Advisory Board

The Advisory Board is a non-executive body providing support and guidance to the Company on a broad range of issues including: governance, operational procedure, risk management, deal sourcing, HR and management compensation.

Christopher K.B. Brotchie

Senior Advisor/Investment Committee / Board Member in numerous private equity funds, entities, institutions and associations: Baring Asia, Baring India, Baring Vostok as well as in international institutions: Pacific Pension Institute, Emerging Markets Private Equity Association, CEV Group Sarl (Paris), Bolero PLC (London), Hollybau GmbH (Frankfurt)
During his tenure Baring Private Equity Partners a grew into a global firm with USS2 billion of funds under management and a portfolio of over 200 companies across 29 countries
In 2002 the Private Equity International magazine named him among the 50 most influential people in private equity in Europe.

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Andrzej Olechowski

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993-95), Minister of Finance (1992) in Poland, and Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Poland (1989-91)
Founder of the Civic Platform - a centrist political party created after the 2000 Presidential elections in Poland of which he was a candidate
Member of the Supervisory Boards of Citibank Handlowy, Vivendi and Layetana Developments Poland and Euronet
Member of the International Advisory Boards of ACE, Citigroup Europe, Textron and Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund II. European Deputy Chairman of the Trilateral Commission

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Andrew Rice

Co-Founder of Rice & Dore and Head of the Global C-Search Practice overseeing a team of consultants based in London & New York
Mr. Rice founded Rice & Dore with Charles Dore in 1997, and the business has now grown to be one of the leading financial services executive search firms operating from offices in London, New York and Hong Kong
Works with a number of the worlds largest private equity groups and hedge funds and helps them source leaders from the corporate world for their portfolio companies
Previously he helped build Rice & Dore's Global Equity Practice into one of the leading players in the market place and worked on a wide variety of senior appointments all over the world

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Paweł Rymarz

Managing Partner of Weil Gotshal’s Warsaw office law firm; legal advisor widely recognized as an outstanding specialist in general corporate law and securities regulations. Chambers Global has repeatedly ranked Mr. Rymarz as one of the finest Corporate/M&A specialists
He advised financial and strategic investors in Poland’s largest privatization processes and private equity transactions, as well as assisted in the restructuring processes of many leading Polish capital groups (i.e. UniCredit CA IB Polska S.A., PHZ Bartimpex S.A., PKN ORLEN S.A., Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A.)
Mr. Rymarz has extensive experience representing issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings and has advised Polish companies in connection with international securities offerings

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