
Meet our speaker - Zbigniew Derdziuk

Zbigniew Derdziuk

BIO
President of The Social Insurance Institution, an expert in finance-management and insurance. In his career to date, he has worked in public administration since 1989, including senior government positions. He was a minister in Donald Tusk’s government, as well as secretary of state in the Prime Minister’s Office in the governments of Jerzy Buzek and Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.
From 2009 to 2015, he headed the Social Insurance Institution. During his tenure, the Platform for Electronic Services (PUE ZUS), electronic e-ZLA sick leave, and modern management were introduced and the image of the Department was changed. He was chairman of the Audit Committee of the International Social Security Association ISSA, based in Geneva. In April 2024, he was reappointed president of Social Security. He is currently chairman of the Steering Committee of the ISSA European Network (IEN), a member of the ISSA Bureau and chairman of the ISSA Technical Committee on Old Age, Incapacity and Survivors Insurance.
In addition, he has worked in banking (including mBank, Bank Pocztowy and PKO BP), media and consulting in Ukraine, among others.