Student of philology and philosophy at the universities in Cracow, Berlin and Freiburg (Germany). Researcher at the Jagiellonian University and the University in Tubingen, 1985 – 1989. Scholarship fellow of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and the DAAD program. PhD at the University in Tübingen (Germany), 1994. Between 1993 - 1999 Counselor at the Polish Embassy in Bonn (Germany). Since September 1999 Director of the Corporate Representative Office DaimlerChrysler AG in Poland and Head of the Communication at DaimlerChrysler Automotive Polska. Since October 2006 President of the Global Road Safety Partnership in Poland, which is an international, non-governmental initiative, which brings together governments and governmental agencies, the private sector and civil society organizations to address road safety issues in low and middle income countries.