The Stefan Batory Foundation

About the Foundation

Council and Board

The Foundation is governed by the Governing Council that convenes once a year to review the Foundation's strategy. The first members of the Council were invited 12 years ago by Founder George Soros. Since then, the Council has changed several times. The Governing Council elects the Foundation Board and the Board's Chair for two year renewable terms. Both Council and Board are voluntary bodies.

The Council

Chair:

Anna Radziwiłł

Honorary Member:
George Soros

Members:

Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
economist, President of the Bank Pekao SA, former Prime Minister

Bogdan Borusewicz
historian, Speaker of the Senate

Wojciech Fibak
businessman

Prof. Leszek Kołakowski
philosopher, Oxford University, UK

Prof. Marcin Król
social scientist, Warsaw University, Editor-in-Chief of Res Publica Nowa

Olga Krzyżanowska, MD
physician

Prof. Krzysztof Michalski
philosopher
Director of Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna

Dr Andrzej Olechowski
economist, Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors at CitiBank Handlowy,
former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Prof. Zbigniew Pełczyński
political scientist
Oxford University, UK

Bp Prof. Tadeusz Pieronek
Polish Bishops Conference

Prof. Andrzej Rapaczyński
lawyer, Columbia University, USA

Prof. Hanna Suchocka
lawyer, former Prime Minister, Ambassador of Poland to the Holy See (on leave)
former Prime Minister

Prof. Stanisław Wellisz
economist, Columbia University, USA

The Board

Chair:

Aleksander Smolar
political scientist

Members:

Klaus Bachmann
political scientist, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Nathalie Bolgert
manager of Community Assistance Fund at Polish-American Enterprise Fund

Szymon Gutkowski
Managing Director DBB advertising company

Dr Irena Herbst
economist, Warsaw School of Economics

Prof. Jacek Kochanowicz
economist, Warsaw University

prof. Andrzej Rychard
sociologist, Polish Academy of Sciences

Prof. Andrzej Ziabicki
chemist, Polish Academy of Sciences