Most top Polish firms are run by engineers

Polish companies are directed by engineers. Every second chairman on the 500 List of the largest companies conducted by Rzeczpospolita has graduated from technical university, every ninth is a graduate of the Warsaw Technical University (PW) and every fourteenth finished AGH University of Science and Technology.

Only 7.1% of chairmen were graduates of economical education institution, Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). The results are a large change from last year when 38% of managers held technical diplomas - now there are 51%.

According to professor Krzysztof Opolski of SGH, "This in itself is not bad, as long as the chairmen are prepared for modern management and financial engineering. Today, the basic condition of financial success is market sensitivity, ability of strategic thinking, market analysis, and teambuilding. Many chairmen-engineers have forgotten what they learned about in university. Often they have additional education, which allows greater flexibility in action."

The results of the 500 List bear this out as 20% have further education, though only every fourteenth holds an MBA.

Source: Rzeczpospolita