CHRISTOPHER URBANOWICZ
CHRISTOPHER URBANOWICZ, 36, on Dec. 1 was named president of Volvo Auto Polska. He comes to Volvo from Shell, where most recently he was a senior management consultant in Shell's new market entries division. Urbanowicz started at Shell Gas Poland in 1993 as a marketing assistant, and subsequently as marketing development manager, area marketing manager, country marketing manager and project leader. Urbanowicz has an MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a master's degree from Warsaw University, as well as masters' of science degrees in business and civil engineering from the Warsaw University of Technology. Urbanowicz said he loves traveling and has visited 46 countries at last count, and also enjoys kayaking and other water sports. He said he speaks English and some Spanish in addition to his native Polish.
