A Polish diplomat with nearly thirty years of experience, having served as Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland, Director of the OECD-UNDP Partnership for Democratic Governance, and Poland’s Ambassador to Japan. Executive Director of the European Endowment for Democracy. He oversaw the launch of the Polish Aid programme (2006–2008) and served as Director General of the Polish Foreign Service (2005–2006). During the communist era, he was an active member of the democratic opposition and editor-in-chief of the Independent Publishing House of the University of Warsaw, his alma mater.