Business in Women’s Hands

Business in Women’s Hands

Katarzyna Mazur spoke with Joanna Erdman – CEO of the Fundacja Polska Bezgotówkowa, Aneta Podyma – CEO of Unum, Joanna Seklecka – CEO of eService, and Anna Włodarczyk-Moczkowska – CEO of Compensa. Chairman or Chairwoman? Aneta Podyma: I feel great being called “chairwoman” although I won’t mind at all if someone uses “chairman”J Joanna Seklecka:…

Antoni Patek
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Antoni Patek

Patek Philippe watches are synonymous with luxury and prestige, and the company he founded continues to uphold his legacy by blending tradition with modernity. Antoni Patek is not just the founder of one of the world’s most prestigious watchmaking brands, Patek Philippe, but a figure whose life story is a testament to resilience and success…

Doing What I Know Best

Doing What I Know Best

Józef Wojciechowski, the developer and founderof JW Construction—a company that has built over 40,000 apartments in Poland—discusses the biggest challenges facing the Polish development industry with editor Kazimierz Krupa. You’ve been building apartments and homes for over 30 years. How do you feel about the atmosphere surrounding you and your colleagues in the development industry?…

Xisha is a Belarusian artist and a political refugee living in Warsaw.

HOLD ON TO YOUR DEMOCRACY

Xisha is a Belarusian artist and a political refugee living in Warsaw. Graduated from The Belarusian Academy of Arts in Minsk in 1996, she’s been a soldier with the art as a weapon ever since. Named ‘an extremist’ and systematically repressed by the dictatorship, she was granted an asylum in Poland one year ago and…

Foreigner in Poland

MASOCHISTIC LOVE

Nataliia Druzhyna is a 25 year-old Ukrainian working as a project coordinator at the state-run Polish-Ukraine Centre Wolska, which was constituted right after Russia’s invasion on Ukraine in February. Nataliia herself came to Poland years before the war to study management and logistics in Warsaw. Why did you choose to study here? It may be…

Out of the box

Out of the box

Gator Segbefia is a Ghanaian student from Kiev, who came to Poland a few days after the Russian invasion on Ukraine. Like millions of people of Ukraine, he fled the war and found shelter and friendship in Poland. You found yourself in Poland quite unexpectedly… Yes. I was a student and working in Kiev. I…

Dunia Pacheco

Connect and dance your way to self-acceptance

Dunia Pacheco, an Angolan dancer and dance mentor, came to Poland as a teenager 24 years ago with her parents and siblings. 3 years later, following her intuition and proving an immense perseverance, she made a decision to stay despite her family leaving. She successfully graduated high school, went on to study international relations and…