Wojciech Zacharski

Corporate services manager of Crown Relocations

Wojciech Zacharski, 36, experienced relocation first hand as a child in Switzerland, Algeria and Russia thanks to his father, who worked for the Polish Foreign Ministry.

His passion for photography led him to study film at the Warsaw Film and Television School, but his subsequent military service meant that he lost touch with the technical developments in the industry and decided to pursue a different career path. In 1989 he began a three-year spell as a cashier at LOT Polish Airlines, which gave him further opportunities to travel, and after three years he advanced to Air France, where he worked as sales manager responsible for promoting the airline's flights through Polish travel agents. After two years, Zacharski became a key account manager at Polish travel chain Airtours, responsible for introducing flights from Air New Zealand and Malaysian Airlines to the Polish market.

By 1997 Zacharski put his experience in travel sales to use as managing director of Warsaw business travel bureau SA Trade, which took advantage of Poland's blossoming incentive travel market and organized corporate training and conferences. But after only two years his experience in business-to-business travel services attracted the attention of headhunters from Crown Worldwide Movers, and in 1999 Zacharski was appointed corporate services manager of Crown Relocations, a global network of moving firms that has more than 7,000 corporate clients worldwide. According to Zacharski, the company's leading innovation is the introduction of online tracking, which allows companies to monitor their employee relocations worldwide. During his three years with the company Zacharski has helped to relocate executives from Deloitte & Touche, U.S. telecommunications firm Motorola and French bank Credit Lyonnais. His greatest ambition is to find the time to rekindle his passion for motorcycles.

Past notes:

1984 - Graduated from the Warsaw Film and Television School

1989 - Cashier at LOT Polish Airlines

1992 - Sales manager at Air France

1994 - Key account manager at Airtours

1997 - Managing director of SA Trade

1999 - Corporate services manager of Crown Relocations

Word of advice:

"Successful businesses are no accident. They are the result of determined team work."

Greg Goodale