Ewa Szmidt

CEO of Empik Group since 2015. In 2022 she successfully executed a management buyout, acquiring 51% stake in Empik Group from Penta Investments. In recent years, she has played a pivotal role in the dynamic growth and transformation of Empik into an omnichannel ecosystem, integrating leading e-commerce platform with over 350 traditional stores, as well as content production and digital services. A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, the London School of Economics, and INSEAD MBA. She started her career at the Euro RSCG advertising agency and continued it in international corporations such as L'Oreal, Schwarzkopf & Henkel and Cadbury. She became the first female global Partner at McKinsey & Company in the CEE region.