New Management Board of Polish Hotel Holding

Effective 1 June 2026, the Supervisory Board of Polish Hotel Holding appointed Rafał Szmytke as President of the Management Board. Monika Niewczas, previously Director of the Investment Implementation Office at PHH, was appointed Member of the Management Board.

The new Management Board, selected through a recruitment process, is responsible for delivering the key strategic objectives of the PHH Group, including the operational optimization of the asset portfolio, oversight of multi-million investment programmes across three business lines, and further strengthening the Holding’s position in the Polish hotel market.

Rafał Szmytke has served on the Company’s Management Board since mid-November last year. He is a manager with many years of experience. Before joining PHH, he was associated with the Polish Tourism Organisation, where he served as President. His career to date includes numerous management positions in the tourism and hospitality sectors, as well as service on the supervisory boards of industry institutions.

Rafał Szmytke graduated from the Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, completed postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw, and earned an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management. He also served as Vice-Rector at the Vistula School of Hospitality in Warsaw. For many years, he actively participated in major projects promoting Polish tourism.

Monika Niewczas is an expert in the management of construction, revitalization and investment projects. Prior to her appointment to the Management Board, she served as Director of the Investment Implementation Office at Polish Hotel Holding, where she directly supervised strategic modernization projects involving properties in the Group’s portfolio.

Before joining PHH, she worked at PKP Polish Railway Lines, served as a Member of the Management Board and held director-level positions at Polish Airports. Earlier in her career, she was responsible for key commercial and residential investments at Polish Real Estate Holding. She is a graduate of Warsaw University of Technology and completed postgraduate studies at the University of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development.

PHH is a State Treasury-owned company. The Group currently comprises nearly 50 hotels and other properties offering almost 5,000 rooms, making it the second-largest hotel group in Poland and the largest operating exclusively with Polish capital. As a franchisee, the Group cooperates with leading global hotel chains, including Marriott International, Hilton International, Best Western Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels Group and Louvre Hotels Group.

The PHH Group offers an extensive network of hotels and other properties located across Poland – in major cities, smaller towns, as well as mountain and coastal tourist destinations – across a range of standards and segments: premium business, premium leisure, business, economy, leisure and health resorts.