Polish City Club

31/12/2025

In 2025, we celebrated the fact that in harmony, small things grow.

Back in October we showcased one of the unsung success stories of recent years – the steady rise of Polish FDI in the UK.

As our President Rafal Libera noted, what began as a trickle has become a long-term trend – powered by the vision of Polish entrepreneurs, their product , and close with government agencies, financial institutions, industry bodies & the supply chain.

Thanks to our partners from British Embassy Warsaw & BGK - Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, we are now able to use the same hymn sheet to amplify this story: a comprehensive 100-page report that highlights Polish trailblazers – such as InPost - Paczkomat, Kurier – who have thrived in the UK market and never looked back.

📊 The numbers speak for themselves:
At the end of 2024, Polish investments in the UK reached 10.5 billion PLN (approx. £2.5bn), making the UK the third biggest destination for Polish FDI. This represents 6.4% of Poland’s total FDI portfolio – a record share that underscores the strategic importance of the UK market. Behind these figures are over 120 projects: loans financed, infrastructure built & jobs created.

These were the key themes in a presentation by Bartosz Kozinski, Tomasz Bieliński, EMBA & Magdalena Mariankowska, MPhil (Oxon)🇵🇱🇬🇧, and in a panel discussion featuring business leaders such as Izabela Karolczyk-Szafrańska (InPost), Nick Mansell CEng MBA (Intermarine UK Limited), Artur Pietrzak (Wielton Group) and Justyna Jackholt (Bossalini Capital).

We also explored:
- The financial services & capital markets outlook for Poland & the UK, w/ Tomasz Bieliński, Marek Radzikowski (PKO Bank Polski), Paulina Strugała MBA, FCCA (VeloBank), Tomasz Czechowicz (MCI Capital), Kuba Fast & Katie Martin
- The cutting edge of tech — AI, energy & dual-use solutions — w/ Maciej Terlikowski (Mindbox), Grzegorz Brona (Creotech Instruments S.A.), David Ordonez (NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)), Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood, Michal Gladys and Amalia Kontesi
- The economic mega-trends shaping our shared future w/ Marvin Barth.

As former President of Poland Andrzej Duda remarked in his keynote address: has now become a G20 economy by GDP, and its next stage of growth must be built on trust — the key ingredient among trade partners, governments and businesses.

This spirit of trust & collaboration was felt throughout the event — embodied in the partnership between Polish & UK institutions, and within the ecosystem, where many Polish professionals help enable deals, structure investments & drive growth.

At PCC, we believe this is where our unique network & know-how can make a real difference – helping the next generation of Polish investors succeed globally. Because it’s through collaboration that small things grow.

Let’s make the most of it!

A heartfelt thank you to our generous partners and sponsors – the Embassy, BGK, Bloomberg, Polish Business Hub, Mindbox & InPost UK – for helping make this event a success.

11/09/2025

Statement on Russia's most recent provocation - violation of 's airspace.

20/03/2025

14/03/2025

– a word that echoed throughout the evening as over 100 executives, entrepreneurs, professionals, scientists and artists gathered to celebrate PCC’s Annual ‘Tłusty Czwartek’ Dinner at the Polish Hearth Club.

That was the theme of the evocative speeches delivered by our honorary guests:
Huw Pill (Bank of England) spoke about our shared values,

Beata Javorcik (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)) shared her thoughts on how , having reached peak pessimism, can regain its through collaboration,

Peter Fudakowski, in his presentation on 's , emphasised the importance of as the vehicle for bringing nations closer together,

Katherine Vellinga – passionately argued in favour of making Russia pay for ’s reconstruction & recovery by handing over US$200bn in Russian assets held in Europe to Ukraine.

As mentioned by our president, Rafał Libera, in his speech – just as our careers are the product of the people we meet on our professional journey ( , collaborators, partners), so it is in the case of organisations such as PCC.

That is why we having been opening our doors to people of backgrounds and have been working closer together with our friends from the Czech British Chamber of Commerce or the Ukrainian-British City Club. Ultimately, it is such interactions (at a grass-root level) that foster understanding, and mutually beneficial between countries and nations.

The fact that PCC has the standing to help shape perceptions is a testament to the and dedication of successive leadership teams and members.

Many thanks to everyone who made this an evening full of great conversations, appreciation for our common and, despite all recent developments, for the . Here’s to diplomacy & the power of connecting communities!

14/03/2025

05/11/2024

A lot of things have changed over the last 20 years.

We have been tested by numerous crises ( , , , Russia's aggression against , to name just a few).

However, as emphasised by our President Rafal Libera, some things remain the same. Our stay the same, we stay .

That is why we can now proudly stand as an organisation that is bigger and more than ever before.

This is a good reason to and convene & from across business, , and to discuss how we can thrive in the decades to come!

Last week, we held a reception at the stunning (The Salters' Company), were hosted by Bloomberg for an Breakfast and organised a unique conference at .

We were joined by a great friend of - H.E. Ambassador Piotr Wilczek, had the privilege to listen to compelling remarks from a true pillar of the and one of the UK's foremost philanthropists - John Studzinski CBE, and received food for thought from the person who was instrumental in setting up all those years ago from within the at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - former Prime Minister of Poland, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki.

We are grateful to Bloomberg (Arek Osinski, Robert Pasternak) for hosting us for a fruitful discussion among key decision-makers from and the .

CMS provided us with the perfect venue to make new , exchange and from each other. Many thanks to Simon Pilcher, Rafal Zakrzewski and Marcin Bejm.

We were treated to a from and three engaging panels:

1) The Future of & - the Impact of on the Sector with Kuba Fast (Chase UK), Zbigniew Jagiello ( ), Adam Marciniak (VeloBank) and Andrzej Przewiezlikowski (Comarch). A discussion expertly moderated by former President Dorota Zimnoch.

2) Growth Success Stories - International Expansion Designed in with Corinne Facey (LPP Reserved UK), Tomasz Czechowicz (MCI Capital), Khaled Elleboudy (Press Glass UK) and Sandra Piotrowska (British Embassy Warsaw), moderated with aplomb by the CEO of our sponsor Columbus Private (Suisse) SA, Piotr Augustyniak.

3) & the Role of which was moderated by PCC President Rafal Libera and featured PCC Co-founder & former President, Roksana Ciurysek-Gedir (Founder of , the event's sponsor, and executive producer of Oliver Stone directed documentary, ), Monika Morawiecka (Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), former CEO of PGE ), Dr Staffan Qvist, Matthew Honeyben and Grzegorz Gorski (ENGIE, OW Ocean Winds).

As is always the case with events, there were copious opportunities for .

Here's to the next 20 years of making powerful connections!