Full professor of finance at SGH - Warsaw School of Economics (Poland), a chair of Financial System Department in the Institute of Finance at SGH. She has been involved in the business practice for more than 25 years, including membership of supervisory boards of financial institutions and recently a position of a Deputy Chair of Polish Financial Supervision Authority. Prof. Iwanicz-Drozdowska was granted scholarships of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (1999) and Deutsche Stiftung fuer Internationale Rechtliche Zusammenarbeit EV (1998). She was a visiting researcher at New York University (March 2013), a visiting fellow at Columbia University (March 2017) and a visiting professor within Erasmus program. She is the author of more than 150 publications on banking and financial services market and a participant of numerous research projects. Her specializations include: financial safety net, financial stability, management of financial institutions and financial education.