Aleksander Caban – President of the Board
Since 2015, he has been a co-founder and member of the Management Board of Carbon Studio S.A., and from 2015 to 2026 he served as Vice President of the Management Board. As part of the Company’s operations, he was responsible, among other things, for the creative and strategic development of projects, supervision of game production, development of technological competencies, and co-creation of the Company’s development directions in the areas of VR, XR, computer games, and related technologies. He participated in the creation and development of projects carried out by Carbon Studio S.A., including games from The Wizards series, The Wizards: Dark Times, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall, Crimen – Mercenary Tales, Hunt Together, as well as other VR/XR and research and development projects of the Company. He also took part in the development of Carbon Studio from a development studio into a public company listed on the NewConnect market. From 2014 to 2024, he was a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, where he taught courses related to game design, 3D graphics, virtual environments, and interactive technologies. Before founding Carbon Studio S.A., he gained experience in the computer games industry, working as a Concept Artist and GUI Designer at The Farm 51 Group S.A. from 2010 to 2014. He has many years of experience in computer game production, interactive world design, VR/XR technologies, computer graphics, managing creative teams, and developing research and development projects. In recent years, he has also been developing competencies in the application of artificial intelligence in the production processes of digital content, games, and 3D environments.
Błażej Szaflik – Board Member
Błażej Szaflik graduated in Computer Science from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at the University of Silesia in Katowice, and in Game Graphic Design from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Silesia in Cieszyn. Błażej Szaflik is a co-founder of Carbon Studio S.A. and a game designer with many years of experience in the gamedev industry. He has been involved in computer game production since 2010. He gained his professional experience, among others, at The Farm 51 Group S.A., where he served as Lead Designer and co-created such titles as Painkiller: Hell and Damnation, Deadfall Adventures and Afterfall: Insanity. Since 2015, he has been associated with Carbon Studio S.A., a company specializing in the production and publishing of VR games and applications. As part of the company’s operations, he is responsible for the development of gaming projects, VR game production, and research and development work related to virtual reality technologies. Since 2012, he has also been engaged in teaching activities at the University of Silesia, where, as a lecturer and mentor, he supports students in the field of game design.
Karolina Koszuta – Board Member
Since 2015, she has been associated with Carbon Studio S.A., initially as a partner and member of the Management Board of Carbon Studio sp. z o.o., and subsequently as a member of the Management Board of Carbon Studio S.A. As part of the Company’s operations, she participated in its organizational development from a development studio into a public company listed on the NewConnect market. At Carbon Studio S.A., she was and continues to be responsible, or jointly responsible, for areas related to the organization of the Company’s work, administration, finance, internal communication, operational processes, and management support for projects carried out by the Company. She participated in building the organizational structures, administrative processes, and operational procedures necessary for conducting the Company’s production, publishing, and research and development activities. She has experience in managing commercial law companies and in the operations of a public company, including cooperation with external entities, handling organizational processes, and supervising the day-to-day functioning of the enterprise. Since 2018, she has also served as a member of the Management Board of the Dobry Wieczór Association.
Supervisory Board
PhD Jakub Kabza – Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Jakub graduated with honors in law and administration from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. He started his professional career in 2009 in a brokerage house, initially in the private equity department (where, among others, he held the position of a director) and subsequently in the legal department. Since 2013 he has been associated with Cebula and Associates’ law firm, currently as a managing lawyer. He has experience holding positions in management and supervisory bodies of legal persons, including commercial law companies.
Ani Sokołowska
She graduated with distinction in Law from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University. Currently, she is a doctoral student at the Department of Constitutional and Comparative Law at the Jan Długosz University (UJD). She gained professional experience in Kraków law firms specializing in legal services for businesses. Since 2017, she has been collaborating with the JCJK Law Firm in Kraków, handling cases in the fields of business law, commercial law, medical law, and new technology law, including data protection. She serves as the President of the Management Board of Cluster Solution sp. z o.o., a company engaged in training and auditing activities. She holds certifications confirming her qualifications as a Data Protection Officer and a Whistleblower Protection Officer.
She completed an internship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw, which she concluded with an outstanding grade. She is a member of GRAI under the Ministry of Digital Affairs. She is fluent in English, Russian, and Armenian.
Andrzej Szurek
Andrzej has been professionally associated with the capital market since 2006. He is responsible mainly for the communication of foreign companies, food and medical businesses, and relations with the financial media. Previously a journalist of Gazeta Giełdy Parkiet and Rzeczpospolita. He specialized in foreign markets and companies and issues related to NewConnect. He also gained experience at the Warsaw Stock Exchange, working in the NewConnect Market Development Department. He was responsible for acquiring new companies on NewConnect in Poland and abroad (Czech Republic, Ukraine). He graduated from the Faculty of International Relations at the University of Warsaw.
Bartosz Zieliński
Bartosz graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics in the field of Finance and Banking and numerous training courses in finance, capital market and corporate governance. Since 2005 he has specialized in handling transactions for Institutional Clients on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Through IPO/SPO/bond issues, he has prepared and implemented dozens of capital raising projects for public and non-public companies through IPO / SPO / bond issues. He is the author of many presentations of listed companies for institutional investors in Poland and abroad. Privately, he loves sport, technology and good food.
PhD Remigiusz Kopoczek
PhD Remigiusz Kopoczek has been connected to the academic community for many years. He earned his PhD at the University of Szczecin. From 2012 to 2016, he served as Vice-Dean for Education and Students at the Faculty of Arts of the same university. He is a co-author of academic programs in game design and virtual spaces and the author of numerous publications on computer games and multimedia in education. From 2020 to 2024, he was a member of the Senate of the University of Silesia in Katowice.
His involvement in the video game industry has earned him many awards and recognitions, including awards from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for educational achievements and awards for organizing innovative academic programs in 2014. Dr. Kopoczek is also active internationally, participating in conferences and research projects in China and the USA.
In recent years, he served as the CEO of ARP Games, Poland’s first video game accelerator, and the Congress 590, one of the largest economic conferences in Poland. In 2022, he was appointed Director of the National Centre for Research and Development, and later assumed the role of Vice President for Research at the Łukasiewicz Research Network.