Lech Kaczanowski

Country Director Poland at UK Department for Business & Trade (DBT)

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

About

A passionate leader with 20 years of experience in covering and influencing the Polish business environment from a media and government affairs perspective. Currently leading a star team of trade and investment experts at UK Department of International Trade, exploring opportunities across the technology, energy, defense, mobility, retail and healthcare sectors. Cares deeply about ethical leadership, inclusive workplace culture and building a safer world through commercial diplomacy and trade links.

Experience

  • Department for Business and Trade (Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland)
    • Country Director Poland, Department for Business & Trade, British Embassy Warsaw
      Jun 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 1 mo

    • Acting Regional Director Central Europe
      Feb 2019 - Oct 2019 · 9 mos

  • Competitiveness Policy Officer, British Embassy Warsaw at Foreign and Commonwealth Office
    Jun 2015 - May 2017 · 2 yrs

  • Business Editor at Poland Today
    Sep 2013 - May 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Editor news2biz POLAND at Bonnier Business Media
    Oct 2009 - Aug 2013 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    • Fully responsible for the entire publication process of the news2biz POLAND business journal: news monitoring, topic selection, research & story writing, interviews with key businesspeople and analysts, updating key figures, text & photo edition, layout & graphics • Generating original leads based on an extensive network of contacts within Poland's business community and supreme knowledge of sources • Preparing custom-made analyses of different sectors and aspects of the Polish economy for readers and clients • Completed more than 230 high quality issues of the English-language biweekly news2biz POLAND • Creatively contributed to many improvements in the publication's format over years

  • Editor news2biz POLAND at Northroup Newsletters
    Jul 2002 - Sep 2009 · 7 yrs 3 mos