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Founder
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Iwona Kozera, the Founder of the Women Leadership in Business Foundation, EY Partner, Capital Market Group Director for the EMEA Region. She has been working for EY since the beginning of her professional career in 1992. First it was Arthur Andersen, which was transformed into Ernst & Young after the merger in 2002 (since July 2013 known as EY). An active participant in the transformation of the Polish financial sector, providing advice to the biggest Polish and global financial institutions. She graduated from Warsaw University of Technology and completed management programs at Harvard Business School and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She is a happy wife and mother, and she considers raising her two daughters who share her values as her enormous success. She is also engaged in working for local community. She is keen on good literature, theater and travelling. She is deeply committed to support women so that they can fully realize their passions and use their talents. |
Management Board
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Anna Sirocka, Chairwoman of the Board of the Women Leadership in Business Foundation, EY Partner, IFRS Group Leader Anna has been working for EY (prior to the 2002 merger – for Arthur Andersen) for over 25 years, with some breaks to take up other professional challenges.
She specializes in audit, accounting standards and organization of the finance function. She is a Polish statutory auditor, graduate of the ACCA program, CIA and member of the Accounting Standards Committee set up by the Polish Minister of Finance. She was a member of the EFRAG Technical Expert Group for 6 years.
Anna believes that women’s professional activity is important and beneficial for business entities. She wants to help them improve their everyday professional experience by having their contributions recognized by others and creating opportunities for them to develop their careers.
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Krystyna Boczkowska - Board Member of Women Leadership in Business Foundation, former CEO of Robert Bosch and representative of the Bosch Group in Poland In the years 1992 - 2019, she built the structures of the Bosch company in Poland. In 1997 she joined the company's management board and in March 2006 she took over the position of the President of the Management Board of Bosch and a representative of the Bosch Group in Poland. In the years 2007-2017 she was a board member and vice-president of the Polish-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Krystyna Boczkowska is one of the most influential and enterprising women in Poland. She was awarded many times, incl. with the titles of Woman of the Year, Manager of the Year or a person of merit for the development of the automotive market in Poland. In 2018, Krystyna Boczkowska was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, which is the highest German decoration awarded to foreigners in recognition of her efforts to build Polish-German relations. She was actively involved and is involved not only in business activities, but also supports a number of social initiatives. |
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Agnieszka Maciejewska, Board Member of Women Leadership in Business Foundation, People & Culture Director TVN and Discovery Poland Previously EY Director in the Human Resource Department in Poland and partner in the human resource consulting company Neumann Leadership and the CEO in Hudson Global Resources in Poland. Her professional career is associated with Human Resources and HR consulting. She creates and manages development programs for executives. She believes in talent and independence of women. She wants to build partnership in business together with active enterprise managers. Personally committed to raising her 9 years’ old daughter. |
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Monika Jezierska, Board Member of the Women Leadership in Business Foundation Partner responsible for risk and quality management at EY Consulting and Strategy and Transactions and acts in her capacity as Quality and Risk Management Deputy Leader in the CESA region (Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia). She has over 18 years of experience in the area of risk management, specializing in risk management strategies, implementation of risk management systems, risk modelling, compliance management and control. She consolidates her practical experience in the implementation of risk assessment models and transformation of risk areas as a lecturer at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. She was awarded her PhD in economics for her dissertation on risk models. A graduate of the prestigious Advanced Management Program conducted by the IESE Business School at the University of Navarra and many international courses (INSEAD, APP, Harvard Business Review). An MA graduate of the SGH Warsaw School of Economics with finance and banking and quantitative methods in economics as her majors (a graduate with distinction). She holds FCCA and PMP professional titles. A lecturer and speaker at Polish and international conferences and an author of many comments in the trade press in the area of risk management. |
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Barbara Sissons, Board Member of the Women Leadership in Business Foundation. Board Member of Kinnarps Polska, responsible for finance. She graduated from Warsaw School of Economics.
She started her professional career right after graduation in 1989 in audit department in KPMG Poland. She worked as a financial director at SCA Hygiene Products (also a president of the company), Compaq Computer, Prokom Software and Mennica Polska.
Barbara was a part of the supervisory boards of: Mennica Polska, Mennica Metale Szlachetne, Skarbiec Mennicy Polskiej, Mennica Ochrona, Optimus, Paged Furniture.
Barbara is also passionate about business psychology, therefore, she is dedicated to promote business partnerships among men and women.
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