Agnieszka Kulikowska

Our team and I lead retained executive search projects, succession and talent mappings across various sectors and functions in Poland and the Baltics. During international searches, we deep dive into talent in other markets including CEE, Western Europe, UK and beyond - locating the best people who can hold remote roles with regional or global scope.

We concentrate on the following Practices:

• Financial Services
• Professional Services
• GBS / SSC / CoE / BPO
• Healthcare & Life Sciences
• Consumer Goods
• Industrial
• General Management
• Finance
• Human Resources
• Technology

I head the following practices in Poland:

- Financial Services
- Finance
- Professional Services
- Human Resources

Executive Search - specializing in Financial Services.

Page Executive is the direct search business of PageGroup, with an established global presence and offices in most key business centres worldwide. Our consultants are regional specialists: they know your local market inside out. Combine this with the infrastructure and integrated international network of PageGroup and we have the capability to handle any search mandate.

PageGroup is listed on the London Stock Exchange and operates through 3 key brands with more than 5000 consultants worldwide:

Page Executive – Board and C-level executive search
Michael Page – recruitment of mid to senior management
Page Personnel – recruitment of specialists and experts

Executive Search

Top and middle management including Board and Board-1 positions in finance, sales, sales support, operations, product development, project & process management

Selected completed projects 2010 - 2012:

● Head of Finance (leading corporate bank)
● Chief Operations Officer (retail bank)
● Head of Operations (life insurance)
● Head of Risk Management (leading consumer finance provider)
● Head of Transactional Banking Sales (leading international bank)
● Head of Treasury & Capital Markets (corporate banking)
● Head of Product Development (life insurance)
● Deputy Country Director (consumer finance)
● Head of Legal (insurance)
● Head of Finance (insurance)
● Head of Accounting (insurance)
● Head of Cash Management Sales (mid-sized universal bank)
● Head of Product Development (retail bank)
● Tax Director (retail bank)
● Electronic Banking Director (retail bank)
● Transaction Banking Sales Director (mid-sized universal bank)
● Head of Project Management (insurance company)
● Head of Trade Finance Sales (corporate bank)
● Process Management Director (retail bank)
● Financial Services Consulting Director (top consulting company)
● Banking Senior Manager (top consulting company)

- responsible for completion of Risk Re-Assessment and New Client Take On projects of ABN AMRO’s N.V. wholesale, global clients – among these especially clients based in Central and South America; gathering and monitoring client documentation to ensure compliance with both international and internal KYC due diligence and Anti-Money Laundering standards, as laid out by US and EU financial regulators; tasks carried out from Poland using on-line sources and on-site; coordination of various task groups worldwide; contacting clients and client-facing staff; close cooperation with various bank departments; general banking knowledge and thorough knowledge of areas related to Compliance; knowledge of investment banking products; specialist on software related to due diligence and KYC; coordination of process improvement; currently working on UK clients and monitoring transactions settling in London

Project Manager of Country Completion Team in Bogota, Colombia (5 months)
- coordinating RRA KYC/AML due diligence activities for all clients of the Bank domiciled in Colombia (Increased Risk jurisdiction) under tight deadlines
- training local team up to Due Diligence Analyst standards
- RRA of banks (including Wolfsberg questioners)
- coordinating RRA aftercare (client closure) for all Latin American jurisdictions

Member of Country Completion Team in Santiago, Chile (1 month)
- finalizing client reviews by gathering client-sourced documentation obtainable on-the-spot from Credit and client-facing departments