Date of appointment: 29 May 2026

Since 2024, she has held the position of Director of the Finance Division at Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A. She is responsible for overseeing the financial and management reporting of the Company and the PKP S.A. Group as well as for accounting, planning, liquidity management (including debt collection), securing financing, the Company’s insurance, and cooperation with financial institutions, rating agencies, tax offices, auditors, advisors and suppliers.

Since 2024, Ms. Monika Starecka has served as a member of the Enea S.A. Supervisory Board and the PKP Cargo S.A. Supervisory Board. She was temporarily seconded to serve as acting President of the PKP Cargo S.A. Management Board, Member of the PKP Cargo S.A. Management Board in charge of Finance, President of the Enea S.A. Management Board and Vice-President of the Enea S.A. Management Board in charge of Corporate Matters.

From 2019 to 2024, she served as Head of the Finance Division at Szybka Kolej Miejska Sp. z o.o. in Warsaw. Her responsibilities included overseeing the preparation of financial statements, accounting, tax settlements, planning, controlling, securing financing and the Company’s insurance.

Since 2019, she has been running a consulting company, Equinox Consulting, involved in providing financial and operational consulting services, soft skills training, coaching and mentoring sessions for business persons and members of governing bodies in various companies.

From 2014 to 2018, Ms. Monika Starecka served as a Management Board member and Chief Operating Officer at EY Poland (formerly Ernst & Young). She was in charge of all areas of business support: finance, marketing, human resources management, IT, legal, procurement, asset management and administration.

From 2010 to 2014, she served as a Management Board member and Chief Financial Officer of the SMYK Group. She oversaw 15 companies based in 10 countries. She was responsible for the areas of finance, legal and internal control in all member companies of the SMYK Group based in Poland, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Romania, Czechia and Switzerland.

From 2008 to 2010, she served as Chief Financial Officer at Telepizza Poland. She was in charge of the areas of finance, human resources management, IT, investments and occupational safety and health in Telepizza’s own and franchised restaurants and plants.

From 2002 to 2008, Ms. Monika Starecka worked as Director of the Finance Department at Vattenfall Heat Poland (formerly Elektrociepłownie Warszawskie). She was a member of the project team dealing with the restructuring of the following areas: procurement, sales, strategic planning, finance and cash management.

From 2001 to 2002, she served as Chief Financial Officer at RTC Poland, an advertising agency filling a market niche.

From 1996 to 2000, she worked as an Experienced Consultant – Project Manager at Arthur Andersen in the Audit and Business Advisory Departments.

Ms. Monika Starecka holds a certified auditor’s license. She holds an International Coach and Team Coach certificate issued by the ICC (International Coaching Community) and has completed a mentoring course organized by Norman Bennett.

She earned a Master’s degree from the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw, a postgraduate degree in Human Resources Management from Jagiellonian University and an Advanced Leadership and Management Programme from Oxford University.