The company from Płock announced the resignation of Przemysław Baszak in a stock exchange announcement on Tuesday. “Orlen informs that on May 26, 2026, Mr. Przemysław Baszak resigned from his position as a member of the company's supervisory board with the expiry of May 28, 2026.” – we read. The information did not indicate the reasons for the decision.
Baszak was appointed to the Supervisory Board of Orlen in autumn 2025 by the Extraordinary General Meeting of the company held in Płock. His candidacy was proposed by the State Treasury.
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Baszak's previous professional path was related to state services. In the years 1996-2014 he held managerial positions in the Police and the Internal Security Agency (ABW), working, among others, as an advisor to the head of the latter formation. Between 2006 and 2008, as deputy director of the department of security and public order at the Ministry of Interior and Administration (MSWiA), he was responsible for supervising the implementation of the law on the modernization of law enforcement services.
He was also the secretary of the inter-ministerial team dealing with terrorist threats. From 2012 to 2016, he headed the security and information protection department at Polska Spółka Gazownictwa, and at the same time he headed the security and security office at Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych. In 2016-2020, he was the president of the management board of TBU and a member of the management board of SOMNUS.
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Since 2018, Baszak has been running his own consulting business related to business security. He also sits on the supervisory boards of two State Treasury companies – Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa and Centrozłom Wrocław, part of the KGHM Metraco group.
Changes in the supervisory board
Currently, the Orlen supervisory board consists of nine people, including Przemysław Baszak, who resigned on May 28 this year.
The statute provides that the council may consist of 6 to 15 members, including the chairman. They are appointed and dismissed by the General Meeting, except for one, who is appointed and dismissed directly by the entity authorized to exercise rights attached to shares owned by the State Treasury – currently the Minister of State Assets; in this case, the consent of the other shareholders is not required.
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Changes in the supervisory board will be discussed at the Ordinary General Meeting (AGM) on June 9 in Płock. The State Treasury, as a shareholder, requested to extend the agenda to include this item. The item – regarding a change in the composition of the supervisory board – will be considered, in accordance with the regulations of the General Meeting, after determining how many members the board is to have.
June Orlen AGM in Płock
Data published by Orlen shows that the State Treasury holds 49.9 percent. Orlen Nationale-Nederlanden OFE shares own 5.17%, and other shareholders, both institutional and individual, own 44.93%. shares.
In a separate block of the agenda, shareholders will consider resolutions regarding the company's finances. One of the projects assumes covering the net loss for the financial year 2025 in an amount exceeding PLN 7.9 billion – entirely from supplementary capital. The second one envisages the allocation of nearly PLN 9.3 billion for the payment of a dividend of PLN 8 per share.
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The result of voting on the resolutions will depend mainly on the State Treasury, which remains Orlen's largest shareholder. Its votes usually decide on the adoption of key documents. The supervisory board, whose composition will be completed at the June AGM, supervises the multi-energy company operating refineries and gas station networks in several European countries, as well as the mining, petrochemical and energy segments, including plans to develop small SMR nuclear reactors.
