Hi, I am

Arkadiusz Ilgowski

TECH
LEADER.

CEO · NATEK GROUP

Scaling technology companies in Europe — from software engineer to country manager and board member, now leading NATEK, your IT partner in Central and Eastern Europe.

Experience
20+years in technology
NATEK Group
~1,000NATEK professionals
Organisation built
200people team built from scratch
Languages
5languages spoken
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About me

Engineer by training,
builder by choice.

I lead NATEK Group — a French family-owned technology and business services company headquartered in Warsaw, with close to 1,000 professionals across Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria.

Founded in 2004, NATEK partners with leading international organisations to deliver IT services, managed services and technology talent — from software development, SAP and cloud to service desk and infrastructure. I joined as CEO in June 2026 to scale this great company up, with a clear priority: clients at the centre, people first, and an AI-native way of working.

Before NATEK, I spent 19 years at Comarch. I joined in 2007 as a presales consultant, became Business Unit Director in 2008 and Country Manager France in 2017, building the French organisation from scratch — go-to-market, sales and marketing, R&D, delivery and support — into a team of 200 people across France and Poland, serving retail, industry and healthcare. I served as Président of Comarch S.A.S. and Comarch R&D S.A.S., and as Vice President and Member of the Management Board of Comarch SA.

For nearly two decades I learned from a pioneer of the tech industry and an icon of European IT — the late Prof. Janusz Filipiak, founder of Comarch, who was my leader and mentor.

I started my career writing code, as a software engineer at Capgemini and Asseco. Since 2019 I have been a board member of the Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry in France, helping Polish companies grow in France — and French companies in Poland.

Education

INSA Lyon (MSc, Telecommunications) · EDHEC Executive MBA · INSEAD Executive Education

Languages

Polish & French (native) · English (full professional) · Slovak · German

Based in

Warsaw, working across Europe

Now

CEO, NATEK Group — and hiring

What I do

Where I make a difference

01

Scaling tech companies

From a one-person start with a single customer to a 200-person organisation: strategy, go-to-market, P&L, delivery and the teams that make it happen.

02

Building & leading teams

I hire, develop and empower people. Highly engaged teams win — so I build human-centric, performance-driven cultures where top performers want to stay and grow.

03

Leading change

A clear vision of what and why, a few measurable goals, change champions in every country, frequent communication — and the courage to pivot when the market says so.

04

AI-native transformation

Redesigning how a company works around AI — standard tools first, integration kept in-house, success measured by KPIs, not features.

05

French–Polish bridge

Native in both cultures and markets. Connecting companies, people and opportunities between France and Poland.

Career

Experience

  1. 2026 — now

    Chief Executive Officer

    NATEK Group · Warsaw

    Leading a technology and business services group of close to 1,000 professionals in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria. Launched OXYGEN, a company-wide, AI-native transformation programme.

  2. 2023 — 2024

    Vice President, Member of the Management Board

    Comarch SA · Kraków
  3. 2017 — 2026

    Country Manager France

    Comarch · Lille

    Go-to-market and company strategy, sales & marketing, business development, R&D, delivery, support, HR and administration. A 200-person team across France and Poland, built from scratch. Président of Comarch S.A.S. (2008–2026), Comarch R&D S.A.S. (2009–2026) and 2CSI S.A.S. (2020–2025); board member of Comarch AG (2009–2011).

  4. 2008 — 2017

    Business Unit Director

    Comarch France · Lille
  5. 2007 — 2008

    Senior Presales Consultant

    Comarch · Lille & Kraków
  6. 2006 — 2007

    Software Engineer

    Asseco Systems · Gdynia
  7. 2005 — 2006

    Software Engineer

    Capgemini · Grenoble & Paris
Perspectives

What I believe in

You can go fast alone, but you can go far only as a team.

On people · I focus on building the best teams — people who want to make an impact!

At the end of the month, it is the customer who pays our salaries, not the company we work for.

On putting clients at the centre

The role of a leader is to give the team everything it needs to breathe fully.

On OXYGEN, NATEK's transformation programme

Read more on LinkedIn →

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Contact

Let's talk.

The best way to reach me is LinkedIn. Looking for an IT partner in Europe — or for your next role in tech? Have a look at NATEK.

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