Meet our speaker - Wojciech Pantkowski

Wojciech Pantkowski

Wojciech Pantkowski

KIR

Wojciech Pantkowski

KIR

  

BIO

Vice President of the Management Board

Since September 1, 2020, as the Vice President of the Management Board of KIR, he is in charge of the Internet Services and Sales Area.

From 2017 to 2020 he was the Payment System and Electronic Banking Team Director at the Polish Bank Association (ZBP), where he was responsible for, among others, supporting the Polish banking system in development of payment systems and took an active part in the legislative works and dedicated projects as part of digitalization of the banking sector.

From 2007 to 2017, as the Managing Director in Bank Pekao S.A., he was in charge of the Retail Client Department and Marketing and Product Development Department. He coordinated the creation and implementation of the strategy for the retail customer segment and service quality models and programs in the branch offices. He managed the implementation of, among others, bank accounts, card and mobile payment products and international funds transfers. He played a key role in the process of merging Pekao S.A. and Bank BPH S.A. banks. He managed projects within the know-how exchange in the Unicredit Group. He was also in charge of the implementation of the PeoPay application, and of HCE mobile payments, which were the first in Poland and one of the first in the world.

From 1992 to 2007 he worked in Bank BPH S.A., where he was the Bank Director from 1998. Since 2001 he worked as the Managing Director in the Operations, whereas since 2003 – as the Managing Director in the Retail Products Development Area. He was in charge of, among others, implementation of a central IT system. He was a Project Leader for Integration with HVB Group, and also participated in the projects of BPH demerger and merger with Pekao S.A. He managed the marketing strategy and development of products for retail clients.

From 2013 to 2017 he was the Chairman of the Bank Cards Issuers Council of the ZBP. He was also the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Direct Banking Center and Card Center and a member of Supervisory Boards of Credit Information Bureau (BIK) and VISA Polish Executive Board.

Graduate of Kraków University of Economics.