Date of appointment: 1 March 2024

Manager with thirty years of experience in the energy sector, obtained among others in public companies. Expert in energy, economics and corporate management. Electrical engineer, doctor of economic sciences specializing in energy and gas trade.

He began his career in the energy industry in 1994 at Górnośląski Zakład Energetyczny (Upper Silesia Power Company). Subsequently, Mr. Kinelski worked in key management positions, for Vattenfall (2000-2010), Tauron (2010-2013), Enea (2013-2016), PKP Energetyka (2017-2018) and Veolia Group (2018-2024), serving in the latter as a member of the management board of Veolia Energy Contracting Poland. He has extensive experience in corporate restructuring, implementation of strategies and management of complex projects and organizations. Significant achievements of Mr. Kinielski include the implementation of the strategy for the trading and customer service areas and the establishment and centralization of energy and gas trading in the Veolia Group, the centralization of energy and fuel trading and the creation of a shared services centre and the strategic acquisitions function in the Enea Group, the creation of energy trading and sales structures in PKP Energetyka (currently PGE Energetyka Kolejowa), as well as a number of implementation projects in the energy and gas are, optimization and creation of diverse sales and customer service channels.

Mr. Kinielski received a degree in electrical engineering from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, and a master’s degree from the Faculty of Organization and Management of the same university, the management and marketing course (majoring in business management). In addition, he completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at the Dominican University in Chicago, an international management and marketing course at Brno University of Technology, management and finance studies at the University of Economics in Katowice, as well as postgraduate studies in financial management and project management.  He received the Doctor of Economic Sciences degree from the University of Szczecin.

A practitioner who integrates many years of professional experience with academic study. University lecturer, assistant professor at the Department of Management at the WSB University in Dąbrowa Górnicza. Author of more than 50 scientific publications on the topic of economics, management and quality. His research interests include processes related to sustainable development and decarbonization in the context of changes in efficiency and competitiveness of energy companies, as well as management of an organization with the use of cognitive technologies, networking and mobility.

President of the Management Board of PAEE, the Polish affiliate of the International Association for Energy Economics, a Cleveland-based organization of energy sector experts. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a New York-based international scientific and technical organization of professionals associated with the electrical and electronics industry and related areas. He is a member of the Polish Committee of Electric Power, the Energy Trading Society, the Polish Committee of the World Energy Council, and the Polish Economic Society.

Scope of competence: Coordination of tasks related to the overall operations of the Company and Enea Capital Group.