We are honoured to announce that Mr. Łukasz Korzeniewicz of the Polish Register of Shipping, has been appointed the Chairman of the IACS Quality Committee for the period from 6 April 2022 until the end of 2025. This is the second term for which Mr. Łukasz has been entrusted with chairing this Organization.

In addition to the IACS Quality Committee, of which he has been a member since 2014, in his career he has represented PRS in numerous IACS Expert Groups, including the EG/LAW and EG/EU. From the very beginning, on behalf of PRS, he was responsible for establishing the Entity for the Quality Assessment and Certification of Organization Recognized by the European Union (QACE). In November 2021, he was elected President of QACE for a two-year term. Since then, he has been actively contributing to IQARB, with which the community of Recognized Organizations such as PRS holds high hopes.

Mr. Łukasz Korzeniewicz is a graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Maritime University of Szczecin. After several years of working as a ship engineer on various types of ships of the merchant fleet, in 2005 he began his adventure in PRS. First, as a technical assistant in the Machinery Department, then in the Sea-Going Ship Survey Department and in the External Cooperation Bureau. During his career in PRS, he obtained the competences of a technical surveyor, field surveyor, internal and lead auditor. With the PRS support, he graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk. Legal studies significantly helped Mr. Korzeniewicz represent PRS and the Republic of Poland at various conferences, meetings and international workshops.

For over 9 years, as the Manager of the Quality Management Bureau, together with his team, he has been responsible for supervising the QMS of the Polish Register of Shipping.

We wish Mr. Łukasz a lot of strength and perseverance in his duties as President of the IACS Quality Committee, President of QACE and all related projects.