Jacek Kostrzewa is a manager with proven experience in developing business in the energy and biotechnology sectors, with over 30 years of experience gained in more than 50 countries in the field of project financing, renewable energy, and energy efficiency policy and analysis. He holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the Warsaw University of Technology and is a holder of postgraduate MBA degrees from the School of Business at the University of Washington in Seattle and the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest.

He has advised the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank, the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on the design, creation and operation of financing and technical assistance programmes in the energy sector. He has advised numerous private sector companies on investments in wind, biomass and solar energy, including Siemens, Mid Europa Partners, Royalton Partners, Enfinity, RP Global, Novenergia Fund, Madhvani International and Toshiba (solar energy). Director and founder of GreenMax Capital Advisors, he previously served as CEO of SKOTAN, a publicly traded biotechnology company, biofuel producer and trader.

Project manager for companies such as Orlen, Shell, Carrefour, National Power (fuels and energy), as well as Cargill, Neuca, Pharmapex, DOZ (biotechnology). In recent years, President of the Management Board at 21ADD Sp. z o.o., a company dealing in low-energy construction.

In the 1990s, financial expert for the European Commission’s PHARE aid programme (11 countries). Founder of the Energy Conservation Foundation and its subsidiary, the National Energy Conservation Agency.