British Polish Chamber of Commerce

Antoni F. Reczek, Chairman of the British Polish Chamber of Commerce was President of the Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers Sp. z o.o., PwC’s Polish auditing firm. He was PwC’s Central and Eastern European Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs Leader.

Antoni has over thirty years of experience in the provision of audit and advisory services. He has worked full time in Great Britain, New Zealand, Africa and Poland. Since 1990 he has worked in Poland. Antoni is a UK qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAS) and is a registered auditor in Poland (KIBR).

Specialising in the financial services sector he is involved in the audit of financial sector companies, inward investment, capital markets, legislative work and public policy matters.

Currently he is a member of several bodies: European Financial Reporting Group (EFRAG), Consultative Group of the European Regulators in the Capital Markets Committee, Polish Auditing Standards Board, Polish Accounting Standards Board and is a member of the Financial Board of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation.

Nicholas is a partner in the Warsaw based commercial law firm Richardson & Wspolnicy in partnership with Porwisz i Partnerzy. He studied law at Oxford University, and after qualifying as a solicitor, he worked at Slaughter and May. He came to Poland in 1994 with Baker & McKenzie. Before setting up his own law firm, he was a partner with Norton Rose

David Buckle is an international corporate lawyer and a member of the Institute of Directors. In addition to his extensive work with international clients, David has worked with more than 50 boards of directors, SMEs, listed companies and state owned enterprises on corporate governance issues.

Marzena Richter has acquired broad and in depth professional experience. In 1991 she was one of the few persons, who conducted the first audits to International Financial Reporting Standards in Poland and in other countries in Eastern Europe, e.g. in Bulgaria, commissioned by the World Bank and private investors. Before coming to Poland she also worked in international tax havens such as the Channel Islands. Marzena Richter qualified in the UK as a chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and has more than 20 years post qualification experience. In 1993 she became a member of the equivalent Polish body recognized for auditing, the Polish Chamber of Auditors and has since been in practice as Staniszewski & Richter for the last 19 years.

As Executive Director of the BPCC in 2005 Barbara was awarded the Queen’s honour, an MBE (Master of the Order of the British Empire), for her 20 years service to British Companies in Poland.

Barbara has worked in training, client services and business development and has now returned to her roots in event management.

She has her own consulting company ‘Conselt’ and is an associate of the world leader in venue finding, ‘HelmsBriscoe’.

Barbara is on the Sue Ryder Foundation board and is its driving force behind the ‘Rat Race’, an annual charity fun run in business suits.

UK born to Irish Polish parents.

Aneta has several years of experience in marketing and communications, covering different sectors which present many professional challenges. She has been with Diageo for over nine years, a global leader in the alcoholic beverages industry, the owner of brands such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Guinness. At Diageo, Aneta is responsible for the corporate relations agenda (including government affairs, corporate communications, PR and internal communications) covering 55 countries mainly from continental Europe, including Poland. In addition to that, she serves as the Chairperson of the Committee for Corporate Social Responsibility of the Association of Employers Polish Spirits Industry.

Prior to Diageo, she worked at Polpharma, where her responsibilities included creating a department dealing with Brand PR. She began her professional career working as a communications specialist at a PR agency, where she cooperated with companies from many different sectors, including IT, financial, FMCG and pharmaceutical industries. Aneta is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Warsaw. She is fluent in English, Italian and Bulgarian and has a working command of German and Russian.

Dariusz Kucharski is currently the CRO and the Management Board Member of HSBC Bank Polska S.A. In this role, he oversees the management of risk on an enterprise-wide basis and is responsible for the bank’s risk discipline including credit, market, operational and security risk. Dariusz joined HSBC in 2005 having previously held a variety of roles in treasury, audit and risk management at ING, Arthur Andersen and Raiffeisen Bank.
Dariusz holds a degree in Finance from University of Economics in Krakow and the qualification of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Elżbieta Pełka is CEO of Elżbieta Pełka Creative Services, which she founded in 2001.

Entrepreneur, marketer, expert in 360° brand-management, Ela has over 25 years of experience in communication in Poland and the UK.

Ela established the Polish National Sales Awards (PNSA) in 2009 and is its CEO. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

She is an expert for THINKTANK – Centre for Dialogue and Analysis; a Superbrands awards expert consultant; a member of the jury of the Women in Sales Awards UK, and she also serves as chief adviser to the Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology.

Ela promotes standards and ethics in sales and entrepreneurship. An active participant in several organisations conducting pro-social activities, including the PNSA Enterprise Academy foundation, she has been a board member of the BPCC since 2019.

Paweł Świętochowski has been working at Castorama for over 21 years, acting on different roles.
He is currently CSR manager and a President of Castorama Foundation. In his roles he is responsible also for managing communities and eco projects conducted in a company.

Paweł is also responsible for supporting external communication in Castorama Poland.

Paweł has got degree Warsaw University of Life Sciences.

Lucyna Baca-Lönn – a board member, leadership coach, business trainer and graphologist with a demonstrated history of working in management consulting, leadership & talent development areas. She is the founder and CEO of Graphology Solutions Group (2008), which provides Leadership Development Programs, Board Members’ Development Programs, Leaders’ Competence Audit & Diagnoses, processes of selecting leaders with the use of Graphological Analysis. She is an alumnus of C-Level Program at the European Women on Boards (2021). Lucyna serves a Board Member of the British Polish Chamber of Commerce since 2012 and she has been a Board Member of the Israel Poland Chamber of Commerce (2011-2019). She works in English, Swedish, Russian, and Polish languages.

Lucyna is the author of Leadership Development Programs, which have been internationally rewarded and recognized. Her clients constitute the outstanding Leaders from the British, Swedish, German, Danish, French, Israeli and Polish companies as well as representatives of political sector. She has completed Doctoral Studies in a science of management and Postgraduate Studies in Professional Coaching at Kozminski University. She is a member of the British Academy of Graphology and the International Graphological Colloquium. She cooperates with the Institute of Integral Handwriting Studies in USA.

Her company, Graphology Solutions Group has received numerous awards: the Best Leadership Development Consultancy 2020 Europe, the Award for Excellence in Leadership Coaching 2019 and 2018. It has received the 2017 Business Excellence Rewards as the Best Graphology & Coaching Consultancy - Europe and the Best International Leadership Development Experts & Award for Excellence in Graphology Analysis – Poland.