Alior Bank received the resignation of to-date CEO Katarzyna Sulkowska and decided to appoint former PZU managing director Krzysztof Bachta acting CEO. Bachta sees potential Alior-PZU synergies and enjoys PZU's "full support''. Bachta will remain Alior acting helmsman until winning financial market regulator KNF nod for taking over as full-on CEO. Departing CEO Sulkowska became Alior boss on May 15, 2018. She had served as the bank's acting CEO since March 12, 2018. Prior to that, she was deputy CEO.