Appointed on: 1 October 2026

Stanisław Tokarski, Ph.D. Hab. Eng., Professor at GIG, has worked with the AGH University of Science and Technology’s Center for Energy in Kraków and the Central Mining Institute (GIG) in Katowice since 2016. Conducts scientific research, design and advisory work focusing on the transition of the energy and industrial sectors.

He has been active in the utility power sector since 1985, when he started his career at the Jaworzno III Power Plant in Jaworzno. From 2008 to 2015, he served as Vice-President of the Management Board for Strategy and Development at Tauron S.A. and as President of the Management Board at Tauron Wytwarzanie S.A. (2010-2014). From 2013 to 2016, President of the Board of the Economic Association of Polish Power Plants (TGPE), a member of the Governing Council of the Polish Committee of Electricity Employers (PKEE) and PKEE’s representative for energy policy and generation at EURELECTRIC in Brussels as well as a member of the Board of Directors of VGB, the European association of power plant operators. He has served as a member of various Supervisory Boards in commercial companies, including as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Południowy Koncern Węglowy S.A. and a Supervisory Board Member at KIC InnoEnergy S.E., a European company focused on the deployment of new energy technologies.

He currently serves as Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Energy Problems of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), a member of PAN’s Mining Committee, Chairman of the Energy and Climate Policy Committee at the Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG), a member of the Polish Committee of the World Energy Council (WEC), of PKEE and TGPE, as well as of the Council of the Office of Technical Inspection (UDT). Since the beginning of Poland’s economic transformation, he has helped develop and review energy-related regulations both in Poland and the EU. He is the author of several patented inventions and numerous publications and commentaries on environmental, climate, and market regulations in the energy sector.