Education
2009
Honorary doctorate, Universite de Valenciennes, France
2009
Honorary doctorate, Poznań University of Economics
2008
Honorary doctorate in political science, Universita` degli Studi, Camerino, Italy
2007
Doctorate of honoris causa, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005
Honorary doctorate, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
1992
Scientific title of Professor of Economics
1988-1990
Fulbright scholarship, University of California, Berkeley, USA
1980
Post doctoral degree (habilitation) (International Economic Relations), SGPiS (now SGH), Warsaw, Poland
1974
Ph.D. in Economics, SGPiS (now SGH), Warsaw, Poland.
1971
Master’s degree in Economics, Faculty of Foreign Trade, SGPiS
Professional career
2019 – 2024
Member of the European Parliament (IX term)
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Committee on International Trade (INTA),Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), Delegation for relations with the United States (D-US), Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC), Delegation to the EU-UK Partnership Parliamentary Assembly (D-UK), Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-MX), Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT), Member of the EP delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe
2014 – 2019
Member of the European Parliament, Chairwoman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (VIII term)
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Delegation for relations with the United States (D-US), Committee on International Trade (INTA), Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-MX), Special Committee on the Tax Rulings and other similar measures due to their nature or their effect (TAXE)
2009 – 2014
Member of the European Parliament, Chairwoman of the Committee on Regional Development (VII term)
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Delegation for relations with the United States (D-US), Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee, Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis, Special Committee on Policy Challenges and Budgetary Resources for a Sustainable European Union after 2013
2004 – 2009
Member of the European Commission, European Union Commissioner for Regional Policy
V – XI 2004
Member of the European Commission, European Union Commissioner for Trade
2003 – 2004
Minister for European Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Leszek Miller
2001 – 2003
Head of the Office of the Committee for European Integration and Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2000 – 2001
Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva, with the rank of the United Nations Deputy Secretary General
1998 – 2001
Public Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic of Poland
1998 – 1999
Deputy Executive Secretary at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva
1997 – 1998
Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski
1996 – 1998
Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
1996 – 1997
Government Plenipotentiary for the establishment of the Committee for European Integration (KIE), Secretary of KIE with the rank of Secretary of State and Head of the Office of the Committee for European Integration (UKIE)
1995 – 1997
Member of the Council of Statistic, Central Statistic Office
1995 – 1996
Member of the Supervisory Board of Powszechny Bank Kredytowy S.A.
1995 – 1996
Chief Negotiator of Poland’s membership in the OECD
1994 – 1996
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Industry and Trade
1994 – 1995
Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, co-author of the government program “Strategy for Poland”
1992 – 1996
Chairwoman of the Social Planning Council at the Central Planning Office
1992 – …
Editor-in-Chief in “National Economy”
1992 – 1997
Deputy Editor-in-Chief in “Economist”
1991 – 1994
Deputy Director of the Institute for Development and Strategic Studies, Central Planning Office, Warsaw
1987 – 1996
Member of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), Geneva
1981 – 1987
Deputy director of the Institute for Research on Developing Countries, Warsaw School of Economics (now Warsaw School of Economics)
1971 – 2018
Faculty member, SGPiS/SGH
Additional professional and public activities
Currently held positions
United Nations Association Poland (UNAP) – Member of the Program Council https://www.unapoland.org
Women Economic Forum – Advisory Board Member
Dahrendorf Forum, (London/Berlin) – Member of the Dahrendorf Committee
United Nations Global Compact, UNGC, (Warsaw) – Member of the Program Council
Centre for European Policy Studies, CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies), (Brussels) – Member of the Supervisory Board, Member of the CEPS Special Working Group on Banking Supervision (Taskforce on banking supervision) in 2014 and Member of the CEPS Taskforce on Inter and Intra institutional reform in 2013-2014
European Forum for New Ideas, EFNI, (Warsaw) – Member of the Program Council
European Policy Center, EPC (European Policy Center), (Brussels) – Member of the Program Council
Institute of Public Affairs, ISP, (Warsaw) – Member of the Foundation Council
European Council on Foreign Relations, ECFR (European Council on Foreign Relations), (Warsaw) – Member of the Council
Congress of Women, (Warsaw) – Member of the Council of the Association, Member of the Program Council, Shadow Cabinet of the Congress of Women – Prime Minister.
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Positions formerly held
Global Agenda Council on Europe 2012-2014 of the World Economic Forum, (New York) – Vice Chair.
Council of Europe Group of Eminent Persons, (Strasbourg) – Member
Commission on Growth and Development, (Washington) – Member
Committee on Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, (Warsaw) – Member
Federation of Regional Actors in Europe (FEDRA) – Honorary Member
European Brain Council – Ambassador
European Internet Foundation, EIF (European Internet Foundation), (Brussels) – Member
Global Public Policy Institute, GPPI, (Berlin) – Member of the Advisory Board
The Centrum Balticum Foundation – Member of the International Advisory Board
Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma, MtM (Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma), (Brussels) – Board Member
www.opensocietyfoundations.org
“Nowe Życie Gospodarcze” national monthly economic magazine, (Warsaw) – Member of the Program Council
European Movement International, EMI (European Movement International), (Brussels) – Member of the Honorary Council
Knowledge for Innovation, K4I (Brussels) – Member of the Governing Board
Association for Counteracting Social Exclusion of Persons with Mental Disorders Most, (Bydgoszcz) – Member
Polish Union of Oncology, PUO, (Warsaw) – Member of the Economic Council
European Academy of Business for Enterprises, (Warsaw) – Honorary Member of the Program Council
Grunewald Discussion Circle – Member
Central Mining Institute (GIG), (Katowice) – Member of the Scientific Council
National Veterinary Institute, Piwet, (Pulawy) – Member of the Scientific Council
The BELA (Broader European Leadership Agenda) Foundation, BELA Foundation, (Berlin) – Member of the Program Council
Polish Brain Council, (Warsaw) – Honorary Supporting Member
Association of Cities on the Internet, (Tarnow) – Honorary Member, Honorary Ambassador of Digital Poland of Equal Opportunities, PCRS
Global Agenda Council on Europe, (New York) – Alumna
Modern Management Review journal, MMR, (Rzeszow) – Member of the Scientific Council
Soroptimist International, SI – Warsaw Club Polish House, (Warsaw) – Honorary Member
European Academy of Diplomacy (EAD), (Warsaw) – Member of the International Honorary Council
THINKTANK Center for Dialogue and Analysis, (Warsaw) – Member of the Strategic Council
New Pact for Europe, (Brussels) – Member of the Advisory Committee
Association Youth Reform Poland, (Warsaw) – Honorary Member
European Fund for the Development of Polish Villages Foundation, EFRWP, (Warsaw) – President of the Board of Directors
Monthly magazine “Bank and Credit”, (Warsaw) – Member of the Program Council
Magazine “Euroregiony/Europrojekty.PL”, (Katowice) – Honorary Chairwoman of the Editorial Board
Awards & distinctions
2014
L’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur, Officier, France
2011
Emperor Maximilian Prize, Austria
2010
Tiroler Adler-Orden, Austria
1997
The Order of Merit, Portugal
1996
Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, Poland
Languages:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Russian
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