ABOUT

Tom Ruhan
Management Board Member, NETIA SA

Tom Ruhan, 47, was appointed member of the management board of Netia SA effective April 5, 2006. He has been the Chief Legal Officer of Netia since March 2003. Until his appointment to the management board, Mr Ruhan was also Netia’s commercial proxy. He has supervised the completion of the financial restructuring of Netia, the merger of 19 operating companies of the Netia Group, the conversion of Netia’s license fees obligations and nearly 40 acquisitions (including RST El_Net SA, ProFuturo SA, Tele2 Polska Sp. z o.o. and over 30 ISPs) followed by their merger in the Netia Group.

Prior to his employment with Netia, Mr Ruhan, worked at Wardyński & Partners for 12 years in various positions, being Of Counsel before moving to Netia. During his 12 years there Mr Ruhan advised on a number of privatistations including, amongst others, Telekomunikacja Polska SA and also worked on the financial restructuring of Netia.

Mr Ruhan graduated in law from the University of Warwick, UK.

Mr Ruhan is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA).

He is also a Deputy Chairman of SOT KIGEiT (Telecommunications Operators Section of the Polish Chamber of Commerce for Electronics and Telecommunications) for a second term of office and is a member of the Arbitration Committee (Komisja Rozjemcza) of KIGEiT. In addition, Mr Ruhan serves on the Board of Trustees of the Foundation 10th April (Fundacja 10 Kwietnia), associating companies from various business sectors, aimed at granting financial help to children of the victims of the plane crash in Smolensk and children of policemen and soldiers who have died on duty.