Jan Emeryk Rościszewski

Jan Emeryk Rościszewski (born 4 June 1965 in Warsaw) is a Polish business executive, diplomat and Poland's ambassador to France from 2022 to 2026. Previously, he served as the Chairman of the Management Board of PKO Bank Polski in 2021.

Education and career Rościszewski started his studies at the University of Warsaw. In 1988, he graduated from history at the Catholic University of Lublin. In 1990, he received DEA diploma from the Sciences Po, Paris. In 1996, he became a certified insurance broker. Between June and October 2021 he was President of the management board of PKO Bank Polski. He was nominated ambassador to France in March 2022, and took the office following month.

Public life During the period of martial law in Poland (1981–1983) he was cooperating with the Primate's Committee in Aid of People Deprived of Freedom and their Families. He was also distributing underground publications.

In 1990s he was member of the Centre Agreement political party. In 2009, Rościszewski became a Knight of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Malta, and in December 2012, he became a Hospitaller of the Polish Association of the Knights of Malta.

He has been publishing on finances, insurances, pension system, healthcare system in Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Wyborcza, Le Figaro, Le Point, and Harvard Business Review. His father came from an aristocratic family, with roots in the Polish region of Mazovia. Besides Polish, he speaks French, English, and basic Russian.

Honours

2010 – Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta 2015 – Bene Merito honorary badge