Katia Ciesielska
- Head of Legal and Compliace (part-time)
- DWS Group
- Head of Legal and Compliace (part-time)
- DWS Group
Biography
- Born in 20/05/1982 in Lodz (Pologne)
- Nationality Luxemburgish
Spoken Languages
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)·
Italian (Limited work proficiency)·
French (Native or bilingual proficiency)·
German (Native or bilingual proficiency)·
Luxembourgish (Professional working proficiency)·
Polish (Native or bilingual proficiency)·
Hobbies
Golf ·
fitness ·
travelling ·
reading ·
Quote
Challenging the status quo respectfully is how progress begins.
Career
Professionnal Experience
DWS Group SA
- Head of Legal and Compliace (part-time)
LCPIHV SA SICAV RAIF
- Independent Director
Deutsche Bank Group
- Independent Director
- 2022 until today
Origo Consulting
- Associate Partner
- February 2023 until today
Viking Global
- Independent Director
EMERAM
- Independent Director
- Member of board
- Membre
- June 2019 until today
Miya Water
- Independent Director
Pears Global Real Estate
- Independent Director
Henderson Park Capital Partners
- Head of Legal & Compliance
- June 2022 to July 2022
CCA Life Settlements
- Independent Director
- Independent Director
- Consultante
- February 2020 to February 2021
Expertise
- Corporate governance
- investment funds
- AML/CFT compliance
- ESG
- emerging AI technologies
- real estate
- private equity
- private debt
- infrastructure
Associations
Professional associations
Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LPEA)
- Member
Luxembourg Compliance Officers Association (ALCO)
- Member
Luxembourg Institute of Directors (ILA)
- Member
ILA Think Tank
- Member
ILA’s Company Secretarial & Governance Officer Committee
- Member
Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)
- Member
Luxembourg-Poland Chamber of Commerce
- Member
Non-professional associations
Rotary Strassen-Bertrange-Mamer
- Founding member
INSEAD Alumni
- Member
Education & Honors
INSEAD
- International Directors Programme - IDP-C (Certificate in corporate governance)
Top 100 Women for the Board of Directors 2023
MIT Sloan School of Management
- Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
Top 100 Women for the Board of Directors 2020
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
- Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance
HEC Paris
- International Certificate in Corporate Finance (ICCF)
Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- Certificate in Real Estate Economics and Finance
Nancy 2 University (France)
- Master of European Business Law
Queen Mary, University of London (United Kingdom)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Laws specialising in Common Law
Paris Nanterre University (France)
- Maîtrise in Business Law
University of Łódź (Poland)
- Master in Commercial Law