Katarzyna Szczudlinska-Urban

Kasia is a true passionate of growth of others, seeing any kind of positive change within others. No wonder she is leading team responsible for initiatives around reskilling and upskilling talents in Nordea Technology. In her core responsibility scope is Future Engineers programme, which is a great example how Kasia spots potential in those who had no experience in IT, Programme idea is to hire a person for 12 months and give them all necessary support (materials, buddy, incl. assigning to real project) to enable one to gain certain skills and competences. Number of participants grew from 8 in 2021 to 30 in 20222. Currently she is preparing to the third wave of hiring Future Engineer programme. 

She believes that leading others is not an authority but trust based responsibility. She is experienced in mentoring and coaching others, to support them in achieving their best, both professionally and privately. Within her work and life she is driven by values as authenticity, courage, vulnerability, openness and joy. She practice yoga, meditation, rides a bike, loves to dance, read books that stretches her mindset and enables her to reflect on herself and life.