"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." – Winston Churchill

Graduate of the Law Department of the Tilburg University. Moved to the Netherlands in 1996.

Co-founder and former president (2008-2013) of the former VPNO (Polish Chamber of Commerce in the Kingdom of the Netherlands); co-founder and board member (2011-2016) of the Polonus Foundation; co-founder and board member of Pools Nederlandse Juristenvereniging (Polish-Dutch Law Association).

Barrister at the De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek law office and academic researcher at the Tilburg University (2001-2003); barrister and partner at the Van der Steenhoven advocaten NV (2008-2013); founder of and barrister at the Lewandowski Advocatenkantoor BV (since 2014).

Married to a Pole running her own business; father of two sons and a daughter; passionate about karate and water sports.

Jan-Willem is an entrepreneur who held board member and senior managerial positions at multinationals, like Siemens, Vodafone and Essent to start-ups as Redsalt and Thaumatec. He has been working in the IT and IoT-industry for many years now, in markets like Energy, Electronics and Logistics. He says about himself that he becomes enthusiastic when challenging people to create business value by using the endless possibilities that IT and IoT technologies can bring. This is what he enjoys doing every working day.

His vision for PCCNL is to contribute in creating an influential and well-established network organisation in the Netherlands, that connects ambitious businesses having Polish & Dutch elements in their DNA. He believes it is his mission to connect these companies, create a network platform for these companies, to share practical know-how, and to represent their common interests towards public institutions.

Specialises in cross-border employment, posted workers employment, and employment conditions of posted workers.

Co-founder and president of LBEA BV, a tax advisory and bookkeeping company.

Married to a businessman, mother of three children. Interested in photography and psychology.

Katarzyna is a master of architecture. For many years, she co-designed large commercial buildings in Central and Eastern Europe as part of the design office GROUP-ARCH (group-arch.com), of which she was co-founder, co-owner and director. Together with her partners, she successfully managed offices in Moscow, Kiev in cooperation with the Wrocław office.

At the center of her interests stand human being, cultural differences and the ability to cooperate above them, as well as geopolitics and history. She pursued these interests, among others, by completing postgraduate studies at the European Academy of Diplomacy in Warsaw.

She has been living in the Netherlands since 2019, where she is active within the Polish Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands and as a Board Member of the General Maczek Memorial in Breda since 2023. Katarzyna is a freelancer consultant for various projects for international entities.