Monika Nachyła (born 1968), non-executive director with many years of international, C-suite experience in the areas of private equity, investor relations, ESG and sustainability, operational financial management and strategy development. Monika Nachyła is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics. She holds also post-graduate diplomas in social psychology and agriculture.
She began her professional career as an auditor at Arthur Andersen in Warsaw and Salustro Reydel in Paris. Between 1995 and 2000, she held the position of CFO at Sanofi-Synthélabo, greatly contributing to its success as one of the major players in the pharmaceutical market in Poland. From 2000 to 2011, she has been active in the private equity sector. As the Vice President for Portfolio & Fund Operations of Innova Capital she supervised its portfolio companies. Subsequently, as the Partner in charge of Investor Relations at Enterprise Investors, she was responsible for fundraising and investor relations.
In 2011, she joined the Supervisory Board of one of the leading Polish banks BGŻ (controlled by Rabobank; currently BNP Paribas) as a non-executive director of the Supervisory Board and an Audit Committee. From 2013 to 2015, she served as the Vice President of BGŻ Management Board responsible for the strategy and development as well the bank’s strategic agribusiness division.
Since May 2017, she is a Partner at Abris Capital Partners, private equity fund manager investing in Central Europe, where she has been responsible for investor relations, public relations, ESG (responsible investing standards) and supervision of selected portfolio companies. She is also a member of the Abris Management Committee.
She acted as a non-executive director of multiple supervisory boards (BGŻ BNP Paribas, Allianz Polska, Euler Hermes Polska, Mykogen), focusing on monitoring of the key performance indicators (KPI), shareholders value creation and senior management coaching. At the Polish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, she chaired the Corporate Governance Committee and was a member of the Investor Relations Taskforce.
At present, she serves as a member of the Supervisory Board of Graal and the Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Velvet Care. In addition, she is a member of the ESG Committee at the Polish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and a Board Member of UN Global Compact.
Member of the Orange Polska Supervisory Board since 24 April 2019.