Rozalia Urbanek appointed president of the Management Board of PFR Ventures
As of 1 June 2026, Rozalia Urbanek has assumed the position of President of the Management Board of PFR Ventures. On 29 May 2026, the company’s Supervisory Board adopted a resolution appointing her to the role. Aleksander Mokrzycki will continue to serve on the Management Board as Vice-President.
Rozalia Urbanek joined the Management Board of PFR Ventures on 3 June 2025 as Board Member responsible for investments and was appointed Acting President of the Management Board on 27 March 2026. Prior to that, she served as Investment Director at PFR Ventures. She has been associated with the company since 2018. Before joining PFR Ventures, she worked at private equity fund PineBridge Investments and at Ernst & Young. She holds a Master’s degree in Finance from the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) and completed the CEMS Master’s in Management programme at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien).
Assuming the role of President of the Management Board of PFR Ventures is both a great honour and a significant responsibility. The Polish private equity and venture capital market is currently at a pivotal stage of development, and PFR Ventures’ role is to continue strengthening its potential. The Innovate Poland programme opens a new chapter for the market, and together with the PFR Ventures team, we intend to seize this opportunity to build a more mature and self-sustaining investment ecosystem, supported to a greater extent by institutional private capital. This ecosystem will finance the growth of Polish businesses at every stage – from innovative start-ups to mature companies with global ambitions
- said Rozalia Urbanek, President of the Management Board of PFR Ventures.
Rozalia combines more than 13 years of private equity experience with a unique understanding of the Polish investment ecosystem and the operating principles of a fund-of-funds structure. Most recently, she played a leading role in designing the groundbreaking Innovate Poland programme. We are delighted that she is taking on the position of President of PFR Ventures, as she guarantees the effective implementation of the new strategy of the Polish Development Fund and the continued stable development of the Polish private equity and venture capital market
– said Piotr Matczuk, President of the Management Board of the Polish Development Fund.
