Jerzy Góra named CEO of PIR

The supervisory board of state-owned investment vehicle Polskie Inwestycje Rozwojowe (PIR) has appointed Jerzy Góra as the company’s chief executive, according to a statement issued on Tuesday evening. Góra will assume the new duties as of January 1, 2015. He will be responsible for transforming PIR into a fund, the release also said. Currently, Jerzy Góra is management board member at the Industrial Development Agency, a position he has held since 2010. PIR has been without a CEO since mid September this year, when its first head Mariusz Grendowicz was dismissed.