Meet our speaker - Szymon Midera

Szymon Midera

Szymon Midera

PKO Bank Polski

Szymon Midera

PKO Bank Polski

  

BIO

President of the Bank’s Management Board leading the work of the Bank’s Board of Directors.

Experienced manager with strong credentials in leadership positions in banks and other financial institutions. Successful manager in state-owned and private companies, with a proven track record of success. Since 2016, founder, co-owner and CEO of Shumee SA (commerce platform) – one of the leaders in the cross-border e-commerce market. Member of supervisory boards with many years of experience in the area of professional corporate governance standards. Expert in the areas of banking, e-commerce and start-up incubation and acceleration. Panelist and author of numerous publications on the e-commerce market and marketplace platforms. Long-distance runner, music enthusiast and happy dad of four daughters.

He is a graduate of International Economic and Political Relations at the University of Lodz and the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD in Fontainebleau. He also completed the Executive MBA Program at the Faculty of Management at the University of Lodz, organized in cooperation with Towson University and the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

For eight years, until June 2016, he served as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Management Board of Bank Pocztowy. During that time, the Bank acquired about one million customers and underwent a transformation from a clearing institution to a mass retail bank, launching, among other things, modern online banking and a network of about 300 branches.

Previously, for seven years, he was associated with mBank. Among other things, he managed the areas of marketing, online sales and business development.

Socially, he serves as Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Council at the University of Lodz.