{"id":3621,"date":"2016-04-06T20:12:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T18:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whystory.pl\/en\/the-art-of-life-andrzej-konieczny-chairman-of-the-upper-silesian-fund-nominated-for-the-award-leader-by-vocation\/"},"modified":"2018-02-15T11:08:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T10:08:59","slug":"the-art-of-life-andrzej-konieczny-chairman-of-the-upper-silesian-fund-nominated-for-the-award-leader-by-vocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whystory.pl\/en\/the-art-of-life-andrzej-konieczny-chairman-of-the-upper-silesian-fund-nominated-for-the-award-leader-by-vocation\/","title":{"rendered":"The art of life \u2013 Andrzej Konieczny, Chairman of the Upper-Silesian Fund, nominated for the award:  Leader by vocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">Dreams come true<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"\/images\/FunAKonieczny2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Andrzej Konieczny has been the member of the Voivodship Management for the Environment and Water Balance Protection Fund in Katowice, and he has been the Chairman of the Upper-Silesian Fund for five years. When he was young, he wanted to manage people, therefore he got solid education in law and economics, and he went through all career levels in banking, starting with an inspector position. In private life, he is a husband and a father, and continues to develop his passions, although it is not easy with so many professional duties.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The Chairman Andrzej Konieczny while giving a speech at the 20<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">th<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> anniversary celebration of the Upper-Silesian Fund activity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>Youthful plans and dreams<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">I am emotionally attached to Gliwice, although I wasn\u2019t born here, but I finished a primary school and a high school here<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> \u2013 Andrzej Konieczny says. \u2013 <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">My mother lives in Gliwice, and I have lots of friends there who are fans of the Piast football club.<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> In his youth he also played football, and went running. He had very good results, he entered the extramural competitions. The fighting spirit was to useful in the future \u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">He never had problems with learning. Initially, he dreamed about the Polish philology and wanted to write plays. When he was a teenager, he read all dramas that were available at that time, he was particularly fascinated with the Shakespeare\u2019s works. In the last grade of high school he decided to study law, so he graduated from the University of Silesia with a specialization in the civil law. When learning by heart many acts of law, he trained his memory so that now he rarely needs to use notes while speaking in public. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Later he studied accounting at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), which turned out to be really useful for the job position of the financial executive in banking or in supervisory boards. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">Getting experience and achieving professional successes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Andrzej Konieczny has gained experience in finance management by working for different banks for many years \u2013 he worked the longest for Pekao SA at the executive position at the branch in Katowice, but also among others for Bank Pocztowy or Bank Przemys\u0142owo-Handlowy. This way he has gained broad knowledge about financial tools management. \u2013 <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">I have had different job positions, I have climbed all the career levels in banking starting with an inspector post<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> \u2013 he recalls. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">In 2006-2011 he was the Financial Executive, and then the First Deputy to the Chairman of the Voivodship Management for Environmental and Water Balance Protection Fund in Katowice, and in 2011 he became the Chairman of the Upper-Silesian Fund SA. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">Currently, the Fund employs 110 people, but I had to start my work from restructuring. I got familiarized with the company documentation and I introduced savings, which gave us positive changes<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. \u2013 the chairman informs. \u2013 <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">We also took over the Upper-Silesian Agency for Regional Development. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">In the recent years of his activity he has improved a lot the Fund\u2019s image, as being friendlier to the entrepreneurs and being managed efficiently. He gives financial support to small and medium companies, less often to bigger companies. Using the EU funds he gives low-interest loans \u2013 to people starting their own business activity \u2013 below half per cent (0,25%), and loans for investments with 1 per cent interest rate to bigger companies which have been active at least for a year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">My wife jokes that I am a workaholic<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">However, I think that keeping balance in life is really important and a family can\u2019t be less important than work, therefore I like spending free time with my wife and daughter. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">http:\/\/www.whystory.pl\/pl\/finanse-i-prawo\/why-story-tv-finanse-i-prawo\/obchody-dwudziestolecia-funduszu-gornoslaskiego.html<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>After hours<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">At the weekends Andrzej cooks for his family and friends, especially Italian dishes, which he got to like during his frequent trips with the family to sunny Italy. He also studied the language of that country. When he has time, he does winter sports such as skiing or skating. Sometimes he goes roller-skating as well. It is really relaxing and gives energy. He supports Real Madrid.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">My sixteen-year-old daughter went to Spain recently on a school exchange trip, and then her friend from Barcelona revisited us and she brought for me as a gift a T-shirt of the well-known club<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> \u2013 he laughs. \u2013 <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">The daughter asked me not to<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">admit which<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">was my favorite team and so I even put it on to please the girls. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The Chairman Konieczny has remained faithful to his reading passion. In free time he reads contemporary literature and books on history and economics. The daughter is also into reading. She is about to finish a middle school and start a high school in Katowice, maybe just like her father, she will also study law. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">I don\u2019t know the best recipe on how to be the leader, but I think that you should be creative for sure, have an idea about you and face challenges.<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> \u2013 he sums up. &#8211; <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">A bit of good luck is also useful. After years of experience I can say that dreams come true. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Beata Seku\u0142a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dreams come true Andrzej Konieczny has been the member of the Voivodship Management for the Environment and Water Balance Protection Fund in Katowice, and he has been the Chairman of the Upper-Silesian Fund for five years. 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