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Holder of PhD degree in economic sciences, cooperates with Warsaw School of Economics. Since the beginning of his professional career Dr Kluza has been specialising in the aspects of the financial market, macroeconomic analyses and quantitative methods. Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance, afterwards – the Finance Minister.

In 2006 – 2011 Chairman of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF). During the world financial crisis, which started in 2008, Dr Kluza was supervising Poland’s banking sector, capital, insurance and pension markets. He was responsible for ensuring the correct functioning of the market, its stability, security, transparency and protection of interests of the market players.

From 2002 to 2006 Dr Stanisław Kluza worked in Bank Gospodarki Żywnościowej, among others, on positions of the Analyses Department Director and the Bank’s Chief Economist.

In 1990s Dr Kluza also worked for McKinsey & Company, a leading global strategic advisory firm, and in the Polish branch of Unilever corporation. Since 1994 Stanisław Kluza worked for the Institute of Statistics and Demography, Warsaw School of Economics. There, in 2001 he obtained his PhD degree in economic sciences, specialisation in econometrics, monetary policy and statistics. His doctoral thesis was awarded the prize of the Polish Prime Minister. In the period of 2012 – 2016 Dr Kluza was working on the issues of financial markets in the economic shadow cabinet of Business Centre Club. He Chairs the Experts Team of the Polish Large Families Association (ZDR „Trzy Plus”).