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FECMA samlar den Europeiska
kreditbranschen
Robert Dyrcz är president för den Europeiska paraplyorganisationen för kreditorganisationer FECMA, där
bland annat svenska kreditföreningen ingår. Organisationen samlar totalt 15 nationella kreditorganisationer. I denna intervju på engelska berättar Robert om aktuella frågor och utmaningar för den Europeiska kreditmarknaden, och vilken roll FECMA spelar i detta.
Could you tell me a bit about yourself, your
background, career, and current responsibilities?
– I’m 48-years old, living in Cracow, south
of Poland, being married and having 18-years
old son. I was born in city of Wadowice – probably you know that it is the same place where
Jean Paul II was born. I graduated at University of Economics in Cracow with thesis about
the enterprise cash flow management. Then
after I completed post-graduate studies about
real property valuation and financial mathematics at University of Science and Technology (AGH) in Cracow as well.
I started my professional career being yet the
student. My first working place, 25 years ago,
was Valeo, the French auto parts maker. I was
the treasurer there, responsible for everything
related to cash flow issues, including payables,
receivables, bank relations, cash budgeting and
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forecast. I love new challenges, exploring various possibilities. That’s why after few years
I moved to purchasing department, being the
buyer responsible for supplier of aluminium
cutting and stamping parts of engines cooling
systems (the products of the Valeo factory I
was working for). At the beginning of 2006
I joined Philip Morris shared service as a credit analyst responsible for duty free business
of the company. After almost 3 years I moved to Motorola Solutions, managing a team
covering portfolio of thousands of customers
around the world. Subsequently I was working
shortly for google as credit manager in Arvato,
Cracow branch. As a dedicated enthusiast of
credit management, in 2015 I decided to open
a completely new chapter in my career: I founded the Polish Institute of Credit Management
(PICM). There were several reasons to do that,
but first the complete lack of professional education in that area in Poland. Basically, it is still
the case and PICM is the only organization in
my country focusing purely on managing the
risk in trade receivables area.
Apart from work, I love hiking in the beautiful mountains close to Cracow. I’m keen obviously on credit management, economy and
capital markets, but I’m also fan of history and
geopolitics.
What is FECMA and what are the organisation’s aims and goals?
– FECMA (the Federation of European
Credit Management Associations) is the umbrella organization for credit management
institutes and associations around Europe.
Membership of FECMA is made up of 15
national credit management associations, who
share the vision of promoting best practice by
sharing their knowledge and expertise across
national borders. FECMA is actively contri-
