Our team

Stefan Schwarz

CO-FOUNDER, PRESIDENT

Organiser of European Labour Mobility Congress. President and co-founder of European Labour Mobility Institute. Vice President of Board of Polish HR Forum. Member of Labor Mobilis Competition Jury. The initiator of activities promoting fight against provisions of the proposal on the enforcement of Directive 2014/67/UE. Active member of public consultation. As promoter and expert on legal work abroad, he participated, inter alia, in the round table debates as a part of a European Commission project that developed guidelines on human right protection in the HR industry. Expert of labour market. Popularizer of the CSR. Economist, graduate of Cracow University of Economics.

Marek Benio, PhD.

CO-FOUNDER, VICE-PRESIDENT

Lawyer and Economist. Vice President of Labour Mobility Initiative Association. Honorary Member of the Polish Social Security Association. Academic teacher. Expert in social security and labour law. Author of research and key legal opinions on the enforcement and basic Posting of Workers Directives and social security coordination. Participant of public consultations. Contributor to many international research and training programmes. Author of numerous publications on social security, labour law, public economy and administration. Supervisor of over 200 MA and diploma theses. Listed top ten best lecturers at the Cracow University of Economics.

Marta Zięba-Szklarska

BOARD MEMBER

An expert in the field of HR, human resources, payroll and cross-border employment. Interim Manager in the area of consulting, business development in Poland and in international projects, also in the area of personal finance. Certified “Financial Adviser EFG® and EFC®” and International Development Director at the European Federation of Financial Professionals in Poland. He cooperates with consulting companies, law firms, chambers, labor market institutions, and organizations in Poland and around the world. Involved in social projects, professional activation of people with disabilities and management of PFRON costs with the REAXUM Foundation. Ambassador of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Mentor in the programs of the Foundation for Women’s Entrepreneurship and VITAL Voices Chapter Poland. She started her professional career in 1997 on the financial market and to this day combines finance with HR, believing that these two are inseparable issues.

Marcin Kiełbasa, PhD.

LEGAL ADVISOR

Karolina Ziemianin, PhD.

HEAD OF GERMAN DESK

Attorney at the District Bar Council in Warsaw, Doctor of Laws, academic teacher.

She is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Szczecin. Part of her studies took place in Germany at the University of Rostock.
Her professional interests include, in particular, substantive and procedural civil law, contract law, corporate law and labor law, including European law. She is the author of legal publications relating to, among others, to taking evidence in a civil lawsuit and to liability for damages. The practical dimension of these issues is particularly important to her. In his research, he therefore takes into account aspects resulting from his legal practice, in which he advises entrepreneurs at the pre-trial and court stages.

Izabela Mastalerz

HEAD OF ADMINISTRATION

Katarzyna Popieluch-Kmiecik

HEAD OF EVENTS

Agnieszka Porębska

SPOKESWOMAN

Rafał Rzeźniczak

EXPERT

Magdalena Grygorowicz

EXPERT

Sebastian Filipek-Kaźmierczak

EXPERT

Małgorzata Handzlik

EXPERT

Bartosz Świderek

EXPERT