Director General for International Affairs at Ludovika University of Public Services. Scholarship holder of the Japanese government programme MIRAI Politics&Security. Co-author of the report “Energy Poverty – Situation of Households in 2021”. Former president of think tank Warsaw Institute. Chairwoman of the foundation council of Warsaw Institute. Member of the foundation council of the Central and Eastern Europen Council. Reserach assistant at Krakow University of Economics. Member of The Polish Economic Society. Alumna of International Business from the Krakow University of Economics and Energy Studies at the Warsaw School of Economics. She finished Energy Within Environmental Constraints at HarvardX and Energy Economics and Policy at MITx. Liliana Śmiech has gained professional experience in the European Parliament and in major multinational corporations. Her main interests are energy transition, sustainable development and geopolitics. Privately, she is sailor, beekeeper, judge and coach of rhythmic gymnastics.