New Members of the PESA Policy Council

The Polish Energy Storage Association with its objective of fostering the growth of the energy storage industry has gained the support of new competencies brought into its Policy Council with the new membership of Leszek Hołda, the Member of the Management Board of PKP Energetyka Capital Group, Michał Wypychewicz, President of the Management Board and the General Director of ZPUE S.A., and Tomasz Łątka, Member of the Management Board and the General Director of Apator S.A.

The energy storage market is dynamically growing and thus requires new solutions, both in the regulatory as well as in business and scientific domains. With this in mind, the Management Board of the Polish Energy Storage Association has invited new members to join its Policy Council, who with their experience and knowledge will be supporting the Association and thus the development of the energy storage sector in Poland. – Our activities must first and foremost be effective, so we need a look at the market from different perspectives – says Barbara Adamska, President of the Management Board of the PESA. – I am convinced that the presence in the PESA’s Policy Council of Leszek Hołda, the Member of the Management Board of PKP Energetyka Capital Group, Michał Wypychewicz, President of the Management Board and the General Director of ZPUE S.A. and Tomasz Łątka, the Member of the Management Board and the General Director of Apator S.A. is another step towards developing the right solutions for the energy storage sector – added the President of the PESA.

The new members of the PESA’s Policy Council have been gaining their competencies in various sectors and domains of the economy. Doubtlessly this allows them to have a helicopter view of the energy storage market and to implement solutions that foster its dynamic development.

Leszek Hołda, Member of the Management Board, PKP Energetyka

Previously, in the years 2012-2016, he held two functions simultaneously at the Orange Group – Sales Director for Key Accounts and Corporate Customers at Orange Polska together with a President of Integrated Solutions. Under his management, Integrated Solutions grew from a start-up to a leading player on the IT market in five years. In the years 2009-2012, as a Project Director of Orange UEFA Euro 2012, he managed a team of more than 1000 people responsible for technological service in Poland and for the activation of marketing rights in 11 European countries.

Mr. Hołda is an effective manager specializing in complex strategic projects that strengthen the position of enterprises in the main segments of the business market (B2B). His economic domains also include electromobility, development of technology for transformation of the energy market and marketing of B2B solutions. In April 2002 he was awarded „MANAGER OF THE YEAR”, as the best manager and innovator of the market in the “Leaders of the World of Energy” competition. Leszek Hołda completed an MBA program at the Warsaw University of Technology Business School. Prior to that, he had graduated from the AGH University of Science and Technology and the Academy of Economics in Kraków

Michał Wypychewicz, President of the Management Board, General Director ZPUE S.A.

He has been gaining his professional experience, among others. At ZPUE S.A., working since young age as apprentice at the Production Departments, Customer Manager and Specialist at the Strategy Department; In Standard & Poor’s (S&P Global Rating) as Management Associate; At Business Consultant at the Francuski Instytut Gospodarki Polska sp. z.o.o.; He has co-created the Leaderland and Bizplaner.pl Internet projects; As the General Director of MW&Partners he was responsible for building and implementing the company growth strategy; At Stolbud Włoszczowa S.A. as the Export Director. He gained his higher education studying Strategic Management at the Kozminski University, Financial Management B.A. at the Polish Open University and the International Economic Relations at the Cracow University of Economics. Fan of sports, mainly football and martial arts; automotive sector and theoretical physics.

Tomasz Łątka, Member of the Executive Board, Smart Grid Automation Director Apator SA

His responsibilities involve in particular the smart grid automation sector and the consolidation of the Electricity Segment at Apator Group.

Mr Tomasz Łątka has graduated in Machine Construction from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Technology and Agriculture in Bydgoszcz. He also has received Master of Business Management degree from the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and completed postgraduate Executive MBA studies at the Warsaw School of Economics.