In Risk in banking. A post-crisis perspective Leszek Czarnecki tries to analyze a financial crisis of 2007-2008, and looks at managing a risk in banking operations from a different perspective.

The first chapter is a résumé of changes in perceiving the risk in banking activities. In the second chapter Leszek Czarnecki analyzes some of the latest financial crisis’ causes. The third chapter is an introduction to entropy as a way of describing financial stability of a bank. Two following chapters consist areas of banking activities which have the biggest influence on the level of entropy.  In the seventh chapter Czarnecki shows practical ways of using the entropy model. The last chapter is a case study of creation and development of Getin Holding, the fastest growing financial business in Poland.

Leszek Czarnecki - Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of Getin Holding S.A. and Getin Noble Bank S.A. Main shareholder of 6 companies listed on the WSE. He built European Leasing Fund from the scratch, later he created Getin Noble Bank, nowadays the biggest Polish private bank, as well as Getin Holding – the financial group. He was awarded by several business organisations, Polish and foreign media. “The Financial Times” recognised him as one of the emerging stars of European business, and he was the only Pole on the list. “The Wall Street Journal” awarded him as one of the best managers in Central Europe.