Piotr Kearney

Chairman of the Management Board, CEO @ ORLEN Upstream Polska | MBA

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

About

Highly experienced C-level executive with more than 31 years of leadership experience across the oil & gas, petrochemical, and chemical sectors within the ORLEN Group. Proven track record serving as CEO, CFO, Board Member, and Executive Director for Strategy and M&A, with extensive international experience spanning Poland, Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Canada, and USA.

Experience

  • Chairman of the Management Board, CEO at ORLEN Upstream Polska
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    From 09.2025 - ORLEN S.A. PGNiG Central Branch Warsaw; Deputy Director From 2017 - ORLEN Upstream Canada Ltd.; Board of Directors Member 06.2024 - 06.2025 - Association of Chemical Industry of the Czech Republic (SCHP ČR); vice-president 09.2024 - 09.2025 - Butadien Kralupy a.s.; Chairman of the Management Board 03.2021 - 09.2025 - Spolana s.r.o; Chairman of the Management Board, CEO 06.2021 - 09.2025 - HC Verva; Chairman of the Board of Directors

  • Chairman of the Managment Board, CEO at SPOLANA
    Mar 2021 - Sep 2025 · 4 yrs 7 mos

    From 06.2024 - Association of Chemical Industry of the Czech Republic (SCHP ČR); vice-president From 2024 - Butadien Kralupy a.s.; Chairman of the Management Board 2023 - 2024 - Butadien Kralupy a.s.; Board of Directors Member From 06.2021 - HC Verva; Chairman of the Board of Directors 2021 - 2024 - ORLEN UniCRE; Executive Board Advisor From 2017 - ORLEN Upstream Canada Ltd.; Board of Directors Member

  • Executive Board Member, Investments at SPOLANA
    2020 - 2021 · 1 yr

    ORLEN Unipetrol Executive Board Advisor

  • Investment Director, Head Of Investment Department at Unipetrol Group
    2018 - 2020 · 2 yrs

    From 2017 - ORLEN Upstream Canada Ltd.; Board of Directors Member 2015 - 2020 - FX Energy Inc.; Board of Directors Member

  • PKN ORLEN S.A. (18 yrs 1 mo)
    • Executive Director; Strategy, M&A and Project Management
      2017 - 2018 · 1 yr

      From 2017 - ORLEN Upstream Canada Ltd.; Board of Directors Member From 2015 - FX Energy Inc.; Board of Directors Member

    • Head, Mergers and Acquisitions
      2008 - 2017 · 9 yrs

      From 2017 - ORLEN Upstream Canada Ltd.; Board of Directors Member 2017 - ORLEN Upstream Ltd.; Vice President of the Management Board, CFO 2015 - 2017 - FX Energy Inc.; Board of Directors Member 2008 - 2010 and 2013 - 2017 - ORLEN Upstream Ltd.; Board of Directors Member 2008 - 2017- Unipetrol a.s.; Board of Directors Member 2008 - Polkomtel S.A.; Board of Directors Member

    • Executive Director, Strategy
      2003 - 2008 · 5 yrs

      2006 - 2008 - ORLEN Upstream Ltd.; Board of Directors Member 2004 - 2008 - Unipetrol a.s.; Board of Directors Member 2003 - 2004 - ORLEN Deutschland AG; Board of Directors Member 2003 - 2004 - Inowrocławskie Kopalni Soli Solino S.A.; Board of Directors Member 2003 - 2004 - Rafineria Trzebinia S.A.; Board of Directors Member