PhD in Economics. He graduated with honours from the Warsaw School of Economics with a master's degree in finance and banking, followed by an MBA as part of The Community of European Management Schools (CEMS) programme. He also studied at the economics department of the Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge and at the Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Management. He has been awarded scholarships from Fulbright, the Socrates-Erasmus programme, the Minister of National Education. He has also received numerous awards and distinctions including the Mayor of Warsaw Award, Top Ten, PwC and Europrimus.
He has started his professional career as a leader of projects improving management processes in international corporations, and later as a senior economist and secretary of the Macroeconomic Council at the National Bank of Poland. He co-founded the Civic Development Forum (FOR) as deputy director of the analytical department and deputy chief economist. Later he worked as chief of advisors to the Minister of Finance. He was also an advisor to the Management Board of the Polish Bank Association, President of the Warsaw Institute of Banking, and in recent years held the position of Vice President at J.P. Morgan.
He combines his professional work with his academic career as head of the Department of Economic Growth Research at the Warsaw School of Economics, a lecturer in data science subjects. He is an author of numerous economic publications, including two books.