Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the OECD and a Member of the Board of Katalyst Education, a leading digital education charity operating in Poland and Ukraine. He previously served as Member of the Polish Parliament for Warsaw (2011–2015) and was Poland’s longest-serving Minister of Finance (2007–2013). During his tenure, which coincided with the global financial crisis, Poland achieved the strongest economic growth performance among OECD and European countries. He drafted and implemented nine national budgets and led Poland’s tax and customs administration, employing over 60,000 staff. As Finance Minister, Prof. Rostowski participated in more than 60 ECOFIN Councils and chaired six meetings during Poland’s 2011 Presidency of the Council of the European Union, at the height of the Eurozone crisis. He played a leading role in negotiations on EU fiscal governance reforms, bank stress tests, and the creation of the European Banking Authority and the Single Supervisory Mechanism. He also participated in EU summits alongside European heads of state and government. Before entering politics, he combined an academic career with senior advisory roles in economic policy and finance across Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Serbia. He contributed to the design of Poland’s transition to a market economy and served as adviser to the Polish Ministry of Finance and the National Bank of Poland. Prof. Rostowski taught at University College London, the London School of Economics and Central European University, where he chaired the Economics Department. He is the author and editor of several books and numerous academic publications.
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