Wacław Szetelnicki is a theologian and educator by education. In the years 2014-2018, he served as chairman of the city council in Legnica, and in 2014 he also ran for president of the city on behalf of Law and Justice. For most of his life, Szetelnicki was associated with KGHM Polska Miedź – in 2006 he became the head of its public relations department, then the general director of the Headquarters, later he sat on the supervisory board of KGHM Metraco – and finally took up the position of an auditor in Chile in 2022.
“PiS millionaire” fired? The possible amount of severance pay is shocking
As the portal unofficially learned tulegnica.pl and biurocza.pl WrocławSzetelnicki was supposed to have been released recently. However, the Communication Department of KGHM Polska Miedź SA refused to provide official information on this matter to the local media, citing, among others, on trade secrets. The fact of Szetelnicki's dismissal was confirmed by an informant in an interview with “GW”.
– At the end of September, Szetelnicki was fired and his contract was structured in such a way that he had to receive a huge severance pay. Those employed at KGHM Chile had signed high, prohibitive contracts, which included remuneration and additional funds. In this case, the severance pay amounted to approximately PLN 160,000. dollars – revealed the interlocutor of “Gazeta Wyborcza”.
Szetelnicki's huge dismissal. Previously, he earned slightly less
160 thousand dollars mentioned by the informant translates into almost 650,000. zlotys. Interestingly, according to tulegnica.pl, Szetelnicki was supposed to earn equally significant amounts of money working as an auditor. Although it is not possible to estimate his wealth because he was not and is not obliged to publish a statement related to his earnings – local media reported that in 2017 he was supposed to have earned approximately PLN 500,000 in KGHM. PLN per year.