Founder of Inter Cars and its CEO for 20 years; currently its advisor and a motoring enthusiast.
A graduate of the Catholic Academy in Warsaw. A philosopher by education and a mechanic by passion. During his college years, he pursued both hobbies with equal zeal, studying Thomistic Existentialism and the complexity of combustion engines. Before commencing his adventure on the independent aftermarket, he was employed with the Transport Services Centre, owned a towing service business and worked as a car mechanic in Germany.
A sport enthusiast - a mountaineer and a participant of numerous mountaineering expeditions. He loves high-octane gasoline and adrenaline - he has taken part in many car races as a driver. Currently, he seeks meditational peace and more business inspirations on gulf courses.
Alfred Franke
Founder of SDCM (Association of Automotive Spare Parts Distributors and Producers) and long-time President of its Board; member of the boards of FIGIEFA and CLEPA, European organizations safeguarding the interests of companies trading in automotive spare parts as well as the automotive industry as such, currently CEO of the MotoFocus Media Group operating in many countries of Central Europe. Expert and consultant of, and a friend to the automotive aftermarket.
He has been involved with motoring for so long, that in terms of car categories, he is certainly eligible for an old-timer status and yellow license plates. He claims that he has only worked a few days in his entire life - the rest of his career has been basically about pursuing his passion for motoring. And if it hadn’t been for that, he would have devoted himself to his other passions as a ski instructor, carpenter or wooden house builder.
Grzegorz Kacalski
Editor of the Warsztatowiec.info. website.
While still a student, he took a job with a newspaper, and soon discovered that journalism was not only a vocation but also hard work. Over the next few years, he worked as a reporter for a magazine, which he later found to have been an enriching yet exhausting experience. He eventually found peace among spare parts. He has been writing about the independent aftermarket for 17 years. His achievements as a mechanic include several successful repairs of a Polish Fiat 126.
Witold Kmieciak
Former long-time representative of Sachs in Poland and the CEO of the Feber company.
Michał Łyziński
A former long-time head of the representative office of Federal Mogul in Poland.
Robert Dzierżanowski
Head of Service Concept Development at Robert Bosch Sp. z o.o.
He has worked on the automotive market for the last three decades being entirely involved in the development of service chains. He claims it was the motoring that chose him, not the other way around, and that it all began when he started studying at the Warsaw University of Technology. This marriage of reason has not only proved lasting but also happy.
Mariusz Dankowski
Co-founder of BHMD; co-founder and a long-time CEO of Groupauto, currently deputy CEO of Groupauto CEE.
He studied economics and foreign relations. He is a living proof that the automotive aftermarket can be more attractive than diplomacy and journalism, which he quit in favour of motoring. Formerly a passionate bridge player and a fisherman, today, a music and food connoisseur as well as a comfortable travel lover.
Michał Tochowicz
CEO of Moto-Profil
Stanisław Wróblewski
Born to a family deeply rooted in motoring, he was bound to work in the industry right from the very beginning. He did try to escape his fate by enrolling in English studies and learning the basics of jewellery-making yet, together with his brother Michał, he ended up putting his family business back on its feet after the difficult period of communism ended. . To thoroughly get to know the business, he began with mounting suspension springs on Fiat 126 cars and replacing silencers on Fiat 125 cars. For thirty years, he did everything to make sure that drivers associated the “Wróblewski Brothers” brand with top quality. He is currently in the process of making another major change in his life, but the blue gas fumes from his childhood won’t go away.
He intends to become a jazz double bass player, claiming music to be the greatest of all arts, helping him bring a sense of balance into today’s crazy world.
Maciej Trociński
A long-time CEO of Hella Polska
Paweł Hańczewski
Eastern Europe Region Director at Bosch Automotive Aftermarket.
He studied economics at the University of Warsaw and the Saarland University, yet he is 100 percent into motoring. He has worked for Bosch’s automotive department for 25 years. Before that, he worked in the German industry. This skilful manager is also comfortable with technical issues. He has been attracted to pistons, bushing and valves since he was a child. By the 1980s, he had gained enough skill to repair his first motorcycle, the legendary MZ 250 ETZ.
Waldemar Bacławski
CEO of Inter Parts sp. z o.o., co-owner of Inter Land sp. z o.o.
He got into motoring by pure chance - he had been studying in Germany when he began thinking about setting up his own business and returning to Poland after 7 years abroad. Shortly after Poland’s economic and political transformation at the beginning of the 1990s, he started importing used cars and opened a small spare parts store in Olsztyn. He says he has never been into repairing cars but at one point he realized that motoring was a prospective industry.
Once a volleyball player, today he’s a fan of this sport and also loves to play golf. He manages a golf course in the Mazury region, where he spends most of his free time...playing golf.
