Date of appointment: 29 November 2021

Mr. Lech Żak graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Poznań University of Technology, majoring in Power System Networks. He also completed postgraduate studies at the Warsaw School of Economics, the Poznań University of Economics and Business and the Wielkopolska Business School.

He participated in research workshops in California's Silicon Valley at Stanford University and in a course in Project Management at Washington University.

He has acquired professional experience across all levels of business, from engineering to managerial positions, covering the whole business area of the power sector, from distribution to generation. He served as the first CEO of ENEA Operator and recently as the CEO of ENEA Elektrownia Połaniec.

He has obtained a diploma from the Minister of Industry confirming his passing of an examination for candidates for members of supervisory boards in State Treasury-owned companies. He has been a member of a number of supervisory boards in companies operating in the power sector. He also serves as a Supervisory Board member in the Polish Center for Accreditation.

He holds all professional qualifications required in the industry and has authored various innovative solutions in the field of project organization and finance as well as utility models in the power sector.

He also puts his professional skills to use in socially beneficial initiatives, such as foundations and industry associations, including the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers as the President of the Piła Branch and the Chairman of the Legislation Committee at the General Board of the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers and a member of the Polish Society for the Transmission and Distribution of Electricity and the Economic Society of Power Plants.

The responsibilities of the Management Board Member for Strategy and Development in the ENEA Group include the management of issues related to climate impact.

Scope of competences: shall supervise and coordinate all matters relating to conducting key development projects in the Company and the ENEA Group, the preparation, supervision and coordination of investments and capital disinvestment processes, and the efficiency of generation assets in the ENEA Group.