Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko
Director

Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko -- a key architect of Polish reforms -- is a renowned economist and a world expert on transition and development policy. While Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance (1994-97) he led Poland to the OECD. Holding the same positions again in 2002-03 he played an important role in Poland's integration with the European Union. In 1989 he was participating in the historical Polish Round Table, which led to the first post-communist government in East Central Europe. In 1989-91 he was the member of Economic Council of the Government.

A graduate and Ph.D. of Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), he is currently Director of TIGER - Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research (www.tiger.edu.pl) and professor at the Leon Kozminski Academy of Entreprenurship and Management in Warsaw (WSPiZ). The United Nations, IMF and the World Bank have sought Professor Kolodko expertise. He has accepted invitations for visiting professorships at Yale, UCLA and the University of Rochester, New York, as well as research fellowships and lectures at academic institutions and organizations worldwide.

He is the author of 38 books and over 300 articles and research papers that are published in 24 languages around the globe, of which a majority is available in English.

Professor Kolodko is a marathon runner and world traveler who has explored over 130 countries.

Jacek Tomkiewicz Ph. D
Research Director

Assistant Professor at the Research Institute – TIGER. Ph. D. at the Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Managment. Graduate of the Cracow Academy of Economics, specialisation: Public Finance. (more)

Tel. +48 22 519 21 00 int. 205
Fax. +48 22 519 22 65
E-mail: tomkiewj@tiger.edu.pl

Marcin Piatkowski Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Chief Economist of PKO BP, the largest bank in Poland. During 2006-08, economist in the European Department of the International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., USA. Advisor to the Swiss Executive Director at the IMF (2004-06) and to Poland's Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance (2002-03). Ph.D. degree in Economics from the Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management and M.A. in Finance and Banking from the Warsaw School of Economics. Research interests: global economy, fiscal policy, information society, foreign policy. (more)

Tel. +48 22 521 73 40
Fax. +48 521 88 87
E-mail: marcin.piatkowski@pkobp.pl

Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), specialisation: International Trade and Polititian Affairs. From year 2001 to 2004 she was a PhD candidate at Research Team to Baltic Countries Economies, at the Department of World Economy, SGH, Warsaw. In 2003 she finished her Ph.D. studies and in 2004 defended her doctoral thesis at the Collegium of World Economy. (more)

Tel. +48 22 519 21 08
Fax. +48 22 519 22 65
E-mail: mruniewi@tiger.edu.pl

Wojciech Przychodzen
Research Assistant

Research Assistant at the Research Institute - TIGER. Ph. D. candidate at Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management. Graduate of the Poznan University of Economics, specialisation: Investment and Corporate Financial Strategies.
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Tel. +48 22 519 21 09
Fax. +48 22 519 22 65
E-mail: wojciechp@tiger.edu.pl