dr hab. Marcin Kawiński

prof. SGH, Deputy Commissioner for Financial Ombudsman

He holds a postdoctoral degree (habilitation) in economic sciences and is a professor at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). He heads the Department of Social Insurance at the university. He coordinates the work of numerous research teams on projects concerning financial markets, particularly the insurance and pension sectors. He is the author of many publications in these fields and the editor-in-chief of the scientific quarterly "Social Insurance. Theory and Practice" (Ubezpieczenia Społeczne. Teoria i Praktyka).

He has previously collaborated with the Office of the Financial Ombudsman. He also served as an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF).

He has extensive experience in international activities. He has sat on advisory and opinion-forming bodies at the European Commission, including FIN-NET, a network of national organizations responsible for the out-of-court settlement of consumer disputes in the financial services sector. He was also involved in the work of FIN-USE, the forum of financial services users, and FSUG, the Financial Services User Group, whose task is to present the perspective of users of financial services in the process of creating and implementing EU financial policy.

He has also cooperated with European organizations supporting EIOPA (the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority). He participated in the work of, among others, BSA – the Banking Stakeholder Group, IRSG – the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group, and OPSG – the Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group.