Graduate, Faculty of Economics, University of Warsaw; 1997, BA, University of Warsaw and School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; 1997, MA in international economy, University of Sussex; Doctor of Economics, University of Sussex; 1998 and 2007, completed econometrics courses, International Center for Money and Banking Studies, Geneva and London. 1997- 2011, Economist, ING Barings, then Chief Economist, ING Bank Slaski. 2011, Chief Economist, Central and Eastern Europe, ING Group. Currently, Minister of Finance of Poland. Lecturer in Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, University of Sussex and Goethe Business School, Frankfurt. Former Co-Founder and President, British Alumni Society in Poland. Member, Polish Economists' Society. Author of publications.