A lawyer by education, having graduated from the University of Silesia in Katowice. He also completed post-graduate studies in “Social labor dialog” at the Katowice University of Economics and in “Management of industrial occupational health and safety” at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice.

He has been associated with Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A. almost since its establishment, i.e. since 1995 when he served as the Head of the Organizational and Legal Department and then from 1999 to 2009 as Director for Labor at Borynia Coal Mine. Since 2009 he serves as Vice-President of the Management Board for Employment and Social Policy at JSW S.A.