Deputy Chief Executive for Operations of the European Defence Agency, Brussels
Expertise:
• Military Capabilities of EU
• Military and Operational Cooperation between EU and NATO
Brigadier General Adam Sowa joined the Polish Army in 1975 and has held a range of appointments related to Science and Technology, Armaments and Defence Industry, International Cooperation, Education & Training and Personnel Policy both in Poland and abroad. He started his career at the Military University of Technology as a lecturer and scientist. In the years 1989-1992 he served as a military armaments expert on several foreign appointments. He participated in three OSCE missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He played his part in strengthening the role of the European Defence Agency among others in charge of internal negotiations with other ministries, the Polish Defence Industry and the Trade Unions for Poland to join the EDA’s Code of Conduct Regime on Defence Procurement. His personal involvement was also vital to the successful launch of a new innovative tool for European R&T Co-operation, the Joint Investment Programme on Force Protection. In 2007 he was appointed Rector of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw and Chairman of the Scientific and Industrial Committee of the Armaments Council. Since January 2008 he served as EDA’s Deputy Chief Executive for Operations among others responsible for space.
• Military Capabilities of EU
• Military and Operational Cooperation between EU and NATO
Brigadier General Adam Sowa joined the Polish Army in 1975 and has held a range of appointments related to Science and Technology, Armaments and Defence Industry, International Cooperation, Education & Training and Personnel Policy both in Poland and abroad. He started his career at the Military University of Technology as a lecturer and scientist. In the years 1989-1992 he served as a military armaments expert on several foreign appointments. He participated in three OSCE missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He played his part in strengthening the role of the European Defence Agency among others in charge of internal negotiations with other ministries, the Polish Defence Industry and the Trade Unions for Poland to join the EDA’s Code of Conduct Regime on Defence Procurement. His personal involvement was also vital to the successful launch of a new innovative tool for European R&T Co-operation, the Joint Investment Programme on Force Protection. In 2007 he was appointed Rector of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw and Chairman of the Scientific and Industrial Committee of the Armaments Council. Since January 2008 he served as EDA’s Deputy Chief Executive for Operations among others responsible for space.
