A special session on opportunities for British businesses in Poland is taking place at the International Festival for Business.

As Poles marked 10 years of European Union membership in May this year, the country has emerged as the star of eastern Europe, now with the sixth largest economy in the EU.

Piotr Bielski, chief economist at Bank Zachodni WBK, part of the Santander Group since 2011, specialises inmacroeconomics, econometric analysis and financial markets and will be advising delegates on the Polish economy and how they can realise their international growth potential in the country.

Working for Bank Zachodni WBK since 2001, he is also a co-founder and member of the Polish Association of Banking Economists an organisation of economists from leading financial institutions in Poland.

Joining Piotr will be Mark Ling, UK Director, Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking.

Santander UK, a leading financial services provider in the UK that offers a wide range of personal and commercial financial products and services, is one of IFB 2014’s festival partners and has delivered several events during the festival, including the SME summit attended by Chancellor of The Exchequer, George Osborne MP.

This key international event at the festival takes place in the IFB Hub, 1 Mann Island on Monday 21, July 2014 from 9 – 11.30am.