Jacek Gnich

President of the Management Board

A teacher of business and management in the upper-secondary classes of the special school at The Children’s Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw, and an executive, entrepreneur and investor with more than 30 years’ experience in managing, financing and scaling technology ventures.

In his teaching, he combines practical business knowledge with direct work with young people with diverse educational needs. A school operating within a medical institution calls for an individual approach, flexible teaching and particular sensitivity to students’ needs.

His experience as an upper-secondary teacher underpins his commitment to the responsible use of AI in schools. It allows him to assess the potential of AI from the perspective of everyday school practice, personalised learning, access to education and real support for teachers and students.

Since 2019 he has led Nestmedic S.A., a developer of telemedicine solutions, where he has overseen restructuring, MDR certification, clinical trials and FDA procedures, the use of AI in diagnostic medicine, fundraising and international expansion.

He previously managed the Scanderia Venture capital fund, with a budget of PLN 40 million, and the technology companies Infoscan and Invento. He specialises in innovation commercialisation, strategic management, fundraising and scaling technology ventures.

He studied at Warsaw University of Technology and holds qualifications in financial management and an Executive MBA.

He brings to ECAIS a rare combination of experience as a teacher, executive and practitioner of new technologies. He combines an understanding of schools’ real needs with expertise in implementing and financing innovation, supporting ECAIS’s development as a European platform for the responsible, accessible and human-centred adoption of AI in schools.