Andrzej Szydło

(President of the Management Board) 

A graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, as well as the School for Managers in Industry and Studies in Strategic and Operational Corporate Management. Completed post-graduate studies in managing corporate value at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics.

An experienced manager specialising in management and the implementation of innovative solutions, as well as the realisation of investment and maintenance projects. Among others he has been involved in implementing ISO-based management and also Integrated Management Systems. Skilled in conducting negotiations and managing projects using Prince2 and Ten Step methodology. He has enhanced his know-how during training in the areas of strategy, labour law and HR. He participated in the KGHM Executive Academy organised by IMD.

In the years 2021 to 2023 he was a member of the management board of Hyundai Engineering Poland Sp. z o.o., and previously a member of the management board of SPS Inscon Sp. z o.o. Since the start of his professional career, for 25 years he has been involved with KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. He has served in the positions among others of chief energy engineer, technical director and executive director of the Głogów Copper Smelter and Refinery Division. In the years 2010 – 2014 he worked in the Head Office of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. as a director of the production infrastructure department, a director of the technology department and a director of the Pyrometallurgy Modernisation Program. He was also secretary and chairman of the Supervisory Board of Energetyka Sp. z o.o. – a company in the KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. Group.

He is a recipient of a Bronze Service Star, a Bronze Service Medal for Fire Fighting and a Silver Medal „Za Zasługi dla Obronności Kraju” (Medal of Merit for National Defence). He also received an honorary award from the Minister of the Economy „Za zasługi dla Energetyki” (Medal of Merit for Energy). In 2006 he received the honorary award “Zasłużony dla KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.” (In the Service of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.).