warsaw presidential aide malgorzata sadurska join board poland big old insurance company summer lack business experience obstacle main qualification help run state-owned powszechny zaklad ubezpieczen pzu something else loyalty rule law justice pis party pzu need person know pis program guarantee implement parliamentary deputy marek suski tell radio rmf fm conservative pis take airwaves explain appointment june task say implement program government repair poland sadurska 41 one hundreds loyalists bring state company pis tighten grip big business help implement conservative nationalist-minded policies since return power 2015 eight-year absence aim ensure loyalty major company give pis say personnel investment policy decisions also enable pis use firm vehicles buy foreign interest bank energy sectors u.s.-owned news channel tvn24 see business leaders likely next target critical government opponents fear public procurement finance rule blur give pis access large advertise budget use fund publicity campaign events promote party agenda fear deepen concern poland european union partner see assault rule law democracy since pis set sight assert power economy judiciary media aleksander laszek chief economist civil development forum warsaw-based economic policy think tank know liberal view economy say pis move assert control big business exceptionally strong brazen sadurska responsibilities pzu include real estate strategic partnership program bancassurance insurance company sell products bank client base pzu say pzu officials give detail do since join board appointment experience insurance finance business beyond mba business management native lublin region eastern poland reputation dedication pis cause since first elect low house parliament 2005. serve secretary state responsible labor social policy chief president andrzej duda chancellery almost two years august 2015. contact phone sadurska direct reuters pzu press office decline answer email question appointment pzu business policy suski also decline give detail reuters ask whether sadurska appoint pzu implement pis policy say good professional pzu say much sadurska pay predecessor accord pzu financial record receive equivalent 22,000 euros 25,850 month series personnel change past two years appear reward political loyalty government great control 200-year-old firm time since four decades communist rule end 1989. pzu chief executive officer pawel surowka among recent appointees experience manager also work bank america merrill lynch name ceo april bring head pzu life insurance arm 2016. surowka say normal company would try fit government economic policy government influence discernible impact price pzu insurance pzu share price rise 39 percent year pis business policy attract less attention overhaul judiciary head big state firm replace last two years sweep away officials appoint previous centrist government politics business rarely act isolation country unusual politicians cross parliament boardroom extent political control big state business poland alarm government critics pzu 27,000 employees market value 10.9 billion pivotal role play pis plan late last year pzu team state-run polish development fund buy back state control poland second-biggest bank bank pekao sa italian unicredit state firm also use buyout vehicles march state-controlled utility enea close deal buy power plant french engie may poland big power producer pge announce would buy french group edf local power heat plant business leaders expect pis tandem poland big bank state-run pko bank polski move soon buy tvn24 silence criticism pko bp spokeswoman dismiss speculation say plan ... buy media statute manager pko bp speak condition anonymity say move likely probably pzu along pko buy tvn though decision make manager say discovery communications inc acquire tvn24-owner scripps network interactive inc. say policy comment market speculation rumor pzu also become big sponsor events campaign dovetail pis policy publicity campaign begin last month support government plan judicial reform launch foundation fund state-controlled company include pzu aug. pzu warsaw headquarter illuminate symbol poland underground resistance mark anniversary fail 1944 warsaw uprise occupation nazi germany pis put promotion polish wartime victimhood center appeal nationalism last month pzu sponsor picnic organize outspoken catholic priest tadeusz rydzyk pis build increasingly close alliance poland 's rule party tighten grip big state firm