BARBARA KOWALSKA

Kowalska received a master's of science degree in geography from Warsaw University in 1977 and began her career as a meteorologist and geography teacher. With the political and economic transformation in 1990, Kowalska said she had an opportunity to change the focus of her career and subsequently began studying accounting. In 1992, she completed advanced accountancy training and in 1994 began an intensive, eight month training for chief accountants with the Polish Accountants Society. She held the chief accountant position at Arcus until 1996, and comes to Baker & McKenzie from law firm Cameron McKenna, where she held the same position. In addition to her native Polish, Kowalska speaks fluent English. She said her interests include travel and geography.