The Extraordinary General Meeting of UNIPETROL, a.s. (the "Company") held on 10 December 2009 appointed pursuant to item 5 of the agenda following members of Audit Committee:
- Mr. Ivan Kočárník
- Mr. Sławomir Robert Jędrzejczyk
- Mr. Piotr Kearney
- Mr. Iain Haggis (independent member).
The Audit Committee ("AC") is a Company's body, which pursuant to the Act on auditors performs especially following activities: monitoring of procedures for setting up of financial statements, evaluation of effectiveness of the internal control of the Company, monitoring of procedures of obligatory auditing of financial statements, evaluating of independence of a statutory auditor as well as recommending an auditor for auditing of financial statements. AC shall be composed of four members appointed by the General Meeting for the period of three years.
Curriculum vitae of Audit Committee members
Professional career of Mr. Ivan Kočárník:
Vice-chairman of the Supervisory Board of UNIPETROL, a.s.
Functions:
2007 – 2009 Chairman of the Supervisory Board, České aerolinie
1984 – 2000 Editor of FINANCE A ÚVĚR magazine, member of the convocation of University of Economics, Prague
2000 – 2007 Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Česká pojišťovna
1997 – 2000 Chairman of the Board of Directors, Česká pojišťovna
1996 – 1998 Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the CR
06/1992-12/1992 Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the CSR
from 1991 Member, later one of the leaders of ODS party
Professional career:
1992 – 1997 The Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance
1990 – 1992 Minister of Finance Deputy
1985 – 1990 Director of the research dept. of Ministry of finance
1975 – 1985 University of Economics, Prague
1966 – 1974 Research institute of financial and loan system
Professional career of Mr. Sławomir Robert Jędrzejczyk:
Vice-chairman of the Supervisory Board of UNIPETROL, a.s.
Currently a member of the Board of Directors of PKN Orlen, responsible for finance
2005 – 2008 Telekomunikacja Polska Group – President of the Management Board, General Director
2002 – 2003 ORFE Group's Financial Director, Member of the Management Board of Cefarm Slaski (subsidiary of ORFE)
1997 – 2002 Impexmetal – member of the Management Board and Financial Director, Chairman and member of the Supervisory Board of its subsidiaries in Poland, Europe, Singapore and the USA
Professional career of Mr. Piotr Kearney:
Member of the Supervisory Board of UNIPETROL, a.s.
Currently works as a Director of Mergers and Acquisitions Department in PKN Orlen. He is currently also a Member of the Supervisory Boards of ORLEN Lietuva and ORLEN Upstream.
At PKN Orlen since 2000. He began at the post of Deputy Director for Capital Investments and later on assumed the post of Strategy and Development Executive Director. Before joining PKN, he worked for Nafta Polska, first as an adviser in the Financial Policy Department, subsequently at the post of Deputy Director for Restructuring and Privatisation Department.
Piotr Kearney started his career in Rafineria Gdańska (1995 – 1996) as Development Finance Manager.
Functions:
2008 Member of the Supervisory Board – Polkomtel S. A. Poland
2006 – present Member of the Supervisory Board - AB Maziekiu Nafta, Juodeikiai, Lithuania
2006 – present ORLEN Upstream Sp. z o.o., Warsaw, Poland
2003 – 2004 Member of the Supervisory Board - ORLEN Deutschland AG, Elmshorn, Germany
2003 – 2004 Member of the Supervisory Board - Rafineria Trzebinia S.A., Trzebinia, Poland
2003 – 2004 Member of the Supervisory Board - Inowrocławskie Kopalnie Soli Solino S.A., Inowrocław, Poland
Professional career of Mr. Iain Haggis (independent member):
Mr. Haggis didn't work or held any functions within the Unipetrol Group nor PKN Orlen Group and at the same time didn't act as their auditor. Apart from below outlined full-time positions, Mr. Haggis was on the Council (ruling body) of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) – member body of the International Federation of Accountants from 2001 till 2007 and served on various CIMA committees.
2009 – present Member of Supervisory Board, Meritum Bank, Gdańsk, Poland
2007 – present Chief Financial Officer responsible for producing of financial statements and annual audit, Innova Capital, Warsaw (a Central Europe's leading private equity firm)
2005 – 2007 Corporate Finance Officer in charge of accounting issues concerning the divestment of substantial assets and hedge accounting, TP Group, Warsaw (a leading telecoms group in Poland)
2002 – 2005 Chief Operating Officer responsible for producing of financial statements and conducting of the audit, Radio Plus Group, Warsaw (a network of commercial local radio stations in Poland)
1999 – 2002 Finance Director in charge of the production of financial statements, the conduct of the audit and the implementation of the new accounting system, De Lage Landen Leasing Polska, Warsaw (the leasing and vendor finance subsidiary of Rabobank, the AAA-rated Dutch bank)
1994 – 1999 Finance and Administration Director responsible for the audit process of the National Investment Fund and its shareholdings, Polskie Towarzystwo Prywatyzacyjne - Kleinwort Benson, Warsaw (a joint venture established for the managing one of the National Investment Funds in Poland during the privatisation)
1991 – 1994 Financial Director responsible for designing and implementing the accounting and reporting system, the annual audit and the relationship with auditors, GVG GmbH, Hanover, Germany (a catering, vending, security services, washroom and office workwear and office cleaning provider)
1989 – 1991 Regional Financial Controller in charge of designing and implementing the accounting and reporting system, the production of financial statements and the audit of the company, Halifax Property Services, Bracknell, UK (estate agency)
1984 – 1989 Management Accountant and Assistant Financial Manager responsible for reporting to management, Reuters Ltd, London / Vienna / Zurich (news agency)
In Prague, 10 December 2009
UNIPETROL, a.s.
Reg. Announc. No. 35/2009