The Warsaw Stock Exchange and the Development of Capital Markets in Central and Eastern Europe

The Columbia CIBER in collaboration with the Institute for the Study of Europe, will host President of the Management Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, Ludwik Sobolewski, LLD, on Wednesday, February 20th at 6:00pm in Warren Hall's Feldberg Lounge.

If you with to attend, please click here to RSVP.

Sobolewski Biography

Mr. Sobolewski is a graduate of the Law and Administration Faculty of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow (LLM) and the Panth-Assass University (Paris II) - doctoral studies, a Doctor of Laws (LLD) and Legal Counsel.

In the course of his career, Mr. Sobolewski worked at the Law and Administration Faculty of the Jagiellonian University (1989-1995), in the Office of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Poland (1992-1993) and as an Advisor to the Management Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (1994).

From 1994 to 2006 Mr. Sobolewski was the Executive Vice President of the Management Board of the National Depository for Securities. On June 28, 2006, he was named President of the Warsaw Stock Exchange Management Board. As of June, he is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the National Depository for Securities. He is also the former Arbitrator at the Warsaw Stock Exchange Court and at the Court of Arbitration of the National Depository for Securities.

Mr. Sobolewski worked with the Bureau of the Government Plenipotentiary for Pension System Reform (1997-1998). Expert of many Sejm (Parliament) and Senate commissions and served as the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Exchange Centre. From 1997 to 2002 he was an Associate at the Faculty of Management of the Warsaw University (Civil Law Issues in Management Department).

From 2005 the Executive MBA lecturer in Legal Aspects of Managerial Decisions (a joint program run by the Universities of Warsaw and Illinois).

From 2005, he was a Member of the European Commission's Legal Certainty Group and from 2006, he was the President of the Association of Polish Lawyers. He is a member of the Board of the National Centre for Research and Development, a member of the Supervisory Board of the WSEInfoEngine and an author and co-author of numerous books and articles on capital markets and corporate law.