Jerzy Kwieciński
Jerzy Stanisław Kwieciński was appointed as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Development in November 2015. Earlier, in 2005–2008, he held the position of Deputy Minister of Regional Development. He was directly responsible for coordinating the national development policy and the Cohesion Policy (the National Development Strategy for 2007–2015 and the National Cohesion Strategy for 2007–2013), as well as for negotiating with the European Commission. He participated in the development of operational programmes. Since May 2008, he has been the President of the Management Board of the European Center for Entrepreneurship Foundation and the Vice-President of the Management Board of the Europejskie Centrum Przedsiębiorczości sp. z o.o. BCC’s expert for regional development and structural funds. He also worked as an advisor during the drafting of World Bank’s reports.