A graduate from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Doctor of law. Until 2005, Vice-President of the Public Procurement Office responsible for jurisprudence, legal and legislative issues, including adapting procurement procedures to aquis communitaire, integration with the European Union, and the implementation of international training and advisory programmes. A co-author of entrepreneurship support programmes in the public procurement market. A co-author of the Commentary on the Public Procurement Law issued by the Public Procurement Office, and a co-author of the Commentary on the Public Procurement Law issued by Wolters Kluwer. An author of a number of publications on public procurement. A lecturer in issues related to European integration and public procurement in several public and non-public higher education institutions. A practitioner with many years of experience in handling large scale investment projects.