Liliana Śmiech

Director General for International Affairs at the University of Public Service, Hungary

Liliana Śmiech serves as the Director General for International Affairs at Ludovika University of Public Service and Chairwoman of the Foundation Council of the Warsaw Institute. She is a scholarship holder of the Japanese government’s MIRAI Politics & Security program and co-author of the report “Energy Poverty – Situation of Households in 2021.” Additionally, she is Research Assistant at the Krakow University of Economics and a member of the Polish Economic Society. Previously, Śmiech served as President of the Warsaw Institute and remains a member of the Foundation Council of the Central and Eastern European Council. She is also part of the Advisory Board of the Future Potentials Observatory. An alumna of International Business at the Krakow University of Economics and Energy Studies at the Warsaw School of Economics. With professional experience in the European Parliament and leading multinational corporations, her main areas of interest include energy transition, security, and geopolitics.