Date of birth: 31 August 1966 Nationality: Polish/Australian
From October 2007, Stefan Orlowski is appointed Group Commerce Director based in the Netherlands.
Between 1998 and 2006, he was previously employed by Heineken in a variety of senior management roles in Central and Eastern Europe, most recently as Chief Operating Officer, Central and Eastern Europe.
Before his appointment as Group Commerce Director he was based in Australia and engaged by Harbin BV, a private international investment firm with a minority shareholding in Grupa Zywiec. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Grupa Zywiec.
From 2003 – 2006, Stefan Orlowski was Chief Operating Officer, first of Brau Union AG and subsequently, as of 2005, of Heineken Central & Eastern Europe (CE&E) with direct responsibility as Managing Director Central Europe for Heineken’s Central European markets and in addition, functional responsibility for marketing, sales and distribution in the greater CE&E region.
From 1998 – 2003, he was Sales, Marketing and Distribution Director for Zywiec SA, Heineken’s Polish operating business.
From 1992 to 1998, Stefan Orlowski spent six years in Poland within a private brewery investment group where he fulfilled a variety of management roles including: CEO of Warka Breweries Ltd and CEO of Elbrewery Company Ltd.
He is a qualified barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria (Australia) and began his career in the commercial law firm Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks in Melbourne.
Education
Bachelor of Law (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts degrees, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (1989)
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