BIO

Ambassador (ret.) Mark Brzezinski is a Member of Supervisory Board of Pelion, which is the largest company in the healthcare sector in Poland operates also in Lithuania and Sweden. The company covers all areas of pharmaceutical distribution and has been successfully building the health care of the future for 35 years. Pelion manages the third largest pharmacy chain in the European Union and provides drug security for millions of patients.

Mark served as US Ambassador to Poland from 2021-2025. For his service in
Poland, in January 2025, Mark was awarded by the President of Poland the “Order of the Commander” for his role in fostering international cooperation and the US-Polish relationship.

Previously, between 2011-2015, during the Obama Administration, Mark served as the United States Ambassador to Sweden. For his service, Mark was awarded the Royal Order of the Polar Star by the King of Sweden, a high honor rarely bestowed on a foreign ambassador.

In 2015, Mark was asked by the White House to lead a strategic effort on the Arctic as the first Executive Director of the White House's Arctic Executive Steering Committee. From 1999 to 2001, Mark served in the White House on President Clinton's National Security Council staff, first as a Director for Russia and Eurasia, and then as a Director for the Balkans.

Mark received his BA from Dartmouth College, his JD from the University of Virginia (where he was a member of the Law Review), and a Doctorate in Political Science from Oxford University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where he has served on the board of advisors of CFR’s Corporate Program. Mark was a Fulbright Scholar in Poland in 1991-93, and in 2010 President Obama named him to the U.S. State Department’s Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board which oversees the Fulbright and other U.S. government exchange programs. In January 2018, Mark served as a University of Virginia adjunct professor, co-teaching the “World of Investing” course at the McIntire School of Commerce.