President, Polish National Bank Slawomir Skrzypek of Poland

Slawomir Skrzypek was appointed by the Sejm to serve as the governor of the National Bank of Poland (NBP.

Since the end of September 2006, Mr Skrzypek has been the acting president of the management board of the largest Polish bank, PKO BP.

Nominated last week by president Kaczynski for a six-year term, Skrzypek is little known in financial circles.

Skrzypek is also qualified as a financial adviser.

Critics have said that Skrzypek is largely untested in the sector and far too close to Kaczynski, who was elected president at the end of 2005.

Skrzypek was deputy to Kaczynski when he was chief of the Polish audit court from 1993 to 1997, and again at Warsaw city hall from 2002 until 2005, when Kaczynski was mayor.

Although once responsible for the capital's finances, Skrzypek has little major banking experience.

Skrzypek has spent the past four months as acting chief executive of the state-owned PKO Bank Polski, the biggest Polish bank, after incumbent Andrzej Podsiadlo stepped down in September.

Skrzypek was sidelined when conservative ex-prime minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz was nominated in December to take over as chief executive of PKO BP.

After finding himself in the spotlight in recent days, Skrzypek has made a string of embarrassing slip-ups.

It will be something around 5 percent," Skrzypek said in Basel, Switzerland.

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president of the bank Slawomir Skrzypek said on Monday.

var RTR_ArticleBlurb = " WARSAW, June 18 (Reuters) - Poland's central bank chief Slawomir Skrzypek has recommended putting on hold government plans to merge the banking watchdog KNB into the new broader finance industry regulator KNF, newspaper Parkiet said on Monday.

WARSAW, June 18 (Reuters) - Poland's central bank chief Slawomir Skrzypek has recommended putting on hold government plans to merge the banking watchdog KNB into the new broader finance industry regulator KNF, newspaper Parkiet said on Monday.

Skrzypek said last month that more in-depth studies were needed to decide what was the best euro strategy.

Warsaw - The Polish National Bank has prepared a package of trust to preserve the stability of Poland's banking system, president of the bank Slawomir Skrzypek said on Monday.

Skrzypek said more details will be given during a meeting with banks on Tuesday.

WARSAW, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Poland's economic growth in the fourth quarter may stand slightly above 3 percent, central bank governor Slawomir Skrzypek said on Wednesday.

Skrzypek is 42 years old and hehas an MBA from the University of Wisconsin and also a degree from the Warsaw School of Economics.

Skrzypek said it was important to maintain “even, slow, but stable” growth after the economy expanded at a rate of 6.

WARSAW - Poland may be ready to adopt the euro in 2012-2013 at the earliest if it seen benefiting the economy, central bank chief Slawomir Skrzypek said on Monday.

WARSAW, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Poland's national bank chief Slawomir Skrzypek said on Friday that the country would not join the euro zone before 2012.

Skrzypek said Poland is only expected to meet fiscal deficit levels required in the Masstricht Treaty in 2009, and will then enter the Exchange Rate Mechanism II (ERM II) which was designed to ensure that would-be euro zone members can orient their currency policies toward stability, and lasts two years.

At a seminar held earlier in the day to discuss the euro's influence on Poland's future, Skrzypek said the government had assigned a group of experts to study issues related to the euro zone entry.

Poland's rapidly strengthening zloty is beginning to pose a threat to exports, Central Bank President Slawomir Skrzypek said Friday.

In a rare comment on the exchange rate, Skrzypek said central bank surveys show that 30% of Polish exporters are having problems due to the zloty's more than 10% appreciation against the euro since late last year.

In the longer term, Skrzypek said he was more concerned by the possibility that the government main not be able to fulfill its pledge to tighten fiscal discipline.

Poland has entered a stage of relaxing its monetary policy, central bank NBP governor Slawomir Skrzypek said on Thursday.

The lowering of interest rates by 25 base points is actually a signal that a series of rises has ended and we are beginning to relax the monetary policy," Skrzypek said in an interview for TVN CNBC TV station.

Skrzypek said inflation remained the key concern for the central bank despite a slowing global economy.

Global financial market instability remains an obstacle in Poland's drive to adopt the euro, Polish Central Bank President Slawomir Skrzypek said late Friday.

Speaking to journalists at central bank seminar, Skrzypek said he was encouraged by the European Commission's decision Wednesday to give Slovakia the green light to enter the euro zone.

WARSAW, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Poland's central bank governor Slawomir Skrzypek said on Wednesday there may be a need for currency market interventions because of the zloty's sharp depreciation.

5 pct within the next two years and the incoming data should show there is no need to raise interest rates further, the central bank chief Slawomir Skrzypek was quoted as saying today.

President of the National Bank of Poland(NBP) Slawomir Skrzypek said on Wednesday that Poland would join the euro zone if the move proves profitable.

Skrzypek said that Poland was going through "a period of zloty (the Polish currency) stability.

The pace of the zlotys appreciation is very high, the head of Polands central bank Slawomir Skrzypek said Tuesday.

Skrzypek is likely to win confirmation because the governing coalition probably will have enough support to win a parliamentary vote.

If Parliament agrees to make me head of the central bank, I will protect the zloty value and economic growth as long as it doesn't threaten inflation," Skrzypek said in a statement.

NICE, France, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The Polish government's plan to adopt the euro in 2011 is 'very ambitious', the central bank's head Slawomir Skrzypek said on Friday.

Skrzypek is seen as close to the previous conservative, eurosceptic administration of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, ousted by Donald Tusk's centre-right Civic Platform in 2007 elections.

Poland's economic fundamentals are stable and positively viewed by investors, Polish central bank ( NBP) head Slawomir Skrzypek said in a statement on Friday.

Additionally, the current account deficit remains at safe levels, Skrzypek was quoted by Polish PAP news agency.