Jadwiga Lesisz graduated from two-year MBA studies at the Banking University (Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa) in Wrocław / Franklin University USA and completed post-graduate studies in Real Estate Management at the Wrocław Technical University, specializing in real estate valuation and management. She holds a real estate manager licence and is a certified project manager.
She graduated from the Wrocław University of Economics majoring in international relations – foreign trade.
She passed the exam for candidates for supervisory board members in companies owned by the State Treasury and has experience as member of a Supervisory Board. Currently a member of the Supervisory Board of PKN ORLEN S.A.
She had extensive, over 20-year professional experience (including in the SME sector).
She held the position of Vice President and acted as President of the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development. She managed the operations of the Agency, implementing EU funds that supported the development of SMEs. She was responsible in particular for completing public tasks relating to developing innovations in enterprises. She initiated cooperation in the construction of an eco-system start-up in Poland. She supervised government contracts, managing assets and IT resources of the Agency.
Acting as Director of the Project Management Department in the Ministry of Development she was responsible for the preparation and implementation of a uniform methodology and culture in project management, which included coordinating key projects. She is Member of the Audit Committee in the Ministry of Development.
In the years 2012-2016 she was employed by PKO Bank Polski S.A., where she managed real estate leases by the Bank’s branches, and supervised and participated in respective negotiations. She was involved in business controlling in respect of the optimization of the Bank’s branch network.
She has many years of hands-on business experience as the owner of a firm that developed and organized business processes.
In 2022 she completed postgraduate studies at the University of Warsaw - Management on the art market.