Polish exports promotion agency to open 70 foreign offices

Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) will employ 140 people in 70 new foreign offices it is planning to open across the globe. The Agency is interviewing nearly 700 candidates for the positions. "We will ultimately need some 140 employees, statistically two people per office. Some offices will have only one employee and some will have a bigger staff," Tomasz Pisula, head of PAIH said. The Agency, formerly known as Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency - PAIZ, wants to have 20 offices operating by the end of 2017 and 70 within the next three years. It has already launched offices in Shanghai, Singapore, Nairobi (Kenya), Tehran (Iran) and Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam). Soon, its San Francisco and Mexico offices will become operational. The next destinations on the list are: Toronto, Milan, Frankfurt, London and Budapest. PAIH's mission is to promote Polish exports and attract foreign investments to Poland, as well as to support Polish investments abroad.