An expert and manager of the energy industry with over 20 years of experience in the areas of strategy, business development, investment and leading of effective, multidisciplinary teams. For over 15 years he had been working with the PGE Group where he held various posts, including: Deputy Director of Strategy Department and Director of Investment Department in the PGE head office, as well as Chief Operating Officer at PGE Baltica.
He earned his professional experience in the international energy companies specializing in renewables investments (offshore and onshore wind, solar and energy storage) – at Danish company Ørsted as Development Project Director and, recently, at Spanish company EDP Renewables as Country Manager for Poland. Earlier he had worked also at RWE, PwC and KGHM.
He graduated from the Wroclaw University of Technology, SGH - Warsaw School of Economics and Kozminski University. He is also a graduate of the European Mining Course program, under which he studied at Helsinki University of Technology, RWTH Aachen, TU Delft and Imperial College London.
Inaugural address:
Moderator: Janusz Gajowiecki, President, Polish Wind Energy Association
Panelists:
• Bartosz Fedurek, President of the Board, PGE Baltica
• Lukasz Kolinski, Head of Unit for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission
• Michał Jerzy Kołodziejczyk, President of the Management Board, Equinor Polska
• Arkadiusz Marchewka, Secretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure
• Agata Staniewska-Bolesta, Managing Director, Ørsted Offshore Poland
• Jarosław Broda, Board Member, Baltic Power
Topics of discussion:
• Role of the offshore wind sector in Poland's Energy Policy until 2040.
• Status of preparations to start the 1st phase of construction of OWF projects in Poland
• What steps do we need to take to ensure the success of Phase I of offshore wind?
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