Meet our speaker - Przemysław Koch

Przemysław Koch

Przemysław Koch

VeloBank

Przemysław Koch

VeloBank

BIO

MEMBER OF THE BOARD FOR OPERATIONS AND IT

He began his professional career at a business advisory and consulting firm – Accenture, where he was responsible for implementing individual modules of the central banking system at PKO Bank Polski. He then joined the Belgian Capital Group KBC: Kredyt Bank, as well as insurance companies TUiR Warta and TU NŻ Warta (2006-2011). For six years, he served as the Director of Transactional Application Development Department at the largest bank in the country – PKO Bank Polski, playing a key role in the acquisition processes of Nordea Bank Polska and SKOK Wesoła. He participated in the launch of innovative solutions at PKO Bank Polski, including the IKO mobile banking, risk parameter calculation engine compliant with the IRB method, system for handling option transactions, central solution for Cash Management products, Loro system with ICM functionality, implementation of the new autodealing system IPKO Dealer, as well as a fraud detection and handling system (EFM – Enterprise Fraud Management).

Since 2017, he has worked in governmental administration as the Minister of Finance’s plenipotentiary for digitization, overseeing the IT organization of the Ministry of Finance consisting of over 1800 employees. He developed and successfully implemented the digital transformation strategy of the finance ministry. He successfully restructured threatened initiatives, particularly the e-tax project, leading to a pre-litigation settlement. He was responsible for implementing innovative solutions such as Your e-PIT, eTax Office, Poltax +, e-Toll, which facilitated and automated administrative processes. He developed and implemented a BIG DATA concept based on algorithms and supervised projects such as: JPK_VAT, STIR, Split Payment, SENT, MDR, White List of VAT Taxpayers, e-Financial Statements, Online Fiscal Cash Registers, Virtual Fiscal Cash Registers, e-Receipts.

In September 2021, he assumed the position of Director of the Central IT Center, where he successfully merged the development units of NASK and COI. He was responsible for developing the digitalization strategy for public administration, including the implementation of an e-payment platform for the public sector, Central Registry of Powers of Attorney and Authorizations, changing the nature of the mCitizen application, and the Central Driver Registry.

After the outbreak of war in Ukraine, he effectively led the HelpUkraine project, in which he adapted state registers to assign PESEL numbers, trusted profiles, and launched a Ukrainian-language version of the mCitizen application and dedicated service points for refugees at the National Stadium, Tauron Arena, as well as a system for handling humanitarian convoys. He is a graduate of the Military Cybernetics Faculty of the Military University of Technology and the Management and Finance College of the Warsaw School of Economics. He also holds an Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.