Andrzej R. Stopczyński, PhD is an experienced risk management professional and academic, currently serving as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Finance at the University of Łódź. He also heads the Department of Financial Markets, Banking, and Insurance at the Institute of Economic and Financial Expertise (Instytut Ekspertyz Ekonomicznych i Finansowych w Łodzi). His research interests include banking regulation, risk governance, bank resolution, and financial consumer protection.
Dr. Stopczyński graduated from the University of Warsaw and holds a PhD in elementary particle physics. He also earned an MBA and holds both the Professional Risk Manager (PRM) and Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certifications, reflecting a strong interdisciplinary foundation in quantitative science, management, and finance.
He brings over 30 years of experience in the banking and financial sector. From 1993 to 2007, he worked as a risk manager in commercial banks, where he specialized in credit risk, capital adequacy, and regulatory compliance. Between 2008 and 2012, he served as Managing Director of Banking Supervision at the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF), playing a key role in strengthening financial sector oversight during the global financial crisis. From 2011 to 2014, he was an advisor to the National Bank of Poland. Subsequently, he led the resolution planning unit at the Polish resolution authority (Bank Guarantee Fund, BFG), contributing to the implementation of the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) in Poland.
