Maciej Sołtysik is graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Silesian University of Technology and postgraduate studies at the University of Economics in Katowice "Forecasting in the Enterprise" and at the AGH University of Science and Technology "Nuclear Power" and "Gas Market”. He obtained his doctoral degree at the Wrocław University of Technology - thesis entitled "The method of creating and analyzing the functioning of balancing groups of electricity market participants". He gained professional experience at Enion, Everen, EdF, TAURON and PSE. Member of International Association for Energy Economics, The Association of Energy Trading, Polish Electricity Association.