Meet our speaker - Lech Gałkowski

Lech Gałkowski

Lech Gałkowski

Santander Bank Polska

Lech Gałkowski

Santander Bank Polska

  

BIO

Member of the Management Board of Santander Bank Polska, heading the Business and Corporate Banking Division.

He is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics (Finance and Banking) and a scholarship holder at Staffordshire University Business School.
He has been with Santander Bank Polska (formerly Bank Zachodni WBK) since 2012.

From 2012 to 2021, he served as Director of the Investment Banking Department at Santander Bank Polska S.A. (formerly Bank Zachodni WBK S.A.). He has chaired the Supervisory Board of Telestrada S.A. since 2010. Between 2008 and 2012, he served as a member of the Board of Directors heading Corporate and Investment Banking at RBS Bank (Poland) S.A. (formerly ABN AMRO Bank (Poland) S.A.). From 2003 to 2007, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and proxy at Volvo Auto Polska Sp. z o.o.. From 1998 to 2003, he worked at ABN AMRO Bank (Poland) S.A. as a senior banker responsible for cooperation with customers from the automotive, consumer goods and healthcare sectors. From 1996 to 1998, he worked at Coopers & Lybrand Sp. z o.o. as a senior auditor responsible for the banking sector.

He enjoys his work and treats it as a passion. Equally important to him are his business objectives and how he achieves them. He is an experienced corporate and investment banker, but above all an effective and caring team leader. He is keen to share his knowledge and spends a lot of time developing the people he works with. Privately and professionally, she is interested in mentoring and coaching. She believes that the main task of a leader is to serve and help others.