Przemek Kotecki

Transformation I PMO I Advisor I Speaker I Strategy

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Senior executive leader & advisor with experience in business and digital transformations, change management and innovations implementations, portfolio management, M&A, product and software development. Sectors: e-commerce, financial, software, information & energy. πŸ€– Driven group transformation office [6.5B$ company, IMO/PMI 1B$ acquisition, internal NPS 87] πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Run client-facing software development portfolio [150+ active projects, NPS 60+, 50M$ ARR]; 🌏 Built and grew digital, data driven products for global markets [0->5k, max. 18M users]; πŸ’ͺ Developed international teams [70 direct, 1500 matrix, 6 continents, 4.8/5 leadership feedback] πŸš€ Scaled up digital acceleration start-up [100% hc growth, internal NPS turnaround -33->60]; πŸ’° Grew business and sales [300% financial growth]; 🀝 Set up relations and new accounts [100% partnership growth]; πŸ“Š Introduced governance frameworks [agile, OKR, project portfolio, TOM]; 😎 Had fun while doing so [eNPS 87%, culture transformation program]. Former board member of PMI in Poland & Alumni Association of Gdansk University of Technology. University lecturer. Volunteer and community activist. Mentor and coach for European & MENA startups.

Experience

  • Director Transformation Office at Brenntag
    Mar 2024 - Present Β· 2 yrs 5 mos

    Brenntag is a global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution (12.5B$). Responsible for Brenntag's DiDEx (Digital.Data.Excellence) Transformation Office. DiDEx aims to modernise our digital business architecture, data and process landscape; in order to; become the easiest to do business with for our customers & supply partners, unlock the value from our data, build needed digital capabilities, drive value delivery and embed change - end to end - in our organisation.

  • Guest Lecturer - Transition Management Academy - Kozminski Executive Business School at Kozminski University
    Sep 2017 - Jun 2026 Β· 8 yrs 10 mos

    Delivering trainings at post-masters studies - Transition Management Academy. Topics cover: πŸ‘‰ Portfolio, Program and Project Management πŸ‘‰ Negotiations πŸ‘‰ Transition Management https://www.kozminski.edu.pl/en/programs/postgraduate-programs/transition-manager-academy

  • Allegro (2 yrs 6 mos)
    • Head of Group Transformation Office
      Jul 2022 - Sep 2023 Β· 1 yr 3 mos

      Allegro is the largest ecommerce marketplace of European origin (6.5B$). πŸ‘‰ Leading Allegro’s global transformation efforts. πŸ‘‰ Strategy execution (1,3,5 years; transformation management team, internal NPS 87). πŸ‘‰ Efficient organizational governance (priorities, TOM implementation (target operating model), WoW (way of working) ownership). πŸ‘‰ Portfolio Management PMO (technology + business investments, Capex/Opex). πŸ‘‰ Agile Center of Excellence (2 large scale agile transformations). πŸ‘‰ Integration Management Office (IMO/PMI; 1B$ M&A e2e integration project).

    • Head Of Portfolio Management
      Apr 2021 - Jul 2022 Β· 1 yr 4 mos

      Responsible for global value management, group portfolio management (technology + business, priorities 250->20 top projects) & governance (including WoW, reporting, performance, financial, processes).

  • Netguru (2 yrs 8 mos)
    • Head Of Operations
      Apr 2020 - May 2021 Β· 1 yr 2 mos

      Netguru is a digital acceleration consultancy. Scaling and adapting the company (to adapt to 100% hc growth 300+->600+). Leading teams responsible for operations, IT support, security, legal, recruitment, data and information (internal NPS turnaround -33->60). Management of the Netguru Marketplace, a platform for IT freelancers. Covid Task Force lead (24h offices closure, processes reorganization, 100% remote work implementation).

    • Head Of Project Management
      Oct 2018 - Apr 2020 Β· 1 yr 7 mos

      Successful delivery of business value in all client-facing projects in the company (client NPS 60+). Direct team of 50+ agile PMs working on 150+ active projects (with 450+ engineers in matrix setup). Business enabling PMO (talent allocation, agile practice area, internal SalesForce product development). AI predictive business value growth.

  • Program Manager at Thomson Reuters MENA
    Feb 2016 - Oct 2018 Β· 2 yrs 9 mos

    Directed the Accelerate SME Program - contribution platform with services marketplace for the MENA’s SMEs ecosystem. 4 standalone software products. 5k users in 1st year, presence in 3 countries (+5 planned).