On 18 December 2025, following a positive opinion from the Sejm Committee for State Control, the Marshal of the Sejm appointed two new Vice Presidents of the Supreme Audit Office of Poland: Katarzyna Budnikowska and Sylweriusz Królak. The Committee also issued a positive opinion on the motion to dismiss Piotr Miklis from his position as Vice-President of NIK, as he will be assuming a new role within NIK.
The newly appointed Vice-Presidents will support the President of NIK in supervising audit activities, coordinating work, and day-to-day management of the institution.
Piotr Miklis, who served as Vice-President of NIK until now, will assume the position of Plenipotentiary for Audit Quality and will cooperate directly with the President of NIK.
Katarzyna Budnikowska
Since 2024, Ms Budnikowska has served as Deputy Director of the Department of Economy, State Treasury and Privatisation at the Supreme Audit Office of Poland. Previously, she supervised audits within the economic sector. She is a graduate of law and completed postgraduate studies in European Union Law at the University of Warsaw, as well as Audit and Control at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). An attorney-at-law by profession, she also completed the auditor traineeship programme. Her professional career has been tied to both the private sector and public institutions, specifically in the areas of supervision and audit.
"The motion to appoint me to the position of Vice-President of NIK is a great honour for me and is synonymous with a guarantee to implement the President's vision regarding the functioning of this institution," she said.
Sylweriusz Królak, PhD
Mr Królak is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw with a PhD in Law, a university teacher. Former Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, where he was responsible for EU legislative issues, including EU accession negotiations. Specialised in constitutional law, he held the function of Director of the Office of Law and Order at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland. Since February 2024, he has been a Member of the Council of the Supreme Audit Office of Poland. For many years, Mr Królak has been involved in activity related to public administration and the audit and control system.
“My whole professional path is related to the law in two roles: a public official and a barrister. This is 38 years of work, also as a nominated civil servant. In my work I have always laid emphasis on neutral and apolitical approach as well as seeking solutions over divisions. I would like to cooperate in the same spirit, realising the state’s interest and serving the citizens, not driven by my own preferences but by common good. I declare the broadest possible cooperation in this area” - emphasised Sylweriusz Królak, PhD.
NIK President Mariusz Haładyj, justifying the motion to dismiss Piotr Milkis from the function of Vice-President of NIK, underlined that this decision does not stand for the end of their cooperation. Considering the achievements, experience and year-long auditor’s practice of the former Vice-President of NIK, Mr Miklis agreed to take the function of Plenipotentiary for Audit Quality. His key tasks will involve – in cooperation with the President of NIK - developing a model to manage the audit quality and evaluating the compliance of findings with the evidence and reliability of conducted audits.
The positions of Vice-Presidents are now held by:
- Jacek Kozłowski, having experience in the central and local administration, including the areas of management and regional strategies;
- Katarzyna Budnikowska, having legal and auditing competences;
- Sylweriusz Królak, specialised in constitutional and administrative matters.
