BIO

President of Polish Investment and Trade Agency
Manager with many years of experience in both government administration and private sector, but also in non-profit non-governmental organizations.
In February 2021 he was appointed President of PAIH. Prior to coming to the Agency, as Director of the Department of Supervised and Subordinate Entities, he held authority over entities subordinate to the Ministry of Development, Labour and Technology.
Previously, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Walbrzych Special Economic Zone, where since 2016 he was responsible for, among others, investments, finances and controls, as well as cooperation with schools and universities. Over the 4 years of his tenure, more than 90 entrepreneurs have joined the Wałbrzych zone, including such major investors as Mercedes-Benz, Umicore, GTHR, LS and Hongbo Clean Energy. During that time the capital expenditure in the zone increased by 6 billion PLN, exceeding in total 30 billion PLN.
Krzysztof Drynda used to be an advisor to the Minister of Economy. He was also professionally involved in the financial sector, running his own business in this area. Moreover, for many years he has been an active activist of non-governmental organizations.
Krzysztof Drynda is a graduate of the Faculty of Electronics of the Wrocław University of Technology and postgraduate Master of Business Administration (MBA) studies.
He has been awarded the Silver Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland.