Eighteen years in regulation, politics and strategic communications. Four narrow areas of competence. A limited client portfolio. No conferences about myself.
The best regulatory decisions are made in silence, in a network of people who understand each other without words. My role - to be in that network and to remember whom I work for.
Public affairs specialist with eighteen years of experience in regulatory work, government relations, and reputational crisis management. I advise boards of listed companies, board members responsible for public affairs, and owners of companies in heavily regulated sectors.
I have worked on 127 regulatory matters - at national and EU level - across energy, finance, FMCG, telecoms, healthcare and tech. I started my career in public administration, continued in international advisory firms, and for the past eight years I have been operating as an independent consultant.
I work between Warsaw and Brussels. I maintain working relationships in both cities - without them, public affairs is just consulting in PowerPoint.
I work selectively. A maximum of six retainer clients at any one time. This allows me to deliver a quality that cannot be organised within a large firm structure.
Let's talkCareer start in one of the central agencies - work on the legislative process, contact with social partners, first public consultations.
Move to an advisory firm with a portfolio of Polish and European clients. Work in regulatory areas for energy, finance and telco sectors.
Two years of operational work in the capital of European regulation. A network of contacts within EU institutions, agencies, industry committees. A competence that cannot be built remotely.
Decision to build a boutique public affairs practice - selective client portfolio, direct accountability, no overhead, trading scale for quality.
A steady portfolio of six retainer clients, two-three crisis projects per year, regular regulatory briefs for boards. Silence, trust, continuity.
I take on a limited number of clients - always. Anyone who works with me gets my attention and time, not a service managed by a junior in the shadow of a senior name on the contract. Saying "no" is part of this work.
The best public affairs projects never appear in the media. Clients don't want publicity, references in a portfolio, or photos with me at conferences. I respect this absolutely - without their written consent, names appear nowhere.
I don't work for two clients competing on the same regulatory decision. I don't take success fees on legislative matters - it creates the wrong incentive towards decision-makers. Sometimes that means turning down interesting briefs. So be it.
Public affairs that sells access is a model that doesn't survive a political term. I work on substance - I bring decision-makers arguments, data and expertise they don't have themselves. That builds relationships that last regardless of who's at the helm.
Thirty minutes. You'll tell me what you need. I'll tell you whether I can help - and whether this is even a topic for me.