Ambassador Popowski is a Polish diplomat with more than 30 years of professional experience. He was Director for EU affairs at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in 2001-2008 served as Deputy Head of the Permanent Representation of Poland to the European Union. Between 2003-2008 he was Poland's first permanent representative to the EU's Political and Security Committee. He then joined the European Commission as Director in Directorate-General for Development. In 2009-2011 he served as He