Ulrich Schwendimann is active in bringing Polish and Swiss business communities together. This includes consultancy for both Polish and Swiss companies wanting to enter the respective markets, as well as the organisation of events and other initiatives dedicated to various professional groups and industry sectors.
The Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce is an independent bilateral association representing more than 215 Swiss and Polish companies. It is registered in Warsaw as a voluntary association under Polish law and is not funded by public institutions. The Chamber supports networking among its members, promotes their interests, organises events, and contributes to successful bilateral trade and investment.
Ulrich Schwendimann graduated in Slavonic and Business Studies from the University of Zurich and completed an Executive MBA at the Warsaw University of Technology. Before his assignment with the Chamber he worked as a journalist and researcher at the University of Zurich.
Luca Laloli is the Head of Economic, Financial, Scientific and EU-Affairs at the Embassy of Switzerland in Poland. He is a Swiss career diplomat with a background in European and Economic Affairs with previous postings in Brussels, London and Dublin. Before joining the team in Warsaw in August 2024, he was co-leading the negotiations with the EU on Switzerland’s participation to Union programmes in the field of research, innovation, education and space. Luca also worked for the Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance and was part of the team negotiating the standard for the automatic exchange of information on financial accounts. Luca holds a Master’s Degree in International Affairs and Governance from the University of St. Gallen HSG and a Master’s Degree in International Development from Sciences Po. Paris.
Since June 2024, in the team of Swiss Business Hub Central Europe at the Swiss Embassy, working for Switzerland Global Enterprise. In her daily work, she supports the export of small and medium-sized Swiss companies to the markets of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
Previously, she worked for over 11 years as a Project Manager and Marketing Manager at the Polish-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce. A graduate in tourism economics, she also completed postgraduate management studies at the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw.
Monika Ciemiega is National Programme Officer at the Swiss Contribution Office of the Embassy of Switzerland in Poland. She joined the FDFA in 2024, after several years at the University of Zurich and in research ecosystems across Switzerland, the UK, and China. Holding Master’s Degrees in Modern Asian Studies and Cultural Analysis, Monika applies an interdisciplinary lens of sociology, politics, and transnational relations, combining academic expertise with international experiences in support of bilateral cooperation and Swiss partnerships.
Przemyslaw Zakrzewski has been working at ABB since 2004, and since 2018 he has headed the ABB Group’s Corporate Technology Center, which develops solutions in the areas of production management for discrete, food and petrochemical industries, electromobility and efficient use and storage of energy, smart buildings, digital solutions for marine units combining cloud platforms, Internet of Things, automation and advanced data analytics.
Among other things, he is co-responsible for research and development projects that result in products and services that allow ABB’s customers and partners to operate more efficiently, cost-effectively and environmentally.
He is a graduate of the Lodz University of Technology and an Executive MBA from the University of Warsaw / University of Illinois. Won the Diamond CIO of the Year “Vox populi – vox CIO” in 2015.
Passionate programmer, for many years fascinated by digital technologies and defining future interfaces and methods of human-machine, machine-to-machine cooperation.
Prof. Roman Szewczyk holds a PhD and DSc in mechatronics. His research centers on symbolic regression and its industrial applications, particularly in quality monitoring and production data engineering. Actively collaborating with industry partners, he develops advanced symbolic regression systems and uses artificial neural networks for tomography and cost prediction. His current work also includes applying convolutional neural networks to industrial image processing and robotic control, especially in the closed-cycle manufacturing of electronic devices.
Since December 2019, President of Endress+Hauser Polska. He has been active in the industrial automation sector since 2002, initially serving as a Project Manager at Moeller Electric. He subsequently progressed through various leadership roles at Siemens, including Project Manager, Department Manager, and Sales Director. Beginning in 2012, he assumed senior management responsibilities at Rockwell Automation, overseeing operations across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He holds degrees from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology and the Warsaw School of Economics, specializing in Project Management, Finance, and Management. Outside of his professional career, he is a dedicated husband and father of three.
Thomas Schulthess holds a chair for computational physics at ETH Zurich and directs the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano since fall of 2008. Here received his PhD in 1994 from ETH Zurich and spent many years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. While his primary research is on computational methods for materials science, as CSCS Director he has taken interest in developing energy efficient computing systems for climate modeling and meteorology.
Managing Director at Geberit, an executive with over 15 years’ experience leading international industrial and automotive operations. Proven track record in driving organizational transformations, scaling operations, and implementing process innovations to boost competitiveness in global markets. Formerly at Faurecia, led strategic restructurings and efficiency programs across manufacturing sites on multiple continents.
Acting Director of Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet AGH, head of the National Centre of Computing Competence within EuroHPC, specialist in design, implementation, testing and operation of computing systems for HPC (High Performance Computing) and AI (Artificial Intelligence). Chief architect of the fastest Polish supercomputers of recent years, Helios, Athena and Prometheus. Expert for the European Commission, member of the INFRAG advisory group for EuroHPC and HPC-AI Leadership Organization EMEA Advisory Committee