Full Professor of Business Administration, Institute of International Business and Economics, Department of Logistics, Poznań University of Economics and Business (PUEB), Poznań, Poland.

Professor M. Szymczak received M.Sc. degree in the area of Computer Science from the Technical University of Poznan, Ph.D. and post Ph.D. (habilitation) degree in the area of Business Administration, majoring in business logistics management, from PUEB.

His research focuses on business logistics, international logistics and supply chain management, information systems for logistics, and city logistics. He has published over 120 articles in professional journals. He is author and co-author or editor of 18 books. He has lectured and taught logistics at many universities and business schools in the region. He is a member of the editorial board of scientific journals and business magazines, member of the scientific committee of numerous international conferences and the reviewer of presented papers. Professor M. Szymczak has over twenty years’ experience as a consultant to many companies and local government on logistics matters. He took an active part in various business projects. He is recipient of 21 PUEB Rector’s Awards.

At his alma mater, he held administrative positions for 18 years, being vice-dean, dean and then vice-rector.

As a private person he is an amateur photographer. He also shows a lively interest in modern pop-rock music and the design of motor cars (as a would-be automotive stylist).