Sebastian Mikosz

Sebastian Mikosz, is a manager, with over 20 years of professional experience in executive management both in the private and public sector. Sebastian Mikosz also held various non-executive roles as Supervisory Board member in Kenya.

For the last 15 months Sebastian was the CEO of eSky.pl, the leading Central European Online Travel Agent, specialized in e-distribution of travel products, operating in 15 countries worldwide and owning a proprietary technology, including mobile distribution.

Sebastian is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of LOT Polish Airlines. LOT as the national carrier of Poland has 88 years of history and is one of the oldest airlines in the world. The company offers flights to over 90 destinations in Europe, Asia, Middle East and North America. LOT was the first European operator of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Sebastian Mikosz held the position of CEO of LOT twice and conducted an in depth turnaround of the company leading to it first positive results in many years.

In years 2007 to 2009 he held the position of Director in Deloitte Business Consulting Warsaw Office. He was responsible for developing the business consulting for the public sector together with supporting the inflow and development of foreign investors in Poland.

Between July 2003 – September 2006 he was Vice-President of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ). As a governmental agency PAIiIZ was in charge of attracting foreign investor to Poland and focus on the economic promotion of Poland. Working on a national level Sebastian conducted negotiations with the largest foreign investors in Poland. This group contained such companies as LG Philips, MAN, Gillette, Whirlpool or Michelin.

Sebastian started his career in 1997 with Arthur Andersen office in Paris, where he specialized in investments in the emerging markets. After returning to Poland in 2000 he worked on establishing the first independent online brokerage house in Poland. A year later he became the Managing Director of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Poland (CCIFP).

Sebastian was the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LOT’s regional operator EuroLOT, operating Bombardier Q400 aircrafts and he was member of the Supervisory Boards of LOT AMS (the MRO base), WRO-LOT (regional handling company) as well as Eurobank (retail bank, part of SG Group).

Sebastian is 44 and graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (IEP Paris) in France with a master’s degree in economics and finance. He’s bilingual in French and fluent speaker of English and Russian in addition to his native Polish. He’s married to Magdalena Burnat-Mikosz and has three sons. He’s book on the functioning of contemporary airlines “There is a pilot with us” was published end of July 2011 in Poland.