12 December 2011
PCC Christmas Party @The Knaypa
30 November 2011
Annual General Meeting
1 November 2011
Speaker Series: Grzegorz W. Kołodko




19 October 2011
Speaker Series: Piotr Augustyniak
Mr Piotr Augustyniak, Head of Tax Practice in K&L Gates based in Warsaw, met the PCC members in the Oxford and Cambridge Club. Moving countries – moving taxes? proved to be a very relevant topic and led to interesting debate on the international tax systems and the newest trends. Members had also a chance to relate the topic to their personal situation or experience which brought additional benefits to the conversation.

5 September 2011
Speaker Series: Minister Mikołaj Dowgielewicz
The next Speaker Series event took place in Oxford and Cambridge Club. The PCC members had a pleasure to meet Minister Mikołaj Dowgielewicz, Secretary of State for European Affairs and Economic Policy, the Governent Plenipotentiary for the Preparation of Government Administration Bodies and for Republic of Poland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Her Excellency, Mrs Barbara Tuge-Erecińska, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the United Kingdom and Marcin Augustyn, Head of Unit in the cabinet of Minister. The subject of the meeting was to discuss the role and key objectives, challenges and opportunities of the Polish presidency in the EU and what that means to Poles in Poland and abroad. After the official meeting members had continued the conversations in relaxed atmosphere.


18 July 2011
The PCC members meeting
The PCC members met in the Institute of Directors to discuss current projects and future PCC initiatives. Lots of valuable ideas were exchanged in the nice, relaxing athmosphere.

18 July 2011
Meeting with Minister Jacek Michałowski, the Head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland, during his visit to London
The PCC members attended the meeting with Minister Jacek Michałowski, the Head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland at the invitation of the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, Her Excellency Ms Barbara Tuge - Erecińska. During the meeting we had a chance to exchange the opinions and ideas on projects and initiatives that could support Polish Diaspora in the United Kingdom.
6 July 2011
Official launch of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union
The PCC Committe attended the official launch of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised and hosted by The Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, Her Excellency Ms Barbara Tuge - Erecińska
27 June 2011
Speaker Series: Daryle Abrahams
Workshop with Daryle Abrahams, Managing Director of Teetch.com. For those of you who are familiar personality profiling and cognitive styles, Daryle showed us the next generation research on cognitive styles and personality profiling tha significantly enhances the Briggs Meyers framework and makes it more accurate. It was a fun and a very interactive session.


14 June 2011
PCC Wine and Dine Experience Serie
Club dinner at Mint Leaf Lounge organized by Marcin Perzanowski was reportedly an evening of ‘great fun and gourmet food’
11 May 2011
Speaker Series: Mr Richard Berkeley
In May PCC was honoured to host Mr Richard Berkeley as the guest of the Speaker Series. Mr Berkeley spoke with great passion and concern about the state of the state of liberal arts education in Poland. He has been ferociously encouraging more accessibility and exposure of the young Poles to music and performing arts.
Having lived in Poland for more than ten years, Richard has noticed some paradoxes about the policy of the Ministry of Culture in Poland. Moreover, he talked about his belief in accountability of politics and is about to publish a report on the mis-spent millions during the Chopin year and the inability of the Ministries of Culture and Education to formulate and implement arts educational policies in schools. The speaker’s views triggered a great lot of discussion among the event’s attendees.
12 April 2011
Social evening @ Ortega
Once in a while our members are invited to meet and socialize in a less formal environment. The dinner at the Ortega Spanish Restaurant was one of those times when we could enjoy tasty tapas, paellas and delicious wine in a great, relaxed company. We had a lot of laughing and telling stories at the table. Such dinners are memorable and make the unique atmosphere of the club.

In Photo: Rober Stopa, Dorota Zimnoch, Kinga Ogonowska, Aleksander Baranski, Marcin Perzanowski, Lukasz Rzeczkowski, Alicja Nelka, Małgorzata Leszczyńska
26-27 March 2011
PCC's Get-Together-Weekend: Warsaw
24 March 2011
Speaker Series: Prof. Paul Reynolds

23 February 2011
Speaker Series: Dr Mark Stella-Sawicki
Dr Mark Stella-Sawicki proudly presented activities and achievements of the Polish Heritage Society which he co-founded. The society focuses on ensuring that memorials, monuments, buildings and other marks of remembrance and presence of the Polish people in The United Kingdom are recorded and their donors remembered for posterity. It also finds the forgotten monuments and restores them.
The largest completed project so far is First official Polish War Memorial at National Memorial Arboretum. It is first official memorial in the UK to the contribution made by Polish forces to the allied efforts in World War II.
In 2010 the Society was celebrating Fryderyk Chopin’s year by unveiling a restored Chopin statue in London (Southbank) and another monument will be erected in Manchester early in 2011. For more information on these and other stunning projects please refer to http://polish-heritage.co.uk/
30 September 2010
Speaker Series: Edward Lucas
Edward Lucas, Central European correspondent of the Economist and a renowned expert on the area. Theme:
“Poland has never been safer, richer, better-ruled, more prestigious or happier. So why the gloom?”
29 July 2010
Speaker Series: Zbigniew Pelczynski
Zbigniew Pelczynski – former lecturer of philosophy at Keble College, Oxford, the founder of the School for Leaders in Poland. Theme:
„Are leaders born or made? If made, how?” ( Experience of the Warsaw School for Leaders, 1994-2010”
6 June 2010
Speaker Series: Jan Zylinski
Jan Zyliński – UK-born entrepreneur of Polish origin Theme:
„My journey to making money – key lessons for the new Polish diaspora”
27 May 2010
Speaker Series: Adam Zamoyski
Adam Zamoyski, historian and best selling author Theme:
“The state of Polish national heritage – experience from the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow”
21 October 2010
Speaker Series: Krzysztof Pawłowski
In October the PCC was honoured to host the meeting with dr Krzysztof Pawłowski, the founder and rector of the Wyzsza Szkola Biznesu in Nowy Sącz. Our guest shared with the PCC members his views on Polish innovation and the critical path to success. He also shared the information about his current project of building a Multimedia City in Nowy Sącz.
PCC Speaker Series: Adam Michnik, Venue: O&C Club
22 February, 2012 7:00pm
City Clubs United, date, time and place TBC
15 March, 2012 7:00pm
PCC Social - Theatre: 5x15, Tabernacle, Nottting Hill
19 March, 2012 7:00pm