Waldemar Siwinski, president, and co-founder of IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, and the founder of the “Perspektywy” Education Foundation, Poland. Under WS leadership “Perspektywy” for over two decades has been producing professional rankings of universities and high schools in Poland as well as promoting and supporting development of higher education. WS has extensive and rich media background as a writer, journalist, and manager. WS served as president of the Polish Press Agency (PAP) and was on the boards of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) and the European PressPhoto Agency (EPA); he was chairman of the Conference of Polish Media and a member of the International Press Institute. WS in early 1990’ founded the first magazine on computers in Poland called “Bajtek”. WS is the author of several books including a documentary book on the disaster at the nuclear plant “Chernobyl” in Ukraine. He has published several articles on university rankings and higher education. WS is a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology (Electronics); he also studied at the postgraduate School of Diplomacy in Warsaw.  WS received several prestigious awards and distinctions.