BIO

Minister of Industry – Marzena Czarnecka

Born on November 17, 1969, in Zabrze.

A legal advisor with experience in the regulatory sector and a post-doctoral degree in economic sciences. She specializes in regulatory matters, consumer policy, competition law, energy law, and labor law. She is the author and co-author of scholarly works in the field of energy and economic law. For over 20 years, she has run a legal advisory firm and collaborated with all major, primarily private, energy companies in Poland. In her professional career, she has also worked as an in-house lawyer in energy companies. Long-standing Judge at the Disciplinary Court of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Katowice.

An academic teacher, lecturer, researcher, and speaker at national and international conferences. Professor and head of the Department of Energy Transformation at the University of Economics in Katowice, she was the coordinator of the European project “Tools for diversity”. She also lectures at universities in Europe, including in Saarbrücken (Germany) and Granada (Spain). For several years, she was the representative of ACC Europe in Poland. Appointed as the Minister of Industry on December 13, 2023.