Changes in the Management of Polish High-Speed Rail Company CPK: New Leader Takes On Key Role

Poland's state-owned joint-stock company, responsible for high-speed rail and infrastructure projects, has new faces in its management. Their arrival marks the next step in the development of the country's strategic transport initiatives.

The state-owned joint-stock company responsible for the preparation and construction of Poland's high-speed railways, the new Solidarity airport, and accompanying transport investments, has a new director.

So far, the Donald Tusk government has not made any changes to the management structure of the high-speed rail preparations. However, as in other parts of PKP, there has been a change in personnel. At the end of January, the government-appointed CPK Commissioner, Maciej Lasek, who is also Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Funds, and CPK's Supervisory Board held a selection procedure for CPK's Executive Director and a member of the Board of Directors. Filip Czernicki, who has devoted his professional career to aviation and academia, became the Executive Director. He graduated in law and supervised strategic development projects of the existing Warsaw Chopin Airport, the follow-up Airport City project, and the construction of a new motorway interchange at the airport.

The new member of the board of directors is Marcin Michalski, who has been the executive director of the state-owned Environmental Bank for the last three years and before that worked for 20 years at the state-owned development bank BGK (Bank Gospodarki Krajowej).