Cezary Smorszczewski

Cezary Smorszczewski is the CEO/Founding Partner of Corviglia Capital Fund, a global fintech growth equity investor targeting $500M in commitments. He has 25 years of experience in finance and a long track record of investments in fintech. Before establishing Corviglia Capital Fund, Smorszczewski was the Co-Founder/Deputy CEO of Alior Bank (2008-2013). Under his leadership, the bank became the first Polish fintech unicorn, selling for $2B on the LSE in 2012. Previously, he co-founded Private Equity Managers S.A., a firm that invests in fintech within the CEE/CIS/DACH regions. During his time as CEO/Managing Partner (2014-2016), assets under management doubled from $350M to $700M (four multistage funds from A round to PE) and $350M was fundraised for managed funds. Prior to that, he was the Deputy President of PKN Orlen S.A., the largest oil refiner and petrol retailer in the CEE region, where he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions (2004-2007), investing up to $3B in assets. He