New Faces in New Places

RAFAŁ TWAROWSKI, 28, was appointed president of ELIN EBG Elektronika, a leading supplier of electro-mechanical, electronic and integrated utility systems, equipment and services. Since March 2001 he has been the sales manager at ELIN EBG. Twarowski attended the Young Manager's School in Gdańsk while studying at secondary school. He graduated from the management department at Gdańsk University, specializing in banking and finance. He gained his first job experience in the Persian Gulf working for the PAN Research Center in Bahrain. While studying he was also finance manager at Elektromontaż Gdańsk and later became trade director with the company. While working for Young Digital Poland he contributed to contracts with Taiwan and Japan and to the European Communication award for the best language product of the continent. PAWEŁ DśBOWSKI, is scheduled to take over as chairman of the management board of Globe Trade Center on May 1. He is currently head of the law firm CMS, Cameron McKenna's real estate and construction practice. Dźbowski spent almost six years with CMS, three years as a partner. SULLIVAN O'CARROLL, 51, was appointed president of Nestlé Polska. Previously he was head of the culinary, beverages and foodservice division of the Nestlé South-East Africa Region. Sullivan comes from South Africa and was a psychology graduate of the South African University in Pretoria. He started his professional career with Nestlé 29 years ago in the sales department in South Africa and later moved to marketing. In 1985 he became the head of the confectionery division and in the years 1993-1995 worked at the company headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland. O'Carroll is married and has three children. In his free time he enjoys fishing, reading and playing golf.MARTIN SCHNEIDER, was appointed director for strategy, marketing and sales at Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (PTC), the operator of the Era mobile phone network. He has been a member of PTC's supervisory board since 2001. Schneider previously worked at T-Mobile International, the mobile arm of Deutsche Telekom, where he was the director of joint ventures management since 2000. Schneider started working for Telekom in 1993 as T-Mobile's director of product marketing and individual customers and later managing director. Prior to joining Telekom, he worked in the marketing department of Proctor & Gamble and in the international brand management division of P&G subsidiary's Blendax. Schneider holds a master's degree in business administration from Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany.ANNA GARWOLIŃSKA became spokeswoman for Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń (PZU) Feb. 12. She is also chief of the press team in the corporate communications office. Garwolińska graduated from the department of journalism and political science, specializing in political science and social science, at the University of Warsaw. She previously worked as a journalist at the newspaper Parkiet and before that at Puls Biznesu. She specializes in analyzing investing and pension funds markets, social insurance and most other macroeconomic issues. LESZEK MOSKWIAK was appointed by the Treasury Ministry to the management board of insurer Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń (PZU). Previously, Moskwiak was economic and financial director at Elfi, after working from 1996 to 2001 as chief executive officer and general director of Kredyt Lease. Prior to that he worked in the equity investment department of chemicals concern Ciech, and at Kredyt Bank. Moskwiak holds a university degree from the Main School of Planning and Statistics. ZDZISŁAW MONTKIEWICZ was named by the Treasury Ministry as chief executive officer of insurer Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń (PZU). From 1997-2001, Montkiewicz was chief executive officer of Prumerica Financial Poland, and prior to that chief executive officer at chemicals concern Ciech. Between 1983-1988 he was general director of IBM World Trade, covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He earlier worked as director-in-chief of the Dernan and Sental Manufacturing and Financial Group, and was an employee at the United Nations Security Council from 1978 to 1982. Montkiewicz worked for the Foreign Affairs Ministry between 1974 and 1978. He is a founding member of the Association of Polish Industry, Trade and Finance, and holds a technical degree from the Military Technical Academy (WAT). Montkiewicz also completed postgraduate studies in organization and management.JÓZEF PISKORZ was appointed by the Treasury Ministry to the management board of insurer Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń (PZU). From 1996 to 2001, Piskorz was vice president of the Central Statistical Office (GUS), after working as deputy branch director of Techmex International, where he started as a consultant. From 1989 to 1990, he was an adviser at the Finance Ministry, as well as deputy director of the accounting and IT department at the state agency. Piskorz also worked from 1986-1989 in the methodology of planning and operating systems section at the Council of Ministers. Prior to that he worked at the IT Military Institute as well as the office of the government's chief representative on economic reform. He holds a doctoral degree in technical services, and is a graduate of the Military Technical Academy (WAT).