Maria Staszkiewicz

Maria is advisor to Deputy Minister of Finance of Poland, previously working in an equivalent position at the Czech Ministry. Prior to joining the public sector, she was advocating for pan-European digital finance ecosystem. Maria held the position of the President of the European Digital Finance Association, a trade association of national fintech associations in Europe, which she helped establish in 2020. Before that she worked as Executive Director at the Czech Fintech Association and Deputy Executive Director at the Aspen Institute Central Europe.

A graduate in political sciences and European studies in Poland and Germany, Maria previously also worked in Brussels for the Secretariat General of the Council of the EU.