Speakers

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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.

Marina has been since March 2021 part of the team in Poland, first as Market Area Manager and since 1 February 2022 as CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer. She joined IKEA almost 20 years ago in Russia as part of the HR team. She had various roles, her last job there being Country HR Manager for Russia. Later, she moved to Sweden to take the role of Assistant to Global Retail Manager and then continued as a Market Manager in Barcelona in Spain.

As Chief ESG Officer at Leroy Merlin Polska (LMPL) Jacek is responsible for designing and animating the deployment of the ESG strategy of Poland’s leading DIY & home improvement retail company with 80 stores, 12 thousand employees and over 40 million customers yearly. The strategy focuses in particular on the decarbonization challenge, drastically reducing total greenhouse gas emissions of LMPL (-50% across scopes 1+2+3 is targeted by 2035 vs 2022).
Before joining Leroy Merlin Poland (ADEO Group), he had worked for 18 years for the leading telco operator Orange, both in Warsaw’s Orange Poland and in the global HQ of the Group in Paris. His last job there (2020-23) was to design and deploy climate strategy of Orange Poland as its Climate Officer.

Since 2008 President of Polish Organization of Commerce and Distribution which associate the biggest international retail and wholesale companies in Poland. 2000 till 2017 Director of the METRO AG Representative Office in Poland representing METRO AG companies Makro C&C, Real and Media Saturn Holding towards state authorities, NGO’s and industry associations. Vice President of Employer’s Confederation Lewiatan. Vice President of the European trade association EuroCommerce in Brussels.
Since 2012 Chairman of the Central Eastern Europe Council, representing modern distribution channel of the CEE region towards EU institutions.

Krzysztof Kośmider specializes in implementing projects for companies in the retail sector. He has over 20 years of experience in optimizing business processes and implementing IT solutions based on best business practices supported by latest technologies. He has extensive experience in IT transformation on both Polish and international markets.

Michał joined Lidl Polska in 2011 and he was named CFO in 2019. Prior to joining Lidl Michał worked in the assurance department at PwC office in Warsaw. Michał is a certified chartered accountant.

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.

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.

Anna Sapota, Vice President Public Affairs Eastern Europe North, Ph.D. in law. At the TOMRA Group, she is responsible for shaping the Group’s position on relevant markets, in relation to legislative changes in the broad field of environmental protection and waste management, as well as maintaining relations with public administration bodies and market stakeholders in Eastern Europe North countries.

He commenced his professional career with EdS-PL a subsidiary of the Belgian industrial group TRACTEBEL / WATCO, participating in the start-up of the waste management operation of the group in Poland. His responsibilities included, among others, the preparation of new projects.
He was subsequently connected with the launching of a recycling project in few towns in Poland and became member of the Board in the appointed recycling company.
As of 1996 Commercial Director in the first company in Poland processing hazardous wastes into alternative fuel for cement plant.
Connected with the Polish recovery organization – Rekopol Organizacja Odzysku S.A. from 2001 and as of September 2005, Member of the Board of Rekopol. Rekopol is member of ProEurope. In 2014, he was appointed as President of the Management Board of Rekopol Packaging Recovery Organization SA

CEO of Lidl Polska, he has been with the company since 2002. He worked on the management board of Lidl Germany. Since 2020, he has been managing a team of employees in Poland. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Management at the University of Łódź and Justus-Liebig-Universität in Gießen.

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.