Advisory Board EuroPOWER

A graduate of the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences, specialty – computer science and economic cybernetics (1979) And Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Postgraduate (1998), Doctor of Economics (1988). Since graduating in 1979 to 2011, professionally related with the Department of Economic Policy and Planning, since 1989 with the Department of Finance and Banking Faculty of Economic Sciences. Longtime lecturer at the postgraduate study “Money and Banking”. In the years 1990 – 1994 active in commercial banking structures. He was the President of the Management Board of the Bank Cooperative Crafts in Warsaw, and in the years 1993 – 1994 co-organized the activities of the Polish Investment Bank SA where he was, i.a., Director of the Credit Department and Traders and Vice President (1997), responsible for retail banking.
In the years 1994 – 1997 – Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Privatization and Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Treasury, responsible for capital privatization, the restructuring of enterprises and companies of the Treasury, for the use of aid funds and the division of economic analysis in relation to the assets of the Treasury and responsible for supervising companies with foreign capital. He collaborated with investors and privatization advisors, Securities and Exchange Commission and the Stock Exchange. In the 1997 – 2007 – President of the Energy Regulatory Office.
In the period of 2007 – 2012 – President of the Management Board of Mostostal Zabrze Holding S.A. (MZH SA), a public company listed on the Stock Exchange in Warsaw. In the years 1995 -1997 chaired the Supervisory Board of “Petrochemia Plock” S.A, and in the years 1996 – 1998 – Council of the Stock Exchange in Warsaw. He participated in the work of the Supervisory Board of Powszechny Bank Kredytowy SA Warsaw, 1995 – 1996. During 2007-2012 he oversaw a number of commercial companies in the Group MZH SA.
Currently operates expertise and advice, being i.a. consultant to the Center for the Antitrust and Regulatory Study Faculty of Management University of Warsaw and the advisor to the President of the Employers of Poland. He is the author and co-author of dozens of articles and several scientific books on finance, economic policy, including regulation in the energy sector, as well as privatization.

Graduate mathematics – natural studies Pedagogical University in Szczecin. Since 2003 related to the power sector. Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Economy in the Government of Prime Minister Marek Belka supervising the energy sector, fuel, gas and mining. Member of the management boards of Polish Power Grid and BOT. He also managed the work of the supervisory boards related not only to the energy sector, among others X NFI FOKSAL but also in the energy sector in the Bełchatów Power Plant CHP Gorzow, Kamieńsk Wind Power Plant . Since 2009 – the Director for Energy Orange Poland.

Graduated from the prestigious Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and received a scholarship in quantum optics from the National Institute of Standards and Technologies in Washington (DC), where he worked under the lead of William D. Phillips, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics. During his studies, he also specialised in economics, with particular emphasis on market organisation under the lead of Professor Jean Tirole, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics in 2014. He also studied international economics at the University of Louvain La Neuve and was awarded a Master`s degree at the Warsaw School of Economics. He defended his PhD dissertation at the University of Warsaw. In the past, he worked as a professor, teaching change management, economics, market organisation and industrial strategy at the University of Warsaw, Collegium Civitas, Oxford Programme on Modern Poland. He co-authored the concept of effective change management in an enterprise, described in the book Zarządzanie zmianą. Od strategii do działania, he also wrote Od restrukturyzacji do modernizacji. Opóźniona transformacja polskiego sektora elektroenergetycznego w latach 1990-2009. He began his professional career in the Office of the Committee of European Integration, in the team of Minister Jan Kułakowski, responsible for conducting accession negotiations with the European Union, where he led an analytical team and was directly responsible for the area of energy and transport. Later on, he carried out the modernisation processes in numerous Polish companies, where he supported adaptation to the challenges of the European and global market. He promoted European cooperation in the field of industrial changes and adaptation of European industry to the challenges of globalisation within the framework of the European University of Labour and the Dublin Foundation. He created the governmental programme for the development of electro-mobility in Poland, described for the first time as a concept in New Electricity and New Cars, a book written in 2013-2015, together with Prof. Leszek Jesień. He also serves as Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Electro-mobility Programme. Since 1 January 2016, he has been working as the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Energy, where he has been directly responsible for technological development and innovation in the energy sector, implementation of climate and energy policy in the fuel and gas sector, international relations with countries and international organisations. His duties also included supervising the participation of the state in the largest Polish energy companies in the oil and gas sector, such as Orlen, Lotos and PGNiG. He was the initiator of the “Electro-mobility Development Plan” and then piloted the creation of a law on electro-mobility and alternative fuels, thanks to which these forms of transport will be able to develop dynamically. On the 27th of April 2018, he was appointed as the Plenipotentiary for the Presidency of the COP 24 Summit.

Doctor of Technical Sciences in the field of electrical power engineering and energy economics. He has associated his career with the energy sector from the very beginning. At the Energy Regulatory Office since 2004, recently – since 2014 – as the deputy director of the Department of Market Development and Consumer Issues. Civil servant official (since 2007).
Rafał Gawin has experience in supervising energy companies, particularly in the field of financial reporting and audit as well as investment and development.
He has wide experience in international cooperation. Rafał Gawin was an expert of the European Commission for the TAIEX programmes and twin-project in Ukraine, related to the functioning of the electricity market, security of energy supply, the balancing market and congestion management. He was also an expert at Florence School of Regulation on the development and operation of regional electricity markets. He has also repeatedly represented the Energy Regulatory Office on the international forum.
In 2013, he was a national expert with the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) in Lubljana, where as a member of the market monitoring group he worked, inter alia, on the Agency’s report on the assessment of national energy markets, on Regional Initiatives and issues related to unplanned energy flows. He was also responsible for cooperation with national energy regulators.
A lecturer. As an expert in the Energy Law Act Rafał Gawin is an author of publications and studies on the functioning of electricity markets, including the grid access principles, balancing and regional markets. Co-author of i.a. commentary on Polish Energy Law Act (2010 and 2016).
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki appointed Rafał Gawin President of the Energy Regulatory Office on 24th July 2019.

A graduate of the – Faculty of Law and Administration University of Warsaw, postgraduate studies at the Warsaw University of Technology – Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, the L.Kozminski School of Entrepreneurship and Management and at the University of Warsaw – Faculty of Management.
He worked at the central and local government. He advises in obtaining funds from the EU and participated in the preparation and implementation of investments in the energy sector.

Since 2002, Leszek Hołda’s professional career has been in the B2B market. Recently, he has held two positions: Head of Key and Corporate Account Sales Department at Orange Polska, and CEO of Integrated Solutions. As Head of Key and Corporate Account Sales Department, he implemented the largest, strategic projects strengthening the position of the Orange Polska Group in the top business market segment. As CEO of Integrated Solutions – Orange Polska’s ICT integrator – he was responsible for the company’s strategy and development, and supervised the implementation of key projects. Under his direction, within five years Integrated Solutions transitioned from a start-up into a leading player on the IT market, seeing a several dozen per cent rise in revenue each year. In 2009–2012, Leszek Hołda was also head of the Orange UEFA Euro 2012 project, where he managed a team of over 1,000 people responsible for technological support in Poland and for marketing rights activation in 11 European countries. Leszek Hołda completed an MBA Programme at the Warsaw University of Technology Business School. Earlier, he graduated from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków and the Kraków University of Economics.

Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration and the Post-graduate Intellectual Property Law Studies at the University of Warsaw. In 2005, completed barrister training at Warsaw Bar Chamber.
Worked with law firms until 2015. Involved with Ernst & Young in 2000-2003. Expert at the Jagiellonian Institute in 2011-2012. President of the Security-Development-Energy Initiatives Foundation since 2014. Lecturer to post-graduate students at Collegium Civitas, Warsaw University of Technology and Helena Chodkowska University of Technology and Economics. Specialised primarily in energy law and European competition law.

Arkadiusz Sekściński holds a PhD in social sciences (political science) from the University of Warsaw. He was the organiser of the Internal Security study programme focusing on Energy Security, and a lecturer in such subjects as “Poland’s Energy Policy”, “Energy Policies of Contemporary Countries”, “Renewable Energy Sources” and “Planning and Financing Investment Projects in the Energy Sector”. Author of research articles in Polish and English. He received his Master of Business Administration an MBA Energy programme at Lazarski University.
He held a scholarship from the Foundation for the Development of the Education System (University of Bergen, Norway), the Leonardo da Vinci Programme (the Białystok Province Regional Office, Brussels, Belgium), the Socrates – Erasmus Programme (Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece).
Mr Sekściński started his professional career in the energy sector in 2007, working as a consultant in companies providing advisory services to businesses operating in the heat and power sector. From 2011, he served as director and member of the Management Board of the Polish Wind Energy Association. In 2016, he joined PGE Energia Odnawialna S.A. where, as Vice President and acting President of the Management Board, he supervised investment projects, innovation, operation of generation assets, communication, human resources and security. He served as president of special purpose vehicles responsible for the construction of onshore wind farms and development of wind farm projects in the Baltic Sea. He was also Head of the Photovoltaic Development Programme at the PGE Group.
Mr. Arkadiusz Sekściński is employed at the University of Warsaw as an lecturer (he is currently on unpaid leave).
Vice President, Chief Development Officer, supervises and coordinates the Company’s operations with respect to: 
1) innovation and growth projects involving PGNiG S.A., 
2) analysing and monitoring opportunities to obtain EU funding for the Company’s operations; 
3) oversight of standardisation activities at the Company, 
4) development of technical assumptions, rules, norms and standards for the gas area, 
5) operations of the PGNiG Central Measurement and Testing Laboratory. 

Mr Józef Węgrecki is a Member of the PKN ORLEN Management Board since March 23rd 2018. Between February 5th and March 23rd 2018 a Member of the Supervisory Board temporarily delegated to perform the duties of the PKN ORLEN Management Board Member responsible for Investments and Procurement.

He is a graduate of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Faculty of Mining and Metallurgical Machines.

Mr Węgrecki holds qualifications to serve on the supervisory boards of companies in which the Polish State Treasury has interests.

In 1978-1990, Józef Węgrecki worked at Zakład Remontowy Energetyki Kraków, where he held the position of Member of the Management Board, Chief Technical Officer. In 1990-1993, Mr Węgrecki served at employee-owned company Remak Opole as its Vice President. From April 1993 to June 2017, he was President and Member of the Management Board of Remak-Krak Sp. z o.o.

In 2017, Mr Węgrecki was appointed Vice President of the Management Board of Energa Wytwarzanie S.A., where his management responsibilities covered water and wind turbine operation, photovoltaic farms, cogeneration and coal-fired power plants, innovation, heating asset acquisitions and setting development directions.

On February 5th 2018, Mr Węgrecki was delegated to temporarily serve as Member of the PKN ORLEN Management Board for Investment and Procurement, and then in April he was appointed Member of the Management Board, Chief Operating Officer.

He is interested in monitoring and analysing the latest technical solutions in the field of power generation: alternative energy sources and their potential industrial applications.

Mr Józef Węgrecki has received a number of awards, including the Galicia Construction Grand Award for his contribution to the advancement of the construction industry, a Badge of Merit for exceptional services to the construction industry, a Gold Medal for long service, and an Honoris Gratia badge for charity and community service.

Mr Marek Woszczyk is a recognised expert on the electric power and gas industry. Holding a number of managerial positions in the Polish Energy Regulatory Office (URE), he played a key role in the transformation of Poland’s electricity and gas market.
Since the very beginning of his professional career Mr Woszczyk has been actively involved in the promotion of fair competition and the building of a stable and transparent regulatory environment. He coordinated the process of implementing legal mechanisms ensuring the liberalisation of the national electricity and gas market by adjusting Poland’s energy law to the legal requirements of the European Union. Mr Woszczyk is the author of many publications on the energy law.
Mr Woszczyk started to work for the Energy Regulatory Office in 1998. In the years 1998-2007 he held the position of Deputy Director in the Central Division of the Office. In 2011 he was appointed President of the Energy Regulatory Office.
As an energy expert, Mr Woszczyk is active in the international environment. He was ERO President’s representative in the European Regulators’ Group for Electricity and Gas as well as the Energy Regulators Regional Association – ERRA – from 2005 in the Committee for Competition and Concessions, and from 2006 in the General Assembly. In the years 2011-2013 he was a member of the ERRA Presidium. Mr Woszczyk represented ERO also in the Council of European Energy Regulators – CEER; on 1 February 2011 he was elected Vice President of the CEER Board. Mr Woszczyk held the position of member of the ACER Board of Regulators; he also participated in the activities of the Polish Nuclear Energy Team, an advisory body to the Prime Minister of the Polish Government.

Mr. Tomasz ROGALA President of Euracoal (European Association for Coal and Lignite) and Chairman of the Board at Polska Grupa Górnicza SA (PGG – Polish Mining Group), the largest hard coal producer in Europe, with an annual output of around 30 million tonnes. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Silesia where he specialised in financial law. He also completed postgraduate studies in EU law at the Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and in business management at the University of Economics in Katowice as part of the Harzburg Kolleg programme. Mr. Rogala is a state-licensed insolvency practitioner and expert on corporate valuations. Previously, he was the President of the Management Board of Kompania Węglowa SA, prior to its restructuring.

Attorney at Law, graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at Warsaw University. He also has diplomas from University of Florida and the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Member of the Regional Bar Association in Warsaw. He has over 8 years of experience in strategic management, restructuring, new business development, mergers and acquisitions, investment PE/VC and project finance, mainly in the energy sector. Currently occupies the position of Partner in the Venture Investors Ltd. Previously, he worked at EDP Renewables (Energias de Portugal Group) on the position of General Counsel.

Vice President of Energy Regulatory Office since 2012, since 2013 – Acting President of ERO.
Maciej Bando graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology. He also completed postgraduate studies in business and management, as well as various courses and trainings in this field. During many years of his professional career he gained experience working in different entities as financial director and Member of the Board responsible for finance and investment. In the years 2002-2009, he was involved in the activities of Polska Grupa Energetyczna, being Vice President of the Board of Pumped-Storage Hydroelectricity Plant (currently PGE Energia Odnawialna) and director of the Investment Bureau of PGE Dystrybucja Warszawa Teren. He is the author of various analyses and reports on energy, he also cooperated as an expert with, among others, CASE group.

Graduate of the Agricultural University in Poznan (1990), scholar of the European Union FH Weihenstephan (1991-1992).
In the years 1994 – 1999 expert and Project Manager carried out under the aid programs PHARE and USAID. He started his career at the Voivodeship Office in Poznań, in the years 1993 – 2005 member of the board and of supervisory boards of commercial law related to the economic consultancy, information technology and the energy industry. Since 2006 he associated with the capital group Asseco, where he is managing the energy and gas sector.
Co-author of a series of studies of the energy market, the development strategy of energy companies, restructuring programs and studies for the development of the energy market. Member of the Steering Committees in several of the largest Polish IT projects implemented for the energy industry. Co-author of the development strategy of Asseco on domestic and foreign markets, he supervises development of Asseco products and their internationalization and globalization.

Zbigniew Bicki has wide practical and technical knowledge of managing companies in energy power sector. He graduated the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering at the WU of Technology.
Professionally, his background is: -Deputy Director of the Power Plants Dep. at the Ministry of Mining and Energy, Deputy Minister, Chief Inspector of Energy Economy, Director of the Energy Dep. at the Ministry of Industry, General Director of the Polish Power and Brown Coal Board,CEO of the: Polish Power Grid Company (PSE S.A.), and BOT Górnictwo i Energetyka S.A.
Founder, owner and CEO of advisory company – EM &CA SA Member of many social organisations e.g. VP of the Polish Chamber of Power Industry and Environmental Protection (IGEOŚ), Chairman of the Polish Membership Committee of the WEC (PKŚRE), now Vice Chairman. Others: awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta /V cl/ , several patents, numerous publications.

Polish politician and university professor, Jerzy Buzek is a former Prime Minister of Poland and former President of the European Parliament. A member of the European Parliament since 2004, he currently chairs European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). He is the chairman of the European Energy Forum, a platform for discussion between European energy stakeholders and policymakers. In 2010, together with Jacques Delors, he proposed the creation of a “European Energy Community”, a strategy to strengthen energy legislation and cooperation within and outside the EU which laid foundations for EU’s Energy Union. Led EP’s work on Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation, Gas Directive Revision, the Security of Gas Supply legislation, the EU Internal Energy Market, European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) and the EU’s 7th Framework Programme for Research. Lately the EP plenum backed his call for creating a Just Energy Transition Fund with a budget of €4,8 billion to support European coal regions.

Expert providing advice to Polish and foreign companies from the power and production sectors. Specializes in determining investment options, improving the efficiency of processes, creating development strategies, cost optimization and restructuring. She leads a team of strategic advisors who support clients in the analysis of technological data, digitalisation and automation of production processes.

Ewa Drozd joined the company’s top management in Poland in March 2021. As Enterprise Commercial Lead she will be responsible for supporting large enterprise sector customers on their transformation journey with Microsoft technologies.

Ewa Drozd is an experienced IT manager and consultant with over 25 years of industry experience. For the last 20 years she has been working for SAP Poland, in regional management roles as Head of Commercial Sales MU CEE & CIS and Head of Education CEE and as Vice President of SAP Poland. During her career in the company, she was responsible, among others, for business strategy development and sales to the largest customers of the company as well as for education and consulting processes, supporting customers and partners, not only in Poland, but also in the markets of Central and Eastern Europe and CIS. She has also gained and developed her managerial experience in the Polish branch of Huhtamaki as Logistics Director.

An expert in the field of infrastructure funds and public-private partnership. Since the beginning of the project related to the Fund Marguerite (2009), first as a board member and since December 2013 as Chairman of the Board. For years associated with Wielun PKO Polish Bank, where he work with capital investments and financing of infrastructure and energy sector. Member of the expert council of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) (2013), which establishes rules for EU funds to be spent on long-term investments and financing of small and medium enterprises. A graduate of King’s College University of London.

Artur is a Business graduate of Georg-August Universtiy Göttingen in Germany, Warsaw School of Economics and INSEAD. Artur gained his major experience among others for Accenture Strategy, leading projects around cost reductions and digital transformation mainly in utilities and manufacturing. Among others Artur worked with E.On, PGNiG, Airbus and Audi.

In his current role, as a Senior Manager at SAS, Artur is responsible for the regional customer advisory for the manufacturing and utilities market, advising on digital transformation technologies such as AI and Advanced analytics.

In his current SAP position, he is responsible for cooperation with Energy & Utility companies and Industry Associations to set and bring new ideas where innovative SAP Technology can help to grow, drive additional value and answer to industry trends. Big enthusiast of Digital Transformation and IoT being also a part of various innovative SAP initiatives focused on Utility value chain. He is also a member of Era-net smart grids plus initiative working group and plays an active role in FutureFlow initiative conducted with four Power Transmission Companies under Horizon 2020. Before joining SAP, he worked for 15 years in big consulting companies conducting several big projects in the area of process & cost optimization, asset management, corporate planning in Utilities & Energy industry.

He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering and Environmental Engineering at the Wrocław University of Technology. He completed postgraduate studies
at the Wrocław University of Technology in the field of Management and Marketing
and at the Warsaw University of Technology in the field of Gas Engineering. He completed postgraduate studies in Project Management at the Warsaw School of Economics.
He is a graduate of the Executive MBA studies organized by the Gdansk Foundation
for Management Development in partnership with the Institut d’Administration des Entreprises Aix–Marseille. He has the necessary qualifications to both design and manage works
in the field of gas installations and networks alongside with being the owner of the PRINCE2 Practitioner certificate.
He has extensive professional experience in the field of operation of energy facilities.
He has been connected with the gas industry for over 25 years. He initially worked
as a designer and later as a head of design studio in GAZOPROJKET S.A all while participating in the design of the most important investments in the power industry which included: Transit Gas Pipeline System, gas storage facilities in Mogilno and Wierzchowice, transit gas compressor stations, gas compression station in Hołowczyce, Jeleniów, Krzywa, Kotowo
i Załęcze and the biggest gas interchanges alongside with several dozens of gas stations.
After beginning employment in PGNiG S.A. head office he was involved in the most important strategic projects connected with the diversification of gas supply to Poland such
as the construction of the LNG terminal in Świnoujście and the Poland-Denmark connection project Baltic Pipe.
In recent years he worked for OSP GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. where he was responsible
for the development of the gas transmission system, planning new investment projects
and programs, as well as producing multi-annual development plans responding to the needs of the developing gas market in Poland. At the same time, he held the position of Deputy Director of the Gas Dispatch Centre.
He was awarded with the Bronze Cross of Merit and many industry awards. He also holds
the title of Mining Chief 2nd Grade and is a member of the Scientific and Technical Association of Technicians and Engineers of the Oil and Gas Industry.
On 1 October 2018 he was appointed as Member of the Management Board of Polska Spółka Gazownictwa and on 21 August 2019 he was appointed as Member of the Management Board of the Polska Spółka Gazownictwa responsible for technical and network maintenance.
On July 1, 2020, he was appointed the President of the Management Board of Polska Spółka Gazownictwa.

Jerzy Kwieciński is a graduate of Faculty of Materials Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology and holds a degree of Doctor in the field of technical science. He also completed a postgraduate course for managers at the Warsaw School of Economics and an international Master of Business Administration programme run by the University of Antwerp, the University of Staffordshire, the Free University of Brussels and the University of Warsaw. Jerzy Kwieciński also has experience in academic and R&D work, which he gained, among others at the Warsaw University of Technology and as a visiting professor at Brunel University of West London.
Mr Kwieciński has more than 30 years of international experience in strategic planning, management of large organisations, programmes and projects in the public, private, non-governmental and scientific research sectors, including energy sector.
From 1993 to 2004, he worked for the European Commission Representation in Poland, where his duties included management of programmes and projects financed by the European Union. He also participated in the works preparing Poland for membership in the European Union. Between 2004 and 2005 he was the President of Europejskie Centrum Przedsiębiorczości Sp. z o.o, where in 2008-2015 he acted as a Vice-President of the Management Board.
In 2005, Mr Kwieciński took a position of the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Regional Development, headed by Minister Grażyna Gęsicka, where he coordinated the national development policy and cohesion policy, including the work on the National Development Strategy for 2007–2015 and the National Cohesion Strategy for 2007–2013.
In 2008–2015, he served as President of the Management Board of JP Capital Group sp. z o.o., specialising in preparation and implementation of projects and innovations, including establishing and running start-ups. In that period he was also head of  Fundacja Europejskie Centrum Przedsiębiorczości (European Entrepreneurship Centre Foundation).
Since 2015, he has been a member of the National Development Council, appointed by President Andrzej Duda.
In November 2015, he was appointed the first deputy of the Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in the Ministry of Development in the government of Prime Minister Beata Szydło. From January 2018, he held the office of the Minister of Investment and Development in the government of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, and from September 2019 he served also as the Minister of Finance. He held both functions until November 15, 2019. He worked on, among others preparation and implementation of the Strategy for Responsible Development and implementation of cohesion policy.

Till 2016 she was a senior associate in the Agora Energiewende – international think tank on energy. Earlier she was the director of the department for market development and a managing board member of the Danish Dong Energy. In 2007 – 2011 she was working in the Ministry of Environment. During the Polish EU presidency she was undersecretary of state and represented Poland on the international forum. She led the team which executed the pilot sale of the Kyoto protocol’s AAUs to the Spanish and Irish governments which gave more than 500 mln PLN for low-emissions investments. She contributed to the climate negotiations – especially the preparation of the UN COP14 climate summit in Poznań, Poland. Author and co-author of number of energy focused publications and strategies. Holder of a number of scholarship programs for research and support of young professionals. She was a student and an employee of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and of the Potsdam University. PhD in impact assessment of investment projects.

Today Jacek Piechota runs his own business. Namely, he specializes in consulting firms that trade on the Eastern markets.
Previously Jacek Piechota served as the Minister of Economics, and the Minister of Economics and Labour under Leszek Miller’s and Mark Belka’s administrations, where his duties included negotiating with the European Commission before Poland’s accession to the Union, negotiating the offset conditions, creating grounds for the functioning of special economic regions, co-creation of the rescue plans for businesses, and launching system of incentives for localization of foreign investments in Poland.
As a Member of Parliament, Jacek Piechota was the head of Entrepreneurship Development Committee and Committee for Small and Medium Enterprises.
He also launched and implemented the programmes of support for small and medium enterprises including governmental programme “funds for entrepreneurial” and was responsible for implementation of national development strategy and regional support programmes.
Since 2007 Jacek Piehota is the President of Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce, promoting economic relations between Poland and Ukraine, and since 2012 he also is the President of “Europe-North-East” Association.

He is managing the team responsible for key clients and partners of Microsoft: major banks, insurance companies, along with companies from the energy, telecommunications and media sectors in Poland. Before that, he was the Director of New Technologies Branch for four years and temporarily served as General Director.
Dariusz has over twenty years of experience in IT, which he gathered among the years while working in Cisco System as Technical Director and in Research and Academic Computer Network (NASK), where he was responsible for planning and executing nation-wide ICT networks.
As a member of CIONET, Dariusz is active in the development of IT market in Poland. He is an author of many press articles and a speaker at business and IT conferences and meetings. Apart from that, he is a member of opinion-forming councils, created for exchange of experience and knowledge among the people responsible for setting the development trends in Poland.
Dariusz is a graduate of The Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology on Warsaw University of Technology. He holds MBA’s of University of Warsaw and University of Illinois. In his free time, he enjoys skiing and sailing with his family.

In 1980 was the co-founder of the NSZZ Solidarność at the Silesian University of Technology. Between 1981-1989 he has played an important role in the opposition movement. During the Round Table talks he has been an expert on the subject of mining and environmental protection on behalf of the Solidarność.
Member of Parliament of the X, I, and III term on behalf of the Citizens’ Committee, of Solidarność and the Christian Democrat Party, of which he was one of the founders and long-term vice president.
Between 1990-1994, he served as the President of the State Mining Authority, then 1994-1996 as an adviser to the President of the State Agency for Coal. From 1997 to 2001 he has been the Minister of Economy, and since June 2000 also the Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Jerzy Buzek. Currently he is Senior Advisor at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.
Chairman of the Board of the National Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce in Katowice. Member of the supervisory boards of companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Doctor of law at the University of Warsaw with transactional and regulatory experience gained in the Banking & Finance departments of international law firms. Mariusz Sudoł graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, he also participated in a scholarship funded by the Swiss government at the University of Zurich. Nowadays, as Operations Director for the region of Central and Eastern Europe at Hitachi Europe Limited, he is responsible for regulated sectors (banking, modern energy), including banking law practice, new technology law practice, negotiations, preparation of contracts, commercialization and development of innovative products and business development strategy. Lecturer and author of many scientific publications on commercial law.

Graduated from the Koźminski University in Warsaw with a degree in Marketing, Management and Finance & Banking. His wide-range knowledge in the field of strategic management he acquired at the School of Economics and Management at Lund University in Sweden. Moreover, he accomplished International Consulting training in Audencia Nantes Management School. He gained his experience i.a. at Frosta A.G. in Bremerhaven, where he reported directly to the Marketing Director. He performed functions of general director of the Association of Frozen Foods, that brings together dozens of biggest producers of frozen food on Polish market, including representatives of global brands such as: Unilever, Farm Frites, Bonduelle. While working in the Warsaw International Fair he has contributed to organisation of three editions of the largest motor show in Poland – Warsaw International Motor Show. Subsequently, he worked in Expomedia Events Warsaw, where he held the position of director for business development and sponsorship relations. The next stage of his career was transition to conference sector.