NICOM Consulting Ltd., founded in 1990, is a private Polish consulting company. It boasts unique knowledge and experience gained over 12 years of operating under conditions of radical political, social and economic change. NICOM Consulting Ltd. has achieved one of leading positions among consulting companies operating in Poland, through our professionalism and high quality services, but most of all through our dedication to satisfying the needs of our customers.

Our name is widely known and respected among companies operating and developing in the increasingly demanding economic environment that Poland is today. For us, our clients' success is our success. That's why our motto is: "We are there whenever you need us"

At NICOM Consulting Ltd. we employ an experienced interdisciplinary team of specialists in economics and finance, law, marketing, environmental protection, organisation and management. We also regularly commission work from our pool of external experts. One third of the staff at NICOM Consulting Ltd. holds PhDs in economics or law.

NICOM Consulting Ltd. offers a wide range of consulting services for companies operating in many industries. Historically,NICOM Consulting Ltd. used to specialize in comprehensive servicing of privatisations and ownership transformation. NICOM Consulting Ltd. held a prestigious role of the advisor to the Ministry of State Treasury in the project of privitisation of Bank Zachodni S.A. (transaction of PLN 2.248.000 , 85% of shares were purchased by Allied Irish Bank) and in the second phase of ownership transformation of the Polish Telecom S.A. (consortium with ING Baring, 35% of shares were purchases by France Telecom and Kulczyk Holding, transaction of PLN 18.620.000.000 (USD 4.228.262.597)).

Today, we address our consulting services to mid size and large Polish companies as well as foreign firms seeking local expertise, knowledge and contacts.

The services we offer include:
- assistance in obtaining structural and pre-accession funds from the European Union
- strategic advisory;
- comprehensive range of legal, economic, financial, marketing, organisational and management analyses;
- preparation and implementation of restructuring programmes (including debt restructuring);
- preparation and implementation of corporate development strategies,
- information memoranda, IPO prospectuses and company profiles;
- M&A transactions;
- valuations of companies, SBUs;
- sector studies;
- business plans, as well as economic and financial analyses of investment projects;
- identification of potential strategic and financial investors for companies;
- full range of legal services (via A.Wiśniewski Legal Office);
- personnel consultancy, HRM and training (via Idea)

We always customise our services! At NICOM Consulting Ltd. we always consider each client's requirements on an individual basis.
The exceptional variety of the services we offer arises primarily from our extensive experience, accumulated across a range of organisations, the interdisciplinary strengths of the team and our expertise in undertaking procedurally and logistically complex projects. At NICOM Consulting Ltd. we also have the essential technical, IT and organisational infrastructure and supporting facilities. The majority of our employees speak English.

An example of a project requiring excellent organisational skills in addition to specific knowledge was our participation in the implementation of the Mass Privatisation Programme (at that time the largest such project in Eastern Europe). In this project NICOM Consulting Ltd. had to work with over 1,000 Polish enterprises, conducting brief analyses and comparisons between enterprises and assessing their relative economic ranking.

NICOM Consulting Ltd. has gained the bulk of its experience working for large and medium companies operating in the following industries:
banks and financial institutions, including: BANK ZACHODNI SA, BIG BANK GDAŃSKI SA, WIELKOPOLSKI BANK KREDYTOWY SA, BANK POLSKA KASA OPIEKI SA, BANK GOSPODARKI ŻYWNOŚCIOWEJ, BISE SA, 6th National Investment Fund "MAGNA POLONIA", PIONEER etc.;

the food industry, including: ANIMEX S.A., EKODROB SA, CONSTAR SA, 3 enterprises of the POLMOS Group, JAROSŁAW S.A. Meat Company, FARM FOOD SA, POLSKI HANDEL SPOŻYWCZY S.A. etc.;

the media, including: Polish Press Agency, Prószyński i S-ka, ITI, BUSINESS PRESS, PRESSPUBLICA Sp. z o.o., Polish Radio and TV Publishing House etc.;

the machine and car industry, including: WSM KROTOSZYN SA, the Shock Absorber Factory in Krosno, FSM SPOMASZ SA, MITCAR, BIMET SA, JELCZ S.A. etc.;

the light industry, including: FROTEX SA, NOWAR SA, JARLAN SA, LEN SA, ZPB ANDROPOL SA, ZWOLTEX SA, POLSKA WEŁNA S.A. etc.;

the chemical and plastics industry, including: BLACHOWNIA HOLDING SA, Z.CH. HAJDUKI SA, INCO VERTIAS SA, CHEMITEX WISKORD, the WŁOCŁAWEK Nitrogen Works, the WIZÓW Chemical Works, POLIFARB KALISZ SA, BLISTER BOX, COLGATE PAMOLIVE, FORMAD SA, the POLLENA Household Chemicals Works etc.;

the furniture industry, including: the Jarocin Furniture Factory, the Piotrków Furniture Factory etc.;

the ceramics industry, including: the BOLESLAWIEC Ceramic Works, the Porcelain Factory in Włocławek, the CHODZIEŻ Porcelain and Semi-Vitreous Chinaware Works, the TUŁOWICE Semi-Vitreous China Factory, the ZĄBKOWICE Domestic Glassware Glassworks etc.;

construction, including: ESPEBEPE SA, the Rzeszów Construction Enterprise, the Bridge Construction Works in Warsaw, the Opole Industrial Construction Enterprise in Opole etc.

Utilising its in-house expertise and desire to strengthen relationships with clients, NICOM Consulting Ltd. has since 1996 issued a regular Information Bulletin. The Bulletin is published on the 15th of every month both in Polish and English. Sections in the Bulletin cover the following topics: a forecast of economic conditions for the coming month, quarter, half-year and year, prepared by NICOM and external experts, a critical review of the most important economic events, information on changes in the law and new legislation. The target readership of the Bulletin includes all past and present customers of NICOM Consulting Ltd., as well as staff of central government and certain voivodship offices, banks, foreign companies and other financial institutions, National Investment Funds and influential news publishers.

The President of the Management Board of NICOM Consulting Ltd. is dr HENRYKA BOCHNIARZ. PhD in economics. Former Minister of Industry and Trade in the Cabinet of J.K. Bielecki (1992-1993). Founder and first President of the Association of Economic Advisors in Poland. Fulbright Scholar. Lecturer at the University of Minnesota, USA. Certified Management Consultant (certified by SDG, member of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutions). President of the Polish Roundtable for Business (1996-1999). Since January 1999, President of the Polish Confederation of Private Employers.
Supervisory Board Member of Agora SA, ITI S.A., TVN Sp. z o.o., Computerland SA, BRE Bank.

Poland's most prestigious literary award NIKE is both her and Adam Michnik's idea. Received the Kisiel Award in economics (1998).

NICOM Consulting Ltd.
Flory 9/10 St.
00-586 Warszawa
phone: + 48 (0 22) 331 66 90
fax: +48 (0 22) 331 66 94
e- mail: nicom@nicom.com.pl
http://www.nicom.com.pl


Every day, visitors and employees at NICOM Consulting Ltd. are able to spend time in an environment enlivened by works of art from Poland's best contemporary artists. NICOM Consulting Ltd.'s collection is innovative in that it is neither hidden away in a private gallery, accessible only to the owners and other invited viewers, nor is it on public display, accessible to any passer-by. It is a dynamic forum for the presentation of contemporary art in interiors designed as working environments.

NICOM Consulting Ltd
. is an enthusiastic patron of the arts and sciences, it also supports interesting educational initiatives: along with the Literary Award NIKE, the PRO ART Foundation, The Tatry Art Foundation supporting, the St. Witkiewicz Theatre in Zakopane, the Cancer Hospital Foundation, the Scout Foundation "Szarych Szeregów", the Voivodship Children's Hospital in Dziekanów Leśny, the Young Businessman Competition.