BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Jadwiga Czartoryska is a graduate of the Sociology Department of the University of Warsaw. She has also graduated from the Social Sciences Department of the Sorbonne in Paris (DEA diploma).

She started her professional career in France, where until 1991 she worked in market research companies, servicing primarily financial institutions.

After 1991, in Poland, she set up the office of the French-Polish Chamber of Commerce, and next the Center for French Investments in Poland, where she held the position of director. During this period, France started more intense investments in Poland, and the offices managed by Ms. Jadwiga Czartoryska helped the French companies to invest in the Polish market.

Later, she worked for a few companies as director responsible for corporate communication and public relations (for example, at Fidea Management and the Polish branch of Saint-Gobain).

She has also cooperated with the Ministry for European Integration and the Polish Agency for Regional Development (1992-1996), where she was the co-author of the first regional development programs, finance by the PHARE Fund of the European Union.

In the years 2000-2006, she was the director of the Polish Institute in Paris, whose main role is to promote Poland abroad through its culture.

Recently, she has worked at Telekomunikacja Polska (in the Corporate Communication and Content Division), as director representing France Telecom. She was responsible for public affairs and cultural sponsoring of the FT Group.