Roman Rafał Rachalewski is a manager and investor with over 25 years of experience in finance, investments, and restructuring processes. He is a graduate of the Executive MBA program offered jointly by UQAM and SGH and holds the CFA designation. For nearly a decade, he represented the private equity fund EMSA Capital, carrying out investment projects in Central and Eastern Europe, encompassing both corporate development and complex transformation processes. Concurrently, he holds managerial positions at key industrial entities within the Niewiadów Group—as a Member of the Management Board of Elaboracja Niewiadów sp. z o.o. and Zakłady Sprzętu Precyzyjnego Niewiadów sp. z o.o., and as Chief Financial Officer of Niewiadów Polska Grupa Militarna S.A. Previously, he led numerous advisory and restructuring projects for companies in the electromechanical and industrial sectors, and also carried out projects at the American consulting firm IMPAC.
As President of the Management Board of Grupa Virtus S.A., he is responsible for capital allocation, designing financial structures for defense and dual-use projects, developing financing models for industrial infrastructure, and financially integrating investment projects with industrial capabilities and the capital market, combining the perspective of a financial investor with a deep understanding of manufacturing realities and long-term defense programs.