4^th edition of The Modern Distribution Congress

Since 2008 President of Polish Organization of Commerce and Distribution which associate the biggest international retail and wholesale companies in Poland. 2000 till 2017 Director of the METRO AG Representative Office in Poland representing METRO AG companies Makro C&C, Real and Media Saturn Holding towards state authorities, NGO’s and industry associations. Vice President of Employer’s Confederation Lewiatan. Vice President of the European trade association EuroCommerce in Brussels.
Since 2012 Chairman of the Central Eastern Europe Council, representing modern distribution channel of the CEE region towards EU institutions.

Michał Pieprzny – CEO Poland. Expert in customer value building in B2C and B2B markets. He has an extensive experience in designing and improving business cooperation models, as well as in developing and implementing sales stimulation programs, optimizing product portfolio and company operational effectiveness.
Prior to joining PAYBACK, Michał worked at McKinsey & Company, supporting company boards of multiple companies in Central and Eastern Europe. He also worked for Avon Cosmetics where he was co-responsible for the company’s strategy on 23 markets in Central and Eastern Europe.

He’s been the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection since 2020.
He started his career by participating in projects related to auditing financial statements of financial institutions.
He gained experience in public administration and business, including running a consulting company.
Lecturer at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Manager of AR-Labs, a startup that creates innovative and exciting AR (augmented reality) solutions for retailers and e-retailers. Previously COO at Sensi Labs software house, the co-creators of applications such as iTaxi and Booksy, Beata gained experience in sales and marketing by, among other things, managing the sponsorship department for renowned daily newspapers, “Rzeczpospolita” and “Gazety Giełdy Parkiet” as well as the monthly newspapers “Sukces” and “Bloomberg Businessweek Polska”. There, she was responsible for organizing dozens of conferences and debates with leading journalists in the financial, energy, insurance, logistics and real estate industries.  She was the co-founder of Newco Partners PR agency and what’s more, worked in diplomacy for 10 years at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington D.C. as well as in the Economic Division of the Polish Embassy in Montreal. She holds a degree in political science, has completed several marathons and participated in an international expedition to Siberia, where, along with her husband, she crossed the frozen Baikal Lake on a Ural motorbike in March 2018. 

Journalist at the economics desk of Rzeczpospolita daily, editor of the weekly column Moja Praca. Fucused on the job market, HR policies, management and recruitment. She writes also about CSR development and ESG reporting in Poland, covering as well some topics related to the green, circular economy.