Tomasz Czechowicz

BIO

Tomasz Czechowicz is the Founder, Managing Partner, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer at MCI Management SA since 1999. MCI Management is one of the most dynamic private equity groups of multistage character in the Central and Eastern Europe. MCI currently uses 6 PE/VC funds and is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.Tomasz commenced his professional career by establishing in 1990 a company named JTT-Computer S.A., of which he was the President of the Management Board from 1994 to 1998. From May 1998 to 17 March 2014 Tomasz was the President of the Management Board and since 18 March 2014 he has been the Vice President of the Management Board of MCI Management S.A., while being the managing partner of the MCI Management S.A. group, one of the largest private equity groups in Poland. In 2006, Tomasz was also a Member of the Supervisory Board of One-2-One S.A. until May 2010, from 2006 to 2010 at Alternative Investment Partners sp. z o.o. and for several months in 2006 at Easycall.pl sp. z o.o. From 2007 to 2013 Tomasz also performed such function in MCI.Bioventures sp. z o.o. In 2007, he was appointed to the Supervisory Board of ABC Data S.A., where he was elected a Member of the Supervisory Board for consecutive terms and currently performs this function. From 2007, Tomasz assumed a position at MCI Capital Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. as a Member of the Management Board and at MCI Fund Management sp. z o.o. as the President of the Management Board and currently holds such positions. Since 2008 Tomasz has been and he currently is a Member of the Supervisory Boards of two Czech companies, Geewa a.s. and Invia.cz.a.s. Between July 2009 and January 2010 Tomasz was a Member of the Management Board of Śpiący Rycerz sp. z o.o., and in 2010 he was elected the President of the Management Board of Alternative Investment Partners sp. z o.o., and he currently continues to hold such position. From 2010 to 2013, Tomasz was a Member of the Supervisory Board of Fin Ventures Management sp. z o.o., and from 2011 to 2012 at Immopartners sp. z o.o. Since 2012 he has been and he currently is a Member of the Supervisory Board of Frisco.pl sp. z o.o. and Morele.NET sp. z o.o., whereas in MCI Venture Projects sp. z o.o. he is the President of the Management Board and in ABCD Management sp. z o.o. the Vice President of the Management Board. In 2012, Tomasz also assumed and currently continues to hold the position of a member of the advisory council at the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, where he opines on long-term programmes intended to stimulate innovation in EU countries, and he was also appointed an observer in a Russian company, KupiVIP Holding, where he monitors the key strategic aspects of that company on the e-commerce market. One year later Tomasz was appointed the President of the Management Board of MCI Asset Management sp. z o.o., Fin Ventures Management sp. z o.o., Immopartners sp. z o.o. and DI Roberto sp. z o.o.; currently he continues to hold such positions. Since 2013, Tomasz has been a Member of the Board of Directors of the German company Windeln.de and the Turkish company Indeks Bilgisayar Sistemleri Mühendislik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. In 2014, Tomasz assumed the position of a Member of the Strategy Committee at the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Tomasz, a graduate of Wroclaw University of Technology, Warsaw School of Economics and Executive MBA at the University of Minnesota.