Tomasz Waligórski appointed as General Director of Carrefour Polska

Tomasz Waligórski appointed as General Director of Carrefour Polska

  • 24.10.2024
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Tomasz Waligórski, current Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Carrefour Polska, has been appointed to the position of the company's General Director from November 1, 2024. He replaces Tarck Ouaibi in this position. Tomasz Waligórski is the first Pole in this position in the country. Carrefour has also announced changes in its Executive Committee in Poland. As of November 1, Agata Wójcik-Ryszawa will hold the position of Human Resources Director, replacing Justyna Orzeł.  

Tomasz Waligórski has been appointed General Director of Carrefour in Poland. He take over his new position on 1 November 2024, replacing Tarck Ouaibi, who is ending his many years of work in Polish Carrefour.

Tomasz Waligórski has extensive experience in retail and wholesale, which he gained on both the Polish and international markets. He began his career in 1995 as a buyer in the Eurocash wholesale chain, and later in the Biedronka chain of stores, where he worked as a regional operations director, and then as a sales director and member of the management board. He spent over 7 years on a contract in Portugal, where he worked as a director of private labels for the Jeronimo Martins Group, and before that as a senior buyer in the Pingo Doce supermarket chain. Then, after returning to Poland, he held the position of President of the Management Board in the Polomarket supermarket chain and again in Eurocash, where he worked as the General Director of Retail. Tomasz Waligórski also spent almost 2 years in Africa as COO in a hypermarket chain in Angola and 3 years as General Director of the Intermarche chain. For the last 4 months, he held the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Carrefour in Poland.

The company has also announced that as of November 1, 2024, Agata Wójcik-Ryszawa will be appointed a member of the Executive Committee of Carrefour Polska as the Human Resources Director. She will replace Justyna Orzeł, who is leaving Carrefour after 26 years to give her career a new direction.

Agata Wójcik - Ryszawa is a lawyer. She started her career in 2000 at Jeronimo Martins Dystrybucja S.A. as HR Manager. In 2014, she was appointed HR Director at Hebe, the specialist health and beauty stores of Jeronimo Martins Drogerie i Farmacja. In 2017, she moved to Sephora as HR Director for Poland and the Czech Republic, and then in 2021 joined RTV Euro AGD, specialising in consumer electronics and household appliances. Since January 2024, she has been HR Director at Inpost SA.