Education
A creative and inspiring lecturer, Marek has many years of experience teaching university-level courses such as corporate finance, business valuation, private equity/venture capital, entrepreneurial finance, value-based management, business planning, and project finance with Excel. He is passionate about teaching, tutoring, and mentoring students.
Polish credentials
- Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland (Oct 2018 – present)
- Senior Lecturer (Business Valuation, Private Equity – Value Creation, Executive Studies Business Valuation, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland), 2005-2018
- Instructor (Business Valuation with Excel) at Ernst and Young Academy of Business, Warsaw, Poland, 2017-2018
- Director of Executive Studies Business Valuation, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, 2005-2014
- Assistant Professor (Institute of Value Based Management, SGH), 2005-2014
International credentials
- Visiting Scholar (Department of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business, New York, USA) Jul-Dec 2012
- Visiting Scholar (IESE Barcelona, Spain) Nov-Dec 2010
- Lecturer (Finance, VanWest College in Vancouver), Sept-Oct 2018
- Visiting lecturer (EMBA course Entrepreneurial Finance, SFU Beedie School of Business in Vancouver), Jan-Apr 2017
Senior Lecturer
Marek is a highly-respected university-level professor, working with undergraduates, MBA and Executive MBA students.
- More than 15 years at SGH Warsaw School of Economics as an assistant (1996 – 2005) in the Small Business Department and as an assistant professor (2005-2014) in the Institute of Value Management
- Accomplished lecturer at SGH, engaging audiences with the following subjects: Business Valuation, Private Equity, Business Plan – E-Learning, Investment Project Financial Analysis with Excel, Management and Leveraged Buyouts, Financial Statements Analysis, Corporate Governance and Value Based Management
- Management training consultant, working hand-in-hand with some of the largest Polish companies, including KGHM Polska Miedź SA (top 10 copper and top 3 silver producer worldwide), PKN Orlen SA (Poland’s largest oil refiner), Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn-Koźle SA and Zakłady Chemiczne Police SA (one of the largest chemical manufacturers in Poland)
- A respected teacher at SGH Warsaw School of Economics, presenting such highly-regarded classes and workshops as Business Valuation – Best Practices in Canada and Poland and Private Equity and Value Creation
On-Site Instructor
Marek provides 1-2 day training programs, working with executives and managers to develop proficiencies in such areas as business valuation with Excel, value-based management, project finance with Excel, private equity / venture capital. He collaborates with such distinguished Polish and international institutions as:
- Ernst and Young Academy of Business
- Institute of Accounting and Taxes in Warsaw
- Institute of International Research in Warsaw
- Warsaw Institute of Banking
Visiting Professor
Marek travels internationally as a visiting scholar and professor, teaching university-level courses for undergraduates, MBA and Executive MBA students.
- In 2018, Marek taught Finance at VanWest College in Vancouver
- In 2017, at SFU Beedie School of Business in Vancouver, he taught Entrepreneurial Finance, a 20-hour EMBA course using a case study method
- From July to December 2012, he served as a visiting scholar at the NYU Stern School of Business in the Department of Finance, where he participated in seminars and lectures and worked on his textbook about project finance. (hyperlink)
- In 2010, he was a visiting scholar at IESE Business School in Barcelona where he received training in writing case studies and in teaching using the case study method
Marek is available to teach finance-related courses such as:
- Corporate Finance
- Entrepreneurial Finance
- Finance for Non-Financial Managers
- Business Valuation and Intangible Assets Valuation with Excel
- Intellectual Properties Valuation
- Project Finance with Excel
- Value-Based Management
- Business Planning