A graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology (Faculty of Automotive and Machine Tools – 1982-1987) and the University of Warsaw (Ph.D. studies in the field of „Financial Institutions and Economic Strategies of Companies” – 2003-2006). Doctoral degree in economic sciences obtained at the Faculty of Economics, University of Warsaw (2012). Doctoral dissertation: „Mergers and acquisitions as an alternative strategy to organic growth of companies – studies of long-term economic effects on the example of the automotive sector”. Jacek Pawlak, after 5 years spent in Toyota Motor Europe as Director of Sales and Strategic Projects for Toyota Europe, in 2012 became the first Pole ever to manage the Polish branch of the concern.