The Polish Global Entrepreneurs Council has been inaugurated.
The Polish Global Entrepreneurs Council has been inaugurated.
On November 23, a press conference was held to inaugurate the Polish Global Entrepreneurs Council. The conference was attended by representatives of the Council’s founding companies: Ryszard Florek, CEO of Fakro, Adam Sikorski, CEO of Unimot S.A., Katarzyna Dubno, Adamed, Board of the Council: Grzegorz Piątkowski (President), Michał Broniewicz (Vice-president). The Council is an association of employers established on June 1, 2023, by a group of Polish enterprises with the greatest experience and success in expanding their activity into foreign markets. The main objective of the Polish Global Entrepreneurs Council is to protect Polish economic interests by increasing the competitiveness of the Polish economy and increasing the number of Polish global companies.
The Council brings together Polish entrepreneurs from various industries, different regions of Poland, and with diverse political and business beliefs. What unites the members of the Council are its goals. In other respects, the Council focuses on diversity of values and openness towards other views.
Poland has been operating under the market economy system for 35 years and has been a member of the European Union for 19 years. Despite this, our country is developing slower than countries that are home to a significant number of global companies. Statistical data confirms that the more global companies a country is home to, the greater the wealth of its citizens. Global companies make money in the global market and accumulate it in their home countries.
Our goal is to represent their interests, hence the initiative to establish such an organization – says Ryszard Florek, CEO of Fakro and President of the Supervisory Board of the Polish Global Entrepreneurs Council.
The invitation to join the Council of Polish Global Entrepreneurs was addressed to large Polish companies whose strategic goal is to enter or stay in multiple foreign markets. The Council emphasizes foreign expansion by supporting its members, i.e. companies competing on the global market.
The Council of Polish Global Entrepreneurs was established by representatives of the following companies: Adamed, Canpack, Cinkciarz.pl, Columbus Energy, Fakro, G2A PL, Green Holding, Inter Cars, Maspex, Mercator Medical, Oshee, Rohlig Suus, Selena FM, Synthos, Unimot, Wawrzaszek ISS, Wielton oraz Wiśniowski.
Members of the Supervisory Board of the Council:
President: Ryszard Florek (Fakro).
Members: Krzysztof Domarecki (Selena FM), Dariusz Gałęzewski (OSHEE), Maciej Oleksowicz (Inter Cars), prof. Małgorzata Podrecka (Canpack), Marcin Pióro (Cinkciarz.pl), Artur Rytel (Green Holding), Adam Sikorski (Unimot), Bartosz Skwarczek (G2A PL), Michał Sołowow (Synthos), Paweł Szataniak (Wielton), Andrzej Wiśniowski (Wiśniowski), Dawid Zieliński (Columbus Energy), Wiesław Żyznowski (Mercator Medical).
The Council operates by taking the following activities:
- Representing the Polish economic interest and members of the Council in relations with national and local government administration bodies, and in relations with institutions of the European Union and its member states; legislative activity, consisting of participating in the work of the Government and Parliament on drafting legislative acts. Taking part in judicial, administrative, and tax proceedings by taking the role of a supporting NGO, as well as intervening in events that are unfavorable for the development of Polish international business within the Polish administrative and legal space. Ultimately, the institution of the Ombudsman for National Economic Interest will be established.
- Exchanging information on operations on the global market and supporting the expansion of Polish companies into foreign markets, as well as organizing training and consultations for companies planning foreign expansion; creation of the Center for Competence providing training and exchange of information and know-how in the field of global business, intercultural management, and technology competence.
- Promoting members of the Council and promoting the Polish economy abroad, shaping economic awareness and understanding of Polish economic interests among the public in the media, digital, and educational space. Organizing events to promote the Council’s goals, such as conferences, panels, exhibitions, and training.