Prof. Marian Gorynia Polish economist, professor and former rector of the Poznan University of Economics. Since 2019, deputy chairman of the Council for Scientific Excellence. He is Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Polish Economic Society and a member of the Committee of Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is on the Boards and Editorial Committees of numerous specialized economic journals. In addition, he is a member of the Poznań Society of Friends of Science, the Scientific Society of Organization and Management, the Academy of International Business, the European International Business Academy, and the International Management Development Association. He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Bialystok and the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.