Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz – Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics, Chairman of the Council of the Civil Development Forum.
Founder of the Civic Development Forum think-tank. Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH); Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the first two non-communist governments of the 3rd Republic of Poland and in the years 1997-2000; Governor of the National Bank of Poland in the years 2001-2007; holder of honorary doctorates of 32 domestic and foreign universities. He has received prestigious awards and distinctions – in Poland: including the Order of the White Eagle (2005), the highest state decoration, which he received for his contribution to the systemic transformation of our country, and abroad: among others, the Milton Friedman, Ludwig Erhard and Friedrich von Hayek awards, granted to him for promoting freedom; honorary chairman of the Bruegel think-tank in Brussels. Polish junior cross-country champion in 1965. Founder and chairman of the board of the Civil Development Forum think-tank.
