New Strategy& partner in Poland.
A new partner, Michael Wodzicki, is joining the Strategy& team in Poland. He will support the development of services for financial institutions, including, among others, strategic and transformational consulting or value management as part of transaction processes. This is the next stage in the development of the strategic brand belonging to the PwC network. To date, Strategy& in Poland has been active in the Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Retail&Consumer and Life Sciences sectors.
Michael has over 25 years of experience working with banks and insurance companies as a vice president, manager and consultant in Poland, Central Europe, Southeast Asia and North America. He specialises in strategy development, organisational transformation, process efficiency improvement in retail banking and SMEs, insurance, bancassurance and leasing.
"The financial services sector in Poland and the CEE region is facing challenges such as increasing digitalisation, a challenging regulatory environment, macroeconomic, legal and political risks, as well as growing customer expectations for personalisation and wide availability of different types of services - not necessarily financial. Cyber security and new AI opportunities require increased investment in technology and the wise use of data. The solution to these challenges lies in strategic investments in human resources and skills, redefinition of internal and external collaboration, innovative products or IT services and infrastructure. Strategy& and the teams within PwC's wide network have a wealth of experience in all these areas, and the natural next step is to strengthen our offering to banks, insurers and financial service providers in the area of practical, strategic business consulting"
Strategy& is a global team of more than 3,000 experts whose core competence is combining visionary ideas with the practical dimension of supporting the growth of companies. Led by Krzysztof Badowski, the Strategy& Poland team has been operating since May 2022. On a daily basis, it helps clients support their business from strategy development to implementation, combining the vision of Strategy&'s competence centres with the broad capabilities of the PwC network. Over the next 12 months Strategy& in Poland will significantly increase the number of strategy consultants serving our financial sector clients in Poland, Central Europe, the DACH region and the Middle East.
"Our goal is to build a strong end-to-end offering for our clients in Poland and the CEE region. Reinforcing Strategy& with Michael's competencies will allow us to even more effectively implement complex and demanding projects in a new industry. This is another step in the development of Strategy& in our region and the implementation of our plan for the continuous expansion of our brand's strategic competencies. With Michael's appointment, we are expanding our competencies in the largest, among professional services firms in Central Europe, advisory services practice for financial institutions"
PwC's financial institution services practice in CEE numbers more than three and a half thousand experts and is the largest among professional services firms in our region. The knowledge and experience of such a broad group of financial sector experts, combined with Strategy&'s global network, is another step in the development of business in Poland and the Central and Eastern European region.
"PwC provides day-to-day services to financial institutions across a wide range of areas - audit, cyber security, finance, legal, tax, regulatory, technology, transactions, risk management. Michael's appointment is another step in the development of our advisory practice and an opportunity to offer even more comprehensive value to our clients. Michael's knowledge and experience, together with Strategy&'s team, will allow us to enrich our competencies of building value, competitiveness, and sustainability for financial institutions"
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