Director of the Customs Policy Department at the Ministry of Finance. A graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Sciences, Warsaw University. His work history includes positions of deputy director and director at the Central Customs Office, director of the European Integration Office at the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland, head of the Political Cabinet of the Finance Ministry and Customs Attaché at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the European Union in Brussels. Author of many articles in publications and national press on customs and European Union. Author of two books - “Dictionary of Politics with EU terminology” and “Political systems in Europe. A selection”.

Head of the Chair and Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Warsaw, member of the Polish Society of Toxicology, EUROTOX and IUTOX, Polish Pharmaceutical Society, Polish Pharmacological Society and Monitored Therapy Society. Since 2005 – an expert in toxicology on the list of the Polish Register of Toxicologists and since 2007 an expert in toxicology on the list of the European Register of Toxicologists. Member of the Team of Experts responsible for the preparation of a consultant course for clinical diagnosticians at the Laboratory Medical Toxicology, member of the Team of Experts for the Toxicology of Biocides at UPRL, member of the Ethical Commission for Tests on Animals, a former member of the Bioethical Commission for medical experiments at the Medical University of Warsaw. For a few years he was also deputy dean and head of the Doctoral Programme at the Pharmaceutical Faculty, Medical University of Warsaw. Author of 50 experimental and review papers, many communications presented at national and international conferences, expert opinions, book reviews and articles on toxicology.
In recognition for his work and voluntary activity he was awarded the Bachelor’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Gold Cross of Merit, the Medal of National Education Committee, the gold medal for “Long Service” and the honorary badge “For Merits for Health Protection”.

An academic teacher at the Institute of Civil Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University. Teaches classes on civil procedure, sport law and public orders. Professor Wach is presently head of the Post of Diploma Studies in Arbitration Proceedings at the Faculty of Law, Warsaw University. He is also director of the Legal Department of the Polish Football Association.

 

Prof. Wach studied law at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University, from 1973-1977 (diploma cum laude). He passed examinations to become a judge and legal counsel. Since 1978 he has worked at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University, where he was an assistant and ultimately a professor. In a prestigious competition of the “Państwo i Prawo” monthly for the best doctoral and post-doctoral dissertations he was awarded two prizes for each of his two dissertations. He published over 100 publications on civil procedure, family law, sport law and public orders. He is the arbiter of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, at the International Olympic Committee, in Lausanne. He is also actively involved in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). He also the arbiter of the Arbitration Court, Polish Chamber of Commerce, and the Football Arbitration Court of the Polish Football Association.

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Prof dr hab. Andrzej Ziemba- Member

Since 2006 Dr Ziemba has been head of the Department of Applied Physiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine at the Polish Academy of Science. Since 1973 he has worked at the Department of Applied Physiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine at the Polish Academy of Science where he was first an assistant and later an associate professor.

In 1973 Dr Ziemba completed his studies at the Faculty of Biology, Warsaw University (major: physiology). In 2006 he was awarded the title of associate professor of medical sciences. He has published 55 articles in scholarly periodicals, most of them international, read over 50 papers at national and international conferences, authored five chapters in books and textbooks, and authored 10 popular articles on science.

Since 1997 Dr Ziemba has been member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine at the Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw. He is a member of the Organizing Committee of the 20th Convention of the Polish Physiological Association in Warsaw. He has also been a member of scientific committees of Medicina Sportiva international symposia in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2008.

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Paweł Zygmunt- Member

Polish speed skater, Olympic athlete, many times a speed skating champion. He took part in the Olympic Games in Lillehammer (1994), Nagano (1998), Salt Lake City (2002) and Turin (2006). 40 times speed skating champion at distances of 1,000 m, 1,500 m, 3,000 m, 5,000 m, and 10, 000 m and in allround speed skating championships and a holder of Poland’s records at 3000 m, 5000 m, 10 000 m and allround speed skating. Paweł Zygmunt won a silver medal at the European Championships in Erfurt in 2002 and a bronze medal at the World Championships in 2002 and European Championships in 2003. In 2006 he retired from sport. He is presently member of the Technical Committee of the International Skating Union and actively involved in the work of the Polish Olympic Committee.