Dr Marek Laskiewicz was born and educated in the United Kingdom at Haberdashers’ Aske’s School Elstree, graduating with a degree then doctorate at Queen Mary College, University of London [QMC]. He is a Member of the UK Government (Cabinet Office) Covid-19 Expert Database, the Royal Economic Society [RES] and the Political Studies Association [PSA] as well as a Chartered Engineer [Eur Ing, CEng, MIET] and also a Reader [adiunkt] at the Polish University Abroad [PUNO], the Secretary General of the Polish Society of Arts and Sciences Abroad [PTNO], a Council Member [Radny] of the Polish Social and Cultural Association [POSK], and the founder and Leader of PWWB [the Polish Association in GB], which organises inter alia qua PANO [Polish Academy Abroad] academic lectures.