Our team

We empower you to embrace the quantum future

About finQbit

At finQbit, we are on a mission to transform the financial industry by harnessing the unmatched power of quantum computing. Our vision is to simplify the complexities of quantum technology, enabling financial institutions to unlock unprecedented capabilities and redefine how calculations are done.
With a laser focus on the needs of the financial sector, we aim to deliver real-world value now, while ensuring that the financial industry is prepared and poised to thrive in the quantum era of tomorrow.
Join us in shaping the next era of finance—where innovation meets precision, and the impossible becomes achievable.

Our founders

Tomasz Ćwik

Passionate technologist and experienced financial industry executive who loves to shift the borders of what is possible with strong track record of successful innovations merging cutting-edge technologies with practical financial industry challenges.
Leader of the first Quantum team in the financial sector in CEE. Recognized as one of the Worldwide Quantum Strategists by Quantum Insider.

Rafał Pracht

Prominent Quantum Software Engineer and Researcher. Graduated in Applications of Quantum Computing at MIT xPRO and recognised as IBM Qskit Advocates, the group of the finest minds in quantum computing worldwide. Experienced software architect in the financial risk management field for leading institutions such as Moody’s Analytics, Deloitte, and BNP Paribas.

our ADVISORS

Philippe De Brouwer

Philippe is an accomplished executive with over three decades of experience in banking and asset management, currently serving as a Director at HSBC’s European Service Centre, where he oversees critical areas of risk management, model governance, and analytics. Beyond his executive leadership, Philippe has made remarkable academic contributions. He solved the “fallacy of large numbers puzzle” first posed by Nobel laureate P.A. Samuelson, and his doctoral research introduced the Maslowian Portfolio Theory, a breakthrough that challenged and redefined long-standing assumptions in investment theory shaped by H. Markovitz’s Nobel Prize-winning work. He is also deeply engaged in academia and community: - Guest lecturer at AGH University of Krakow, University of Warsaw, and Krakow University of Economics - Honorary Consul of Belgium in Kraków

Józef Wancer

Mr Józef Wancer is a graduate of Economics at the City College of New York as well as Management and Interpersonal Relationships at Webster University in Vienna. For nearly 25 years he worked at Citibank as Vice President and senior manager in the USA, Japan, Austria, the United Kingdom and France. In the early 1990s,after a 30-year absence, returned to Poland, as an independent financial more consultant, to participate in the transformation of the Polish banking sector. Participated in establishing Citibank in Warsaw, as well as the Bank Rolno-Przemysłowy within the EBRD being the largest investor. Member of the Supervisory Board of Powszechny Bank Kredytowy (PBK). Vice President and President of the Management Board of Raiffeisen Centrobank in Warsaw. From 2000 to 2010 President of the Management Board of Bank BPH. From 2010 to 2013 advisor to the Management Board of Deloitte Poland and from 2011 to 2013 Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alior Bank. From September 2013 to 31 August 2015 President of the Management Board first of BGŻ S.A. and from 30 April 2015 of BGŻ BNP Paribas. From 1 September 2015 to 30 June 2021 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BNP Paribas Bank Polska . Fom July 2021 Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. For his outstanding achievements in banking during the transformation period, honoured with the Gold Cross of Merit and the Order of Polonia Restituta. Board member of Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, Auschwitz Pledge Foundation, and Garden of the Rightoeus Foundation.

Dariusz Gątarek

Professor Dariusz Gątarek is a graduate in applied mathematics from the Warsaw University of Technology.He spent twenty years in many financial and advisory institutions such as BRE Bank, Societe Generale, Glencore, UniCredit, Deloitte, and NumeriX, specializing in valuing derivatives and designing risk management systems.Currently, he is working as a professor at more the Polish Academy of Sciences.Dariusz has published a number of articles on financial modeling. His paper "The market model of interest rate dynamics", where the LIBOR interest rate model was introduced with Brace and Musiela, is regarded as a classic.He is a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide.