and participated in scientific programs at the University of Tor Vergata in Italy and Toulouse School of Management in France.

Vice President of the Board of Gremi Personal responsible for legal matters, has been with Gremi Personal since 2017.
Lithuanian-born, after graduating from the University of Gdansk with a law degree in 2015, she keeps her hand on the pulse of the changing employment and legalization regulations for foreigners. Her team’s activities contribute to preparing Gremi Personal’s more than 400 contractors to implement the changes well in advance. Moreover, ensuring their safety and full compliance in interactions with regulatory authorities. Karolina is a practitioner of labor law, with a particular focus on regulations concerning the legality of work of foreign nationals.
Her experience allowed her to be promoted to Director of Legal and Administrative Affairs at Gremi Personal, where she continues to work on ensuring full compliance with applicable laws and building effective administrative service processes.
Her expertise combines the legal context with the practice of employment and legalization of foreigners, making her a unique expert on labor migration and labor market issues. Karolina is a respected expert, regularly invited to provide expert opinions in mass and business media, including TVN, onet.pl, wp.pl, DlaHandlu, managerplus, PulsHR.

For over 20 years, Kinga Wyganowska has been involved in technologies that support optimization and development of trade and production in a holistic value chain approach, covering S&OP, Category Management, Supply Chain, Pricing, Promotion, and Workforce Management. She has successfully delivered dozens of projects for clients in Poland and across Europe. Her professional satisfaction stems from consistently delivering real business and environmental value by utilizing the latest and proven technologies. Currently, she is responsible for the business development of RELEX Solutions in Poland and the CEE region.

Managing Director at TOMRA Collection Poland, which provides solutions for recycling machines that facilitate the return of aluminum, plastic and glass beverage packaging for reuse. From May 2022, he is responsible for the commencement of operational and commercial activities of TOMRA Collection in Poland. For over 20 years working in sales and business development, including the last 12 years working in companies operating in the circular economy area. During these years, he developed a closed-loop logistic carrier pooling solution for global and European leaders, helping to build sustainable supply chains in the CEE region.

He has a long experience of implementing deposit return schemes and environmental compliance. Formerly, as the executive vice-president of corporate development at Reverse Logistics Group and the board member of Reconomy Group, he was responsible for a business unit running deposit return scheme projects globally and locally. He is an expert in technological solutions for reverse logistics, deposit return schemes (DRS) and extended producer responsibility (EPR). He collaborates closely with all the stakeholders in DRS projects: producers, retailers, recyclers, packaging manufacturers, compliance departments, governments, and consultants. He is the co-founder and the CEO of Ecoloop Group. He lectures at National University of Singapore. He graduated from SGH Warsaw School of Economics (BS in International Economics) and Maastricht University (BS and MSc in finance). He did a Program for Management Development in IESE Business School.