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

www.wef.org.in

Dahrendorf Forum, (London/Berlin) – Member of the Dahrendorf Committee

www.dahrendorf-forum.eu

United Nations Global Compact, UNGC, (Warsaw) – Member of the Program Council

www.ungc.org.pl

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

www.ceps.be

European Forum for New Ideas, EFNI, (Warsaw) – Member of the Program Council

www.efni.pl

European Policy Center, EPC (European Policy Center), (Brussels) – Member of the Program Council

www.epc.eu

Institute of Public Affairs, ISP, (Warsaw) – Member of the Foundation Council

www.isp.org.pl

European Council on Foreign Relations, ECFR (European Council on Foreign Relations), (Warsaw) – Member of the Council

www.ecfr.eu

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.

www.stowarzyszeniekongreskobiet.pl

Positions formerly held

Global Agenda Council on Europe 2012-2014 of the World Economic Forum, (New York) – Vice Chair.

www.weforum.org

Council of Europe Group of Eminent Persons, (Strasbourg) – Member

www.coe.int

Commission on Growth and Development, (Washington) – Member

www.worldbank.org

Committee on Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, (Warsaw) – Member

www.kne.pan.pl

Federation of Regional Actors in Europe (FEDRA) – Honorary Member

www.fedra.eu

European Brain Council – Ambassador

www.braincouncil.eu

European Internet Foundation, EIF (European Internet Foundation), (Brussels) – Member

www.eifonline.org

Global Public Policy Institute, GPPI, (Berlin) – Member of the Advisory Board

www.gppi.net

The Centrum Balticum Foundation – Member of the International Advisory Board

www.centrumbalticum.org

Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma, MtM (Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma), (Brussels) – Board Member

www.romadecade.org

www.opensocietyfoundations.org

“Nowe Życie Gospodarcze” national monthly economic magazine, (Warsaw) – Member of the Program Council

www.nzg.pl

European Movement International, EMI (European Movement International), (Brussels) – Member of the Honorary Council

www.europeanmovement.eu

Knowledge for Innovation, K4I (Brussels) – Member of the Governing Board

www.knowledge4innovation.eu

Association for Counteracting Social Exclusion of Persons with Mental Disorders Most, (Bydgoszcz) – Member

www.stowarzyszenie-most.pl

Polish Union of Oncology, PUO, (Warsaw) – Member of the Economic Council

www.puo.pl

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

www.gig.eu/pl

National Veterinary Institute, Piwet, (Pulawy) – Member of the Scientific Council

www.piwet.pulawy.pl

The BELA (Broader European Leadership Agenda) Foundation, BELA Foundation, (Berlin) – Member of the Program Council

www.bela-foundation.eu

Polish Brain Council, (Warsaw) – Honorary Supporting Member

www.neuropozytywni.pl

Association of Cities on the Internet, (Tarnow) – Honorary Member, Honorary Ambassador of Digital Poland of Equal Opportunities, PCRS

www.mwi.pl

Global Agenda Council on Europe, (New York) – Alumna

www.weforum.org

Modern Management Review journal, MMR, (Rzeszow) – Member of the Scientific Council

www.oficyna.portal.prz.edu.pl

Soroptimist International, SI – Warsaw Club Polish House, (Warsaw) – Honorary Member

www.soroptimist.org.pl

European Academy of Diplomacy (EAD), (Warsaw) – Member of the International Honorary Council

www.diplomats.pl

THINKTANK Center for Dialogue and Analysis, (Warsaw) – Member of the Strategic Council

www.mttp.pl

New Pact for Europe, (Brussels) – Member of the Advisory Committee

www.newpactforeurope.eu

Association Youth Reform Poland, (Warsaw) – Honorary Member

www.mlodzireformujapolske.pl

European Fund for the Development of Polish Villages Foundation, EFRWP, (Warsaw) – President of the Board of Directors

www.efrwp.pl

Monthly magazine “Bank and Credit”, (Warsaw) – Member of the Program Council

www.bankikredyt.nbp.pl

Magazine “Euroregiony/Europrojekty.PL”, (Katowice) – Honorary Chairwoman of the Editorial Board

www.europrojekty-pl.pl

 

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

 

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  • Russian