Marek Belka

Marek Belka, a former prime minister of Poland and a governor of the country’s central bank National Bank of Poland has joined the board of directors at Echo Polska Properties (EPP), which lists on the JSE in September following a listing on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) in August. He will start his duties as an independent non-executive director in August 2016.

Marek Belksa is a professor of economics, a former prime minister and finance minister of Poland, former director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) European Department and the governor of the National Bank of Poland. He graduated from the socio-economic department of the University of Łódź in 1972 and later studied on scholarships at Columbia University, University of Chicago and London School of Economics. He holds an M.A. in economics of foreign trade and a PhD in economics from the University of Łódź.He became a professor in 1994. He was a member of the board of directors of two Polish commercial banks in Poland and served as chairman of LOT Polish Airlines.