Ostachowicz won't be joining Orlen's management board

One of the PM Donald Tusk’s closest advisor. Igor Ostachowicz, won’t be joining state-controlled refinery giant Orlen’s management board. He decided against it the day after his appointment. Ostachowicz nomination met with protests by opposition who claimed that he was given a high-paid job (with yearly salary in the PLN 2 million range) only for being Tusk’s right-hand and not for his competence. Ostachowicz was supposed to be responsible for “corporate issues,” and securing EU funds for company’s development, the company wrote in a market filing on the day Ostachowicz was appointed. On Friday, the company announced that Ostachowicz decided against joining its management board.