Joanna Szostek

  • Director of the Communications and Stakeholder Relations Division, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe Sp. z o.o.
  • An experienced practitioner in the field of public affairs and public relations.
  • For over 13 years, she has been involved in communication for major infrastructure investments carried out in the Polish energy sector.
  • She led the International Communications Team for the Baltic Pipe offshore gas pipeline project at GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. and the Renewable Energy Office at PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.
  • She is currently engaged in the project to build Poland’s first nuclear power plant, where she is responsible for communications and stakeholder relations.
  • Co-author of numerous studies, training materials and guidelines on systemic communication approaches for large-scale investments, the implementation of responsible social communication models, and comprehensive stakeholder management within the investment process.

Rafał Kasprów

  • President of the Management Board at Orlen Synthos Green Energy Sp. z o.o.
  • Member of the Management Board at BWRX Europe (a joint venture between Synthos Green Energy and GE Hitachi Nuclear) and BWRX Ltd in the United Kingdom.
  • Previously served as the President of the Management Board at Synthos Green Energy.
  • For nearly two decades, Managing Partner at a consulting firm in the energy sector.
  • Worked as a consultant for gas and oil for the Ministry of State Treasury, the World Bank, and the largest oil supplier to Poland.
  • From 2000 to 2002, served as a member of the Supervisory Board of Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (Polish Oil and Gas Company).

Krzysztof Kilian

Between 2008 and 2011, he served as the First Vice President of the Management Board, Director of Marketing and Customer Relationship Management at Polkomtel. Earlier, he ran his own consulting company, collaborating with organizations such as TDA Capital, Prokom Software, and Asseco (1999–2008). He was an advisor to the president of Bank Handlowy (1993–1997) and worked as a Senior Advisor for Poland at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in London (1997–1998).

He also held roles in public administration: advisor to the minister and deputy director of the minister’s office at the Ministry of Ownership Transformations (1991); Director General and Director of the Prime Minister’s Office at the Office of the Council of Ministers (1991–1992); and Minister of Communications (1992–1993).

He has experience serving on supervisory boards, having been a member of boards such as PL.2012, PKO Bank Polski, TFI PZU, PGF, Poczta Polska, the Banking Education Foundation, KGHM, and BPH.

He is a graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical and Technological Engineering at Gdańsk University of Technology (1983) and the Warsaw Institute of Banking, as well as the US Department of Treasury (Asset and Liability Management, Bank Management).

Stanisław Szultka

Director of the Department of Economic Development at the Marshal’s Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, academic staff member of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Gdańsk. An economist by education. An expert in the fields of business innovation and competitiveness, technology development trends, and development policy. Possesses over a dozen years of experience in economic research and analysis, strategic planning, technology development, as well as programming and evaluating public policies. In these areas, he has implemented projects for, among others, the European Commission, the Ministry of Development, the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP), the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR), and regional governments in Poland.

Leszek Hołda

  • Leszek Hołda has more than 20 years of experience related to management in large international organizations and extensive knowledge of the telecommunications, IT and energy sectors. In recent years, Leszek Hołda served as a member of the board of PKP Energetyka, where he was responsible, among other things, for the implementation of the Green Rail energy transformation program, aimed at replacing traditional rail energy with renewable sources, in order to achieve zero-emission rail transportation in Poland.
  • Currently, Leszek Holda serves as CEO of Bechtel Polska sp. z o.o. Bechtel is a global partner in engineering, construction and project management for industry and government. It serves the infrastructure, nuclear, safety and environment, energy, and mining and metals markets.
  • In Poland, Bechtel and Westinghouse Electric Company will be responsible for the design and construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant (based on the AP1000 nuclear reactor) at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in Pomerania.

Mirosław Kowalik

  • manager with extensive experience and knowledge of the Polish energy market. Since May 2021, in the position of president of Westinghouse in Poland, where he is responsible for the implementation of investments in the area of nuclear technology, including the construction of the country’s first nuclear power plant based on safe and proven AP1000® technology.
  • Kowalik has more than 25 years of experience in the energy sector and expertise in business management, strategy, new project acquisition and business development, gained in senior management positions at SNC Lavalin, Alstom and ABB, among others. Prior to his position at Westinghouse, he served as CEO of Enea, one of Poland’s largest power companies.
  • He is a graduate of the Electrical Engineering Department of the Maritime Academy in Gdynia. He earned an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management in cooperation with the Foundation for Management Development at the University of Gdansk and completed postgraduate studies in corporate financial management at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Thierry Deschaux

  • General Director of the EDF Representative Office in Poland.
  • He has over 35 years of experience working in the energy sector. He has been associated with the EDF Group from the beginning of his professional career. For 15 years he worked in France dealing with nuclear energy issues in the areas of engineering, servicing and maintenance of power plants and strategic purchases of nuclear fuel. He has good knowledge of the Polish energy market, including knowledge of coal purchases, development of heat and power plants, management of heating systems and development of energy services. For 16 years in Poland, he held managerial positions in companies such as: Energokrak, EDF Polska, and Dalkia Polska, where he was the President of the Management Board for 7 years.
  • He is a Master of Science in Engineering, a graduate of Centrale-Supelec and INSA engineering schools.

Miłosz Motyka

  • Polish Minister of Energy
  • Born on 30 September 1992 in Myślenice.
  • He holds a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of Agriculture in Kraków. Actively engaged in social initiatives, he served as President of the Forum of Young Peasants’ Party Members (Forum Młodych Ludowców) from 2017 to 2023. A graduate of the School of Political Leaders, he has been the Spokesperson and Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Polish People’s Party (PSL) since 2019.
  • Since 2024, he has been a Member of the Regional Assembly of the Małopolska Voivodeship, where he serves as Vice-Chair of the Committee on Environmental Protection and Public Safety.
  • In December 2023, he was appointed Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Climate and Environment, responsible for the renewable energy and power sectors.