Dr Jacek Giedrojć

Founder, Warsaw Equity Group

Jacek Giedrojć has been involved in investment activities in Poland since 1992. Initially, he specialised in privatisation projects and management buy-outs. After 1999, he was involved, among other things, in the restructuring of the portfolio of difficult assets acquired from Elektrim S.A. and in investments in technology companies at an early stage of development. Until 2006, he served as Group CEO. He is currently in charge of the Group’s strategy and remains involved in the development and management of its portfolio by overseeing investment processes and evaluating and approving individual projects. Prior to founding WEG, he gained professional experience working as an auditor, consultant and in public administration in Canada, New Zealand and the UK. Jacek holds a PhD in sociology (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences), an MBA (Harvard University) and a degree in economics (Victoria University of Wellington).