About

Leading a team of 10 individuals in her role as chief legal counsel at Bank Pocztowy, Agnieszka Modras has displayed her outstanding legal knowledge and business-centric advice Since moving in-house in 2015. ‘After 13 years with top legal firms, for almost two years I have been pursuing the managerial path as an in-house [legal] bank manager. This is a new but very fascinating era in my professional career, I believe that the experience gained as an external consultant taught me how to assist business people so that they are satisfied and taken care of’, she states. A lawyer with an approach that is collaborative and built on teamwork, Modras says she puts a ‘strong emphasis on supporting [her] team and [she] can feel that this is important for them’. Elaborating further, she says, ‘we agreed an internal distribution of tasks so that each lawyer is able to develop in areas of his or her interest. I make efforts to promote my people and make business people respect them. On the other hand I motivate my employees to think more businesswise and outside of the box’. Modras’ recent achievements include working on the launch of a new e-banking system, handling complicated proceedings before the Antitrust Office and dealing with IT contracts and internal restructurings. In addition to her decorated career, Modras contributes to industry discourse via other means such as a project that engages professionals to teach children about banking and finance.