Management

President of the Management Board

Mr. Zbigniew Stopa is a graduate of the Faculty of Mining at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, a recognized manager and an underground mining expert and specialist. In 1997 he completed postgraduate studies of occupational health and safety management at the Central Mining Institute in Katowice. He participated in many specialized trainings and courses (basic economics, human resources management, finance for managers) and completed a course for candidates for supervisory board members of State Treasury companies.

Almost the entire professional career of Mr. Zbigniew Stopa has been associated with the mining industry and Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A., where he worked at all levels of the company. From 1984 to 1985 he did an underground internship and between 1985 and 1987 he worked as an underground miner-supervisor. In February 1987 he took the position of underground shift foreman and, at the end of the same year, he became underground branch foreman. From 1991 to 2006, he served as an underground chief foreman. From May to December 2006 he was the Manager of the Mining Work Department at the Nadrybie Field. Mr. Zbigniew Stopa holds the following qualifications approved by the Mining Inspectorate: Mining Department Manager (1997), Senior Supervisor (1991). In 2007 he was appointed by the President of the State Mining Authority to the Mining Safety Commission at the State Mining Authority in Katowice.

From 2006 to 2012 he held the position of Vice-President - Production Director, and then from 2012 to 2016 he served as President of the Management Board of Lubelski Węgiel “BOGDANKA” S.A.

Vice-President of the Management Board for Development

He gained managerial experience in public companies, as well as managing foundations and projects. At the level of representation bodies, he was responsible for legal and organizational, communications and marketing, and development areas, among others. He has held directorships and management positions in public companies in the areas of communications, marketing and community relations. As part of his business activities, he has implemented consulting and training projects for local and international entities in the energy and raw materials industry.
He was responsible for the energy and climate program of the Warsaw Security Forum, coordinating high-level experts from Poland, the US, the EU and Ukraine. He has authored and co-authored reports and publications on the energy transition, and has participated in public industry debates. In the debates, he points in particular to the importance of aspects of industrial competitiveness and security of energy supply.
In 2015, he was a member of the project team responsible for the acquisition of a controlling stake in LW Bogdanka by Enea S.A. On the parent shareholder side, he was responsible for the processes of integrating the mining company into the energy and resources group. In 2019-2020, he served as Bogdanka's Management Board representative and as the company's public relations director.
He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Catholic University of Lublin, and completed postgraduate studies at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), the University of Commerce and Services (WSHIU)  in Poznań (Executive MBA) and the University of Social Sciences (SAN) in Łódź (doctoral seminar). He has experience as a university lecturer. He is preparing his doctoral thesis in the field of quality and management science.