18 maja 2021

Iwona Słomska strengthens the Management Board of Kredyt Inkaso SA

Iwona Słomska, a manager with extensive experience in the debt management industry, joins the Management Board of Kredyt Inkaso SA. She will support the company’s authorities in areas related to human resources management, corporate communication, compliance, project management or processes and change management.

On 17 May 2021, the Supervisory Board of Kredyt Inkaso decided to appoint Iwona Słomska to the company’s Management Board. In the rank of Vice-President of this body, she will be responsible for human resources management and shaping the organizational culture across the corporate group, as well as external and internal communication strategy, compliance or project, process and change management.

“I am glad that the experience I have gained over the years of working in the credit management will be used in a company with such a great potential. I decided to take this step because the management team I am joining is really harmonious and perfectly complementary. I believe that I will fit in well and together we will accelerate the development of the company. Both Kredyt Inkaso and the whole industry, after the recent years of turbulence, still have the best times ahead of them. I would like to participate in this challenge and maximize its effects. At the same time, I would like to co-create a company with a unique organizational culture – attractive for partners and employees who appreciate management through values, ethical business solutions, transparent communication, personal development and respect for our clients (debtors). I believe that such an approach to business always results in strengthening our market position and better than expected financial results,” said Iwona Słomska, Vice-President of Kredyt Inkaso SA

The support we receive with the appearance of Iwona Słomska on the board of Kredyt Inkaso will help us as a company to fully utilize the opportunities that the management industry is currently facing, both in Poland and on our foreign markets. A person with such an exceptional knowledge of the industry and such a broad experience in managing organizations with an international reach is a great addition to our team. With such a management team in place, we are gaining momentum and setting ambitious business goals. Especially since this mission also involves a group of talented and highly committed managers at all levels. I feel that with such a team, you can move mountains,” said Maciej Szymański, President of the Management Board of Kredyt Inkaso SA.

It is worth noting that with the appointment of Iwona Słomska to the  Kredyt Inkaso Management Board, full balance in the representation of women and men has been achieved in this body. Currently, this is the only entity from the debt management industry in Poland in which women occupy 50% of positions in company’s management boards. This situation is also unique among capital market companies.

Iwona Słomska is a manager with extensive knowledge of the credit management industry. She started her professional career as a radio journalist, then she managed public relations and marketing activities in banks (GBPZ, BWE) and loan institutions (SKK Kredyt). Between 2004 and 2020 she worked for the KRUK Group SA – the leader in the credit management industry in Central Europe. Initially as Director of the Marketing and PR Department, and since 2009 as Member of the Management Board responsible for human resources management, marketing, PR, legal services, compliance, personal data protection, operational risk management and security. She supervised the Polish market as well as six foreign markets where the KRUK Group operated. She also specialises in improving business processes, organisational culture management and personal development of employees and managers.

Iwona Słomska holds a Master’s degree from the Institute of Political Science of the University of Wrocław. She enriched her education at the Polish-American Study of Social Communication in Organization and Management (at Wrocław University of Technology). She received an MBA diploma from the WSB University and Franklin University (USA). She is fluent in English.

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About Kredyt Inkaso

Kredyt Inkaso was established in 2001 as the pioneer on the Polish market of debt management. Since that time it has been constantly assisting companies and individuals in the process of debt recovery, cooperating with banks and insurance companies. Kredyt Inkaso offers a wide range of services: from monitoring payments, through amicable collection, to court and enforcement processes.

Since 2007, Kredyt Inkaso has been present on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, and in 2018 it conducted the first public issue of bonds. In its activity, the company follows the principle that the process of debt recovery should be as easy and intelligent as possible, but first of all, it should be ethical – which is confirmed by Ethical Audit Certificates awarded annually by the Association of Financial Enterprises in Poland. The Company also pays attention to the issues related to corporate social responsibility and therefore is involved in educational or charity undertakings.

Apart from Poland, Kredyt Inkaso Group is present in four countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Russia and Croatia.