IKEA Poland with new CEO

Anna Pawlak-Kuliga has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer at IKEA Retail Poland as of September 1, succeeding Evelyn Higler, the company informed in a market filing. Pawlak-Kuliga started working at IKEA in London eight years ago. She had climbed up the corporate ladder in the UK, before coming back to Poland in 2012, where she became a member of the board of IKEA Retail. The new CEO is planning to continue to execute the company's strategy, which stipulates a fivefold increase in revenues from PLN 3 billion to PLN 16 billion by 2035. Pawlak-Kuliga will be the first Pole to lead IKEA Retail Poland.