Jan Emeryk Rościszewski

Jan Emeryk Rościszewski (born 4 June 1965 in Warsaw) is a Polish nobleman, business executive, diplomat and Poland's ambassador to France since April 2022. Previously, he served as the Chairman of the Management Board of PKO Bank Polski in 2021.

Jan Emeryk Rościszewski
Jan Emeryk Rościszewski (2022)
Poland Ambassador to France
Assumed office
April 2022
Appointed byAndrzej Duda
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Preceded byTomasz Młynarski
Personal details
Born (1965-06-04) 4 June 1965 (age 58)
Warsaw, Poland
SpouseAnna Rościszewska
Children4
Parent(s)Marcin Rościszewski,
Elżbieta Mańkowska
Alma materCatholic University of Lublin,
Sciences Po
ProfessionBusiness executive, diplomat
Jan Emeryk Rościszewski (2022)

Education and career edit

Rościszewski started his studies at the University of Warsaw.[1] In 1988, he graduated from history at the Catholic University of Lublin.[2] In 1990, he received DEA diploma from the Sciences Po, Paris.[2][3] In 1996, he became a certified insurance broker.[3]

Since 1990s he has been working in France in the fields of banking and insurance for AXA and Groupe Azur, being the member of the board of the latter one. Since 1996 Rościszewski has been working for insurance company Cardif Polska (BNP Paribas Group), two years later becoming the Chairman of the management board of Cardif Polska. He took the post until 2016. He was also the chairman or vice-president of the supervisory board of, among others, Pocztylion Arka PTE, the Postal Financial Services Agency, and Bank Pocztowy (since 2017),[4] the Polish Chamber of Insurance (2012–2016).[3] In 2016, he became vice-president of the Board of the PKO Bank Polski, largest Polish bank. He was responsible for the Retail Market Segment of 11 million clients. At the same time he was holding positions in the supervisory boards of the PKO Bank Polski's Capital Group companies: PKO Leasing, PKO Faktoring, PKO Bank Hipoteczny, PKO TFI, PKO Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń and PKO Życie Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń.[5] Between June and October 2021 he was President of the management board of PKO Bank Polski.[6] He was nominated ambassador to France in March 2022,[7] and took the office following month.[8]

Public life edit

During the period of martial law in Poland (1981–1983) he was cooperating with the Primate's Committee in Aid of People Deprived of Freedom and their Families. He was also distributing underground publications.[9]

In 1990s he was member of the Centre Agreement political party.[10] In 2009, Rościszewski became a Knight of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Malta, and in December 2012, he became a Hospitaller of the Polish Association of the Knights of Malta.[4]

He has been publishing on finances, insurances, pension system, healthcare system in Rzeczpospolita,[11] Gazeta Wyborcza, Le Figaro, Le Point, and Harvard Business Review.[4]

Private life edit

Jan Emeryk Rościszewski is the son of geographer Marcin Rościszewski and his wife Elżbieta Mańkowska.[12] His father came from an aristocratic family, with roots in the Polish region of Mazovia.[12]

He is married to Anna Rościszewska and has four children.[13] Besides Polish, he speaks French, English, and basic Russian.[8]

Honours edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 80/". Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. 2022-03-07. Archived from the original on 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  2. ^ a b "Rada Nadzorcza powołała Jana Emeryka Rościszewskiego do Zarządu Banku". media.pkobp.pl (in Polish). 2016-07-14. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  3. ^ a b c "Zarząd i Rada Nadzorcza". PKO Bank Polski (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  4. ^ a b c "Innovation by BCG". ASPOL | PPF. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  5. ^ "Jan Emeryk Rościszewski Appointed President of the Management Board of PKO Bank Polski". en.media.pkobp.pl. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  6. ^ "Kadrowe trzęsienie ziemi w PKO BP. Prezes złożył rezygnację". Businessinsider (in Polish). 2021-10-14. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  7. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 17 marca 2022 r. nr 110.11.2022 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". isap.sejm.gov.pl. 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  8. ^ a b "Ambasador". Polska we Francji – Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  9. ^ Rodowicz, Władysław (1994). Komitet na Piwnej: fakty, dokumenty, wspomnienia (in Polish). Vol. 79. Warszawa: Biblioteka „Więzi”. pp. 62, 269.
  10. ^ Kijek, Łukasz (2021-05-11). "Kto nowym prezesem PKO BP? Znamy nazwisko faworyta premiera. "Ma zaletę, której nie ma Jagiełło"". next.gazeta.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  11. ^ Rościszewski, Jan Emeryk (2011-04-01). "Polski czy angielski". archiwum.rp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  12. ^ a b "Jan Emeryk Rościszewski z Rościszewa h. Junosza".
  13. ^ "Zarząd ZPKM". Zakon Maltański Polska | Order of Malta Poland (in Polish). 2018-04-07. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  14. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 19 października 2010 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  15. ^ "Święto polskiej dyplomacji". msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 2015-11-16. Archived from the original on 2015-11-28. Retrieved 2022-05-22.