Management Board & Funds Managers
Management Board
Jacek Marcinowski
President of the Management Board of Santander Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.
Jacek Marcinowski
President of the Management Board of Santander Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.
Graduate of the Poznań University of Technology and The Columbia Senior Executive Program at Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Licensed stock broker and adviser specializing in the trading of securities. Associated with Santander Bank Polska S.A. Group (previously: BZ WBK S.A. Group) since 1995. Between 1997 and 1999, member of the Management board of WBK Asset Management S.A., and from 1999 to March 2001 a director in Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. Bank responsible for sales and marketing. Between April 2001 and the beginning of 2002, Board President of WBK Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. In January 2002 appointed as Management Board Member of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. in charge of the Business Strategy division. Between 2007 and 2010 supervised the Bancassurance Office, Partner Outlets Development Office and Private Banking. Since January 2011, President of the Management Board of Santander Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. (previously: BZ WBK Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.)
Marlena Janota
Member of the Management Board of Santander Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.
Graduate of the Organization and Management Department at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice and the Exeutive Management Programme of École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Paris (HEC Paris). Associated with the financial market since 2001 and with Santander Bank Polska S.A. Group (previously: BZ WBK S.A. Group) since 2005. Between 2001 and 2005 employed as the Marketing and Retail Distribution Director of Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. From 2005 to 2008 employed as a Strategy and Development Department Director of BZ WBK AIB TFI S.A.. Between 2008 and 2010 associated with Xelion Doradcy Finansowi Sp. z o.o (at present Dom Inwestycyjny Xelion Sp. z o.o.) as a Commercial Attorney (Prokurent) and Director of the Products and Sales Support Department. In July 2010, once again joined the team of BZ WBK TFI S.A. and in October 2011 was appointed to the Management Board of BZ WBK Asset Management S.A. (in operation until 31 March 2016) and Santander TFI S.A. (previously: BZ WBK TFI S.A.) where she is in charge of the Sales and Marketing Area.
Grzegorz Borowski
Member of the Management Board Santander Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.
Holder of a Ph.D. degree in economics, attorney-at-law. Graduate of the Law Department and a post-graduate programme in European law at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. In 2010, received a Ph.D. degree from the Poznań University of Economics, defending a thesis on economic and legal aspects of the development of investment fund markets in the European Union. Associated with Santander Bank Polska S.A. Group (previously: BZ WBK S.A. Group) since 2001. Between 2001 and 2007 worked in BZ WBK TFI S.A. and between 2005 and 2007 in BZ WBK Asset Management S.A. as the Compliance and Legal Director. Between 2007 and 2008, engaged in the founding of Spatium Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A., as a Board Member and Legal Director. In 2009, returned to BZ WBK TFI S.A. (currently: Santander TFI S.A.) and BZ WBK Asset Management S.A. Between 2009 and 2014, held the position of the Legal Director and Product Development Director. Subsequently, from 2014 to 2016, the Legal Division Director. In April 2014 appointed as the Operations Director and in July 2014 as a Member of the Management Board of BZ WBK Asset Management S.A. (in operation until 31 March 2016) and of Santander TFI S.A. (previously: BZ WBK TFI S.A.), in charge of the operations division. Supervises the IT department, the settlement team and the department of fund valuation and reporting and coordinates the cooperation with depositaries and transfer agents.
Funds Managers
Szymon Borawski - Reks, CFA
Investment Director, Fund Manager
Graduate of the Poznań University of Economics, Department of Management and Marketing; Majors: capital investments and corporate finance strategies. Joined the company in May 2003, initially as a financial analyst and, subsequently, after obtaining the license, as an investment advisor. Holder of the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Winner of two Alfa 2015 awards for the best Polish equity fund and the best stable growth fund and two distinctions for the best Polish equity fund and best balanced fund.
Bartosz Dębowski, CFA
Fund Manager
Graduate of the Łódź University, Department of Finance and Banking. Major: Capital investments. His first job on the capital market was the analyst in the Brokerage Office of BGŻ S.A. (August 2007). Joined the company in June 2008, initially as a financial analyst and junior manager and currently as a fund manager. In 2014 obtained the investment advisor licence. Holder of the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Jacek Grel, CFA
Asset Allocation Manager, Fund Manager
Graduate of the Department of Economics at the University in Opole. Majors: Business Organisation and Management. A degree in macroeconomics from the Central European University. Between 2004 and 2008 gained experience in investment banks in London (e.g. Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank) and in a hedging fund. Associated with the company since July 2008. Initially employed as an analyst and, subsequently, as a junior manager and fund manager. Holder of the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Michał Hołda
Fund Manager
Graduate of the Department of Finance and Banking at the Warsaw School of Economics. He started his professional career in 2003 as an analyst in BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. and between 2004 and 2007 worked as a dealer in ING Bank Śląski S.A. Between 2008 and 2014, employed at BPH TFI S.A. as a fund manager, deputy director of the asset management department and risk management department director. In 2009 obtained the license of an investment adviser. Between 2014 and 2015 managed the funds in Millennium TFI S.A. In 2015 joined the company as Santander funds (previously: Arka funds) manager. Winner of the Alfa 2015 award for the best stable growth fund.
Adam Nowakowski, CFA
Analysis Team Manager, Fund Manager
Adam Nowakowski is a graduate of the Poznań School of Economics (currently, the Poznań University of Economics and Business), where he completed studies at the Faculty of Management and Marketing, majoring in Capital Investments and Corporate Financial Strategies. He began working with the capital market in 2005 as an Assistant Broker, and then Broker in the Settlements Department of the Brokerage House of BZ WBK S.A. In 2008, he was appointed Junior Analyst in the same company. In September 2010, he joined BZ WBK Asset Management S.A. Initially, he was employed as a Stock Analyst, and in October 2013, he advanced to Analysis Team Manager. On 31 March 2016, Adam Nowakowski joined Santander Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. (previously: BZ WBK Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.) - investment fund company. Adam Nowakowski holds a Securities Broker licence no. 2012, an Investment Advisor licence no. 664 and is entitled to use the CFA title (Chartered Financial Analyst).
Paweł Pisarczyk
Fund Manager
Graduate of the Management Department of the University of Economic in Cracow. Majors: Modelling and Forecasting Business Processes. Joined the company in February 2010. Initially employed as a risk management specialist and, subsequently, as a bond market analyst and junior manager. Currently holds the fund manager position. In 2009 obtained the stock broker license and a year later the investment advisor license.
Jakub Płotka, CFA
Fund Manager
Graduate of the Department of Management and Marketing of the Poznań University of Economics. Majors: Capital investments and corporate finance strategies. He started his professional career in October 2009 in the Audit Department of Grant Thornton sp. z o.o. sp. k. Joined the company in February 2011, initially as an analyst and a junior manager and currently as a fund manager. Holder of the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Winner of the Alfa 2015 award for the best stable growth fund.
Marta Stępień, CFA
Junior Fund Manager
Graduate of the Wrocław University of Economics, Department of Finance and Banking; Majors: Finance Analyst and Risk Management. She began working with the capital market in 2011 as an analyst in the NWAI Brokerage House. Joined the company in January 2015, initially as a bond market analyst, currently holds the junior fund manager position. Marta Stępień holds a Securities Broker licence, an Investment Advisor licence and is entitled to use the CFA title (Chartered Financial Analyst).