Aleksandra Wajszczuk
Kuara touch
A guide through deep insight and transformation. She helps close a difficult chapter, recover calm and release potential.
@kuara_touch
Polish Businesswomen
in the Netherlands
A space for women running businesses in the Netherlands. We connect. We build relationships. We create visibility.
Because business does not have to be a lonely road.
31 October 2026Eindhoven15:00-21:05afterparty until midnight
1300+women in the community
37events organised
200guests at the second Gala
12categories, 12 laureates
Patrons, partners and the organisers’ brands
- MajLenaCreative Solutions
- IntroView
- Babiniec CorbiańskiVIP
- Look Arts VisionFilm & photography
- firmatic.nlWebsites & automation
- holandia.appLiving and working in NL
- Kuara touchTransformation
- The Witch Hair AcademyHairdressing
- Sala Catering BoxtelVenue and catering
Manifesto
One woman’s success takes nothing away from another
Behind every company stands a person. Sometimes confident, sometimes full of doubt. Sometimes at the very beginning, sometimes after years of experience, wins and hard lessons. This community was created as a place where you can not only show your business, but also feel that on the other side are people who understand how much courage it takes to build something of your own.
We do not want a place where women compare themselves, judge one another or compete for attention. We want a community where you can ask a question without fear, share experience, ask for help, find inspiration and hear: “Try it. You can do this. You are not alone in it.”
- 01
Cooperation, not competition
Business need not be about who overtakes whom. It can be about who reaches out a hand.
- 02
Mutual respect
Respect for someone else’s road, even when it looks nothing like ours.
- 03
Kindness
Good communication and the ability to listen. Without it, networking is just swapping business cards.
- 04
Supporting others
We recommend each other before anyone asks. It is the cheapest and best advertising there is.
- 05
Growth
Every meeting should leave behind something that was not there before: an idea, a contact or courage.
- 06
Safety
A space where you can say “I don’t know” without losing an ounce of credibility.
- 07
Courage to act despite fear
Each of us once started with a first step. There was rarely certainty, there was a decision.
Organisers
Three women, three companies, one decision
This community is run by three entrepreneurs who know first-hand what it is to build a company in a foreign country. The Gala has been their joint project since the first edition.
Edyta Pacholuk
The Witch Hair Academy
Hairdresser and trainer. She teaches a craft that joins technique, passion and style, for anyone who wants to create beauty.
@edytapacholuk
Krystyna Rakowiecka
Sala Catering Boxtel
She creates events that impress with taste and atmosphere. A venue and catering for family celebrations, company events and everything in between.
@krysiarakowieckaMain event
The Second Gala of Polish Businesswomen in the Netherlands
After the success of the first edition we are back with more scale, more class and even more energy. The second Gala will be bigger, more prestigious and more moving, made for women who know they want more: from life, from business and from themselves.
- Date
- 31 October 2026Saturday
- Times
- 15:00-21:05afterparty until midnight
- Venue
- EindhovenGrobbendonkstraat 20, 5628 RE
- Guests
- ~200women in the room
This is not merely an elegant evening. It is an event that brings together women running their own companies, working professionals and people who believe in cooperation. We open at 15:00 with a welcome and a glass of champagne at tables of eight. Then ten talks, broken up by dinner and two networking breaks, and stand-up comedy just before the finale. The heart of the evening is the awards ceremony at 20:15: twelve honours, one in each category. Then the afterparty until midnight.
The Standard ticket covers a seat at a table of eight, a welcome glass of champagne, soft drinks, the speakers (including special guests), the artistic show, networking and a gift. The afterparty is a separate ticket and requires a Standard ticket.
Standard ticket€230
- A seat at a table of eight
- Welcome champagne
- Soft drinks
- Speakers and special guests
- Artistic show and networking
- A gift
Afterparty€50
- Until midnight, after the official part
- Requires a Standard ticket
Sales run throughticketkantoor.nl · iDeal
Speakers
Ten talks, one evening
The talks run in programme order, broken up by dinner and networking breaks. The awards jury is drawn from among the speakers.
The awards
Twelve categories, twelve laureates
Nobody puts herself forward for a prize here. Names come from the community, and the choice runs through three stages: from the vote of Polish women in five countries to the decision of a jury drawn from the Gala’s speakers.
- I
Entries and nominations
The community puts the names forward. Nobody nominates herself to win. A name comes from someone who knows this woman’s work and her road.
- II
The vote of Polish women from five countries
The survey reached Polish women in Belgium, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and Poland. Eighty of them took the time, studied the candidates and decided who moves on and in which category.
- III
The jury’s decision
The shortlist goes to a jury drawn from the Gala’s speakers: international guests and one person from the Netherlands. The first criterion is expertise: knowledge, competence, quality of work and professionalism in one’s field.
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The evening of the announcement
Twelve laureates, one per category, are revealed only on stage in Eindhoven. Until then nobody outside the jury knows the result.
1The Power of ChildhoodFor those who give children room to grow: in language, culture and self-worth.
Shortlisted in stage III
- Katarzyna Jakubiak
- Jadwiga Proć-Rehm
- Sylwia Korman
2Inspiration for WomenFor those whose path makes other women say: I will try.
Shortlisted in stage III
- Anna Golian
- Weronika Klama
- Jowita Malinowska
3Most Trusted AccountantFor those to whom entrepreneurs entrust their numbers and then sleep soundly.
Shortlisted in stage III
- Ewelina Parfieniuk
- Renata Kleijkamp-Kopa
- Dorota Murawska Sochaczewska
4Personal Brand with HeartFor those whose brand sounds exactly like them, no posing, no noise.
Shortlisted in stage III
- Monika Rekowska
- Milena Otto
- Julia Rogozińska
5Outstanding Personality in BusinessFor those who walk into a room and the room notices.
Shortlisted in stage III
- Milena Otto
- Renata Kleijkamp-Kopa
- Weronika Klama
6Community LeaderFor those who rally people around causes bigger than their own business.
Shortlisted in stage III
- Ewa Zieniuk
- Ewelina Augustyn
- Sylwia Korman
7Global ReachFor those whose work outgrows the borders of a single country.
Shortlisted in stage III
- Hanna Grosfeld-Buda
- Anna van Dorresteijn-Obutelewicz
- Anna Golian
8Health with a MissionFor those who put a client’s health above the monthly result.
Shortlisted in stage III
- Anna Golian
- Barbara Konvicny
- Agnieszka Gawlińska
9Teacher and Educator of ChildrenFor those who teach children in a way that makes them want to come back.
Shortlisted in stage III
- Sylwia Korman
- Katarzyna Jakubiak
- Katarzyna Kurszewska
10Teacher and Educator of AdultsFor those who can teach an adult the very thing they were afraid of.
Shortlisted in stage III
- Anna van Dorresteijn-Obutelewicz
- Julia Rogozińska
- Katarzyna Kurszewska
11Creative Ambassador of the ArtsFor those who bring art where there was none.
Shortlisted in stage III
- Weronika Klama
- Kamila Moc
- Hanna Grosfeld-Buda
12Ambassador of Support for PolesFor those you call when life in the Netherlands gets hard.
Shortlisted in stage III
- Dorota Murawska Sochaczewska
- Anna van Dorresteijn-Obutelewicz
- Ewelina Augustyn
As of 24 August 2026. The laureates will be revealed on 31 October in Eindhoven.
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Patrons and partners
The brands standing behind this evening
The Gala is backed by brands that share the same values: conversation, authenticity and the belief that the people behind companies deserve to be seen.
MajLena
Creative Solutions
Patron of the second Gala. Milena Zepp-Suwara’s creative studio: identities, materials and the visual side of events.
IntroView
Patron of the second Gala. Łukasz “Intro” Ostrowski’s project built on conversation and authenticity: people’s stories, their passions and the road they travelled.
Babiniec Corbiański
VIP
Patron of the second Gala. A community whose very name evokes feminine energy, closeness and a space to simply be together, on your own terms.
Look Arts Vision
Film & photography
Media partner. Photo coverage and video from the whole evening: the official part, interviews with participants and the afterparty.
lookartsvision.comfirmatic.nl
Websites & automation
Technology partner. Websites, automation and business apps in the Netherlands. This site was built here.
firmatic.nlholandia.app
Living and working in NL
Partner. An app for Poles living and working in the Netherlands: paperwork, work and everyday life in one place.
holandia.appFirst edition
How it was on 8 November 2025
The first Gala of Polish Businesswomen in the Netherlands took place on 8 November 2025 in Sint-Oedenrode. Awards were presented in twelve categories, and that evening was the start of the road to the second edition.
Sponsorship
Not every advert is worth the same
You can buy a banner. You can buy advertising. You can show up on social media. Or you can become part of an initiative that genuinely changes things for other entrepreneurs.
Brand visibility
Before, during and after the Gala. We promote sponsors for weeks. This is not advertising that ends at midnight.
Prestige and trust
A brand that backs women in business says something about itself that no banner can buy.
Networking
Around two hundred women in business in one room, for a whole evening, in a mood that invites conversation.
Support for women in business
As a sponsor you are not backing a single evening. You become a partner in an initiative that connects entrepreneurs and shows that one person’s success takes nothing away from anyone else.
If you run a company and wonder how to reach new clients and raise your brand’s profile, sponsoring the Gala can be an excellent opportunity. We promote sponsors for weeks before the event, during the Gala itself and after it ends.
Ask about sponsorship packagesCalendar 2026
Meetings worth your time
The Gala is the loudest point of the year, but not the only one. All year round we meet in smaller groups, where a real conversation is possible.
- September 2026, date to follow13:00-19:00
A Woman’s Peace of Mind
venue to be announced
The autumn edition of the Spring Transformation. A day to stop, breathe and untangle what the year has managed to knot up.
Organiser: Kuara touch · Sala Catering Boxtel · Iwona Merecik
Tickets coming soon - Saturday, 31 October 202615:00-21:05 + afterparty
The Second Gala of Polish Businesswomen in the Netherlands
Grobbendonkstraat 20, 5628 RE Eindhoven
An evening where twelve women receive an award and two hundred others sit at the tables knowing it could have been them. Speakers, an artistic show, networking and an afterparty until midnight.
Organiser: Polish Businesswomen in the Netherlands
Tickets on saleTickets - 22 November 202610:00-17:30
Golden Ticket
Fellenoord 6, 5281 CB Boxtel
An intimate workshop day for no more than thirty women. A small group, so everyone gets to say what she came to say.
Organiser: Polish Businesswomen in the Netherlands
Sign up via the form, then a tikkie from the organisers. Price to follow.
Join us
Come before you feel ready
You do not need a company structure, a team or five years behind you. It is enough that you run something of your own, or are still thinking about it. Write to us and we will tell you what is happening near you.