President of the Management Board since 19 August 2008. He graduated from University of Warmia and Mazury (Agricultural - Technical Academy in Olsztyn before), specialisation in Agricultural Economics and Organisation. He completed post-graduate MBA studies at the Warsaw Management School (Warszawska Szkoła Administracji i Zarządzania). He holds the first degree of specialisation in engineering in the domain concerning all fields of technology with the major in Organisation and Management obtained from the Polish Federation of Engineering Associations in Warsaw. He completed a third-degree course in organisation and management in the Faculty of Management at the University of Gdansk (Branch in Słupsk). Furthermore, he completed several dozen training courses on the subjects associated with the industry, organised by Norsk Hydro and Yara International in Oslo and Brussels and internships in the plants of Norsk Hydro (USA and Canada). He has held a position of the Strategy and Development Director of Yara Continental Europe in Yara International ASA. In 1991 - 2007, he was the President and Vice-President of the Management Board and Sales Director of Hydro Poland Sp. z o.o. (after the change of the company's name into Yara Poland). In 1975 - 1991, he was the Chief Specialist, Deputy Director of Production, Plant Manager in an Agricultural and Industrial Enterprise in Człuchów.
Ryszard Kunicki working for Yara International ASA (before the change of the company's name from Norsk Hydro) gained enormous professional experience.Yara International ASA is one of the world's largest consolidated chemical concerns. It is an unquestionable leader in the global production of mineral fertilizers; it is also among the top manufacturers of other chemical products. It widely operates in other industry areas as well i.e. explosives, petroleum withdrawal systems, chemistry for industry.
Many times Ryszard Kunicki was appointed to task forces of the concern in Oslo, Brussels, and Dulmen. In 2004 - 2007, he participated in the initiatives of the strategy and development team in the member states of the European Union.
Ryszard Kunicki is not engaged in any competitive activity against Ciech SA. He is not any shareholder of a competitive (civil law) partnership, is not a member of a body of a capital company of any other legal person competitive against the Company. His name is not in the Register of Insolvent Debtors, which is kept according to the Act on the National Court Register.