Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka

Graduate of the World Economy at the Poznań University of Economics, postgraduate studies in diplomacy at Collegium Civitas and doctoral studies at the Warsaw School of Economics. Speaker at such conferences as the UCL Leaders Conference in London and the European Economic Congress in Katowice. Member of the Program Council of the Economic Forum in Karpacz. Expert of the Team Europe Direct project, dealing with expert education about the European Union in Poland. Founder of the nationwide association “Women at the Center” promoting and supporting gender equality. From 2016-2018, she worked at the European Commission in Brussels, specializing in economic topics, defense and space policy. Previously, she was a correspondent for TVP's “News” in Brussels, a reporter for TVP2's Panorama and Polsat's “Events.” She reported on domestic and international politics - including the U.S. elections, terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, EU summits and Brexit. From 2019 to 2023 she was head of Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz's team of advisors, and in 2020 she was chief of staff in his presidential campaign.