BARBARA STASZCZYK

Barbara Staszczyk, 36, was appointed a member of the board of Optimus. She has an economics degree from the Warsaw School of Economics. In 1993 Staszczyk started working for KPMG Polska in the firm's audit department. Three years later she became the financial and administrative director and president of SCA Molnlycke. In 1998 she was appointed director of division and a year later started working for Compaq Computer. In January 2002 she was named finance and administration director of the company. Staszczyk has completed several postgraduate courses, including an ACCA diploma from the British Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and other auditing courses in Poland. She loves water and everything connected with it, including swimming, sailing and diving. She also enjoys literature, traveling, golf and bowling.