JERZY SZYSZAK

EXIDE
By : (K.K)

   JERZY SZYSZAK, 43, was appointed sales and marketing director of the nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) division of U.S.-based battery producer EXIDE. The Ni-Cd division consists of three manufacturing firms in Germany, Spain and Poland. In addition to continuing as managing director of Ni-Cd's Poznan plant, Szyszak will be responsible for managing the sales and marketing of all the Ni-Cd division companies. Prior to joining EXIDE in 1998, Szyszak worked for Rafamet, a machine tool manufacturer, and spent 1993-1997 in Moscow as director of Rafamet's export office for CIS countries. Szyszak has degrees from the foreign trade faculty of Poznan's Economics Academy, a mechanical engineering diploma from the Gliwice Silesian University of Technology and an MBA from the Warsaw University of Technology. In addition to his native Polish, he speaks English, Spanish and Russian. In his leisure time, he tries to be active in sports – mainly tennis, squash, and skiing – and enjoys family life.