KAZIMIERZ FERENC

Kazimierz Ferenc was appointed president of the Centre of Trust and Certification CENTRAST, a company founded by the National Bank of Poland to secure transactions conducted using electronic signatures. Fenec graduated from the Kraków Technical University in 1968 and worked in a private design company until 1990. Between 1990-1994 he was head of the Rzeszowskie voivodship. Between 1994-1998 he was president of Zespół Elektrowni Wodnych Solina-Myczkowice and from 1994-1997 he was a member of the management board of power plant Elektrownie Szczytowo-Pompowe. In 1998 Ferenc was deputy president of the housing and urban development office and between 1999-2001 he was a member of the board of the National Atomic Energy Agency as well as a member of the energy-sector restructuring team. From 1999-2001 he was the undersecretary of state at the Internal Affairs and Administration Ministry, where he focused on IT and communications development, and coordinated the team dealing with the millenium bug. Last year he was president of the Telecommunications Regulatory Office (URT). Fendec has also been chairman of the IT council at the prime minister's office and co-authored the electronic signature bill.