Witold Zieliński has been the Vice President of the Management Board of Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A.  since  January 1, 2006.

He holds a degree in International Law from the University of Warsaw. He started his career in 1980 in Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. in the Southern European Department in the Foreign Loans Division. In 1983 he held the position of Senior Counsel in the Ministry of Education. In the years 1986 - 1990 he worked as the Deputy Commercial Attaché for the Polish Commercial Office in New York.

In 1991 Witold Zieliński joined Citibank Polska S.A. In the years 1992 - 1995 he was a Member of the Bank's Management, then he worked for Citibank N.A.  London Branch, where he was responsible for the sales of global products and customer risk assessment in Southern and Eastern European markets.

In 1998 he set up a representative office of Citibank NA in Kiev and then established a fully licensed bank - Citibank Ukraine, which he ran as President until the end of 2003. In the years 2004-2005 he was the President of the Management Board of Citibank Romania.