Bio
Janusz Kahl is an international business leader, entrepreneur, business adviser, start-up mentor, and honorary consul based in Kraków, Poland. Born in Kraków and a Danish citizen of Polish origin, he has dedicated much of his professional career to strengthening economic, institutional, and cultural cooperation between Poland and the Nordic countries.
A graduate of Copenhagen Business School, where he specialised in organisation, strategy, and international trade, began working as an independent consultant in Poland in 1992. Through his consultancy activities, he supported Scandinavian companies entering the Polish market, helped establish local businesses and representative offices, and facilitated interregional cooperation between southern Poland and Nordic partners.
In 2001, he established NordicHouse, a business and cultural cooperation centre in Kraków. As its president, he works to develop partnerships between companies, public institutions, regional organisations, and other stakeholders from Poland and the Nordic countries. NordicHouse promotes international trade, investment, business development, tourism, and cultural exchange, with a particular focus on creating practical opportunities for cross-border collaboration.
Janusz Kahl's leadership also extends to sustainable development and innovation. As president of the South Poland Cleantech Cluster, a non-profit initiative, he supports cooperation around clean technologies and their implementation in industry. His work connects businesses, innovators, and other stakeholders interested in developing solutions that contribute to industrial modernisation and the transition towards a more sustainable economy.
Janusz Kahl is also actively involved in supporting entrepreneurship and innovation, serving as a mentor and juror at training programmes, workshops, and hackathons for start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises. His professional interests encompass international business development, foreign investment, cross-border partnerships, innovation, and clean technology.
His professional work reflects a sustained commitment to connecting markets, institutions, and people across national borders. By bringing together business, diplomacy, entrepreneurship, and sustainability, Janusz Kahl contributes to the development of international partnerships and to strengthening Kraków and southern Poland as centres of economic cooperation between Poland and the Nordic region.
