Vice-President of the Board for Strategy and Development of ENEA SA
Lech Żak graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Poznań University of Technology (specialisation: Power Systems Networks). He also completed postgraduate studies at the Warsaw School of Economics, Poznań University of Economics and Wielkopolska Szkoła Biznesu. He participated in research workshops in Silicon Valley, USA at Stanford University and Project Management, Washington University, USA.
He has passed through all levels of professional experience, from engineering to managerial tasks, covering the whole business area of energy - from distribution to generation. He was the first president of Enea Operator, and more recently - the president of Enea Elektrownia Połaniec.
He received a diploma from the Minister of Industry certifying that he passed an examination for candidates for supervisory board members in State Treasury companies. He sat on many supervisory boards of companies in the energy sector. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Polish Centre for Accreditation.
He has all the professional qualifications necessary in the sector and is the author of innovative solutions in the field of organisation and financing of projects and utility models in the field of energy.
He also supports foundations and industry associations, including the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers (SEP). He is a President of the Piła Branch and chairman of the committee for legislation at the Polish Association of Electrical Engineers (ZG SEP). He is as well a member of the Polish Society for Transmission and Distribution of Electricity and the Economic Society of Power Plants.