Professor Marzena Czarnecka
Head of the Department of Energy Transformation at the University of Economics in Katowice, Minister of Industry, legal advisor with experience in the regulatory sector, and Doctor habilitatus in economic sciences. Specializes in regulatory affairs, consumer policy, competition law, as well as energy law and labor law. Author and co-author of scientific works in the fields of energy and economic law. For over 20 years, she has run a legal advisory office and collaborated with all the major, mainly private, energy companies in Poland. In her professional career, she has also worked as an in-house lawyer for energy companies. Long-standing Judge of the Disciplinary Court of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisors in Katowice.
Since 1994, she has been professionally affiliated with the University of Economics in Katowice, formerly known as the Academy of Economics. Academic teacher, lecturer, researcher, and speaker at national and international conferences. Professor and head of the Department of Energy Transformation at the University of Economics in Katowice, former coordinator of the European project "Tools for Diversity." She also lectures at universities in Europe, including Saarbrücken (Germany) and Granada (Spain). For several years, she served as the representative of ACC Europe in Poland.
She obtained legal advisor qualifications and started her professional practice in her own law firm. In 2007, she became a member of the Regional Disciplinary Court at the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisors in Katowice. From 2010 to 2012, she served as a coordinator at Vattenfall Sales Poland, and from 2012 to 2017, she was the Director of the Legal Department at the Tauron Group. In 2013, she became a member of the Energy Trading Society and the coordinator of the Energy Section at the Center for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (CARS). She joined the editorial board of the "Internet Antitrust and Regulatory Quarterly." She also assumed the role of Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of the Specialist Hospital in Zabrze.
On December 13, 2023, she was appointed Minister of Industry.










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