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Scientist and manager with more than 30 years of experience in strategic planning, management of large organisations and lead of  international projects in the public, private and non-governmental sectors and scientific research programmes, including in the energy industry. He is a mentor for start-ups and young companies.

Between 1993 and 2004, he worked for the European Commission Representation in Poland and he was directly involved in the process of Poland's accession to the structures of the European Union. In 2004-2005 he was the President of Europejskie Centrum Przedsiębiorczości Sp. z o.o., where in 2008-2015 he acted as a Vice-President of the Management Board.  Between 2008 and 2015, he served as President of the Management Board of JP Capital Group sp. z o.o.

In 2005, Jerzy Kwieciński took a position of the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Regional Development, where he coordinated the national development policy and cohesion policy, including the work on the National Development Strategy for 2007-2015 and the National Cohesion Strategy for 2007-2013. In 2015, he was appointed the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Development.and then he was appointed the First Deputy of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Ministry of Development.

Since 2015, he has been a member of the National Development Council. Since January 2018. Minister of Investment and Development and, from September 2019, also Minister of Finance.

In 2020, he acted as President of the Management Board of Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (PGNiG), Chairman of the Board of Directors of PGNiG Upstream Norway and he was a member of the Supervisory Board of TUW Polski Gaz and Europolgaz S.A..

Jezry Kwieciński holds a degree of Doctor in the field of technical science of the Warsaw University of Technology. Graduate of postgraduate studies and international management programmes, including an MBA programme run by the University of Antwerp,  the University of Staffordshire, the Free University of Brussels and the University of Warsaw. He has also worked as a researcher at Warsaw University of Technology and as a visiting professor at Brunel University of West London.