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Marek Matraszek

Chairman, CEC Group

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Marek Matraszek was born in the UK and studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1984. Following a year in Poland teaching at the Catholic University of Lublin, he returned to Oxford to obtain a Master’s degree in Russian and East European Studies in 1987. He then continued his studies at Oxford, reading for a doctoral dissertation. Marek moved to Poland in 1990 and in 1992 was appointed to represent the Margaret Thatcher Foundation in the region. In 1993 he established CEC (www.cecgr.com), providing strategic political intelligence, monitoring and analysis for Western multinationals. He is currently Chairman of the CEC Group in Central Europe, with a special expertise in defense procurements and security policy.   

He has written widely on Polish and international affairs and has published a study of the Polish political scene, The Politics of Restoration. He has commented on Polish and regional politics for Polish Radio, the BBC, CNN, CNBC, GB News, TVP World and other media outlets, and is on Twitter at @matraszek.

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