Meet our team
The CHEMLEX team consists of highly qualified experts with extensive experience in chemical and environmental legislation. Our specialists include former members of European Commission committees as well as recognised professionals in the fields of REACH, CLP and fertiliser regulations. We combine regulatory expertise with practical industry insight, enabling us to deliver precise, reliable and fully compliant solutions for our clients.

Magdalena PYJOR
Experience in EU and national institutions
For over a decade, she chaired the Polish delegation in the:
- Regulatory Committee on Fertilisers at the European Commission,
- Working Group on Fertilisers at the European Commission.
She was a long‑standing member of the European Commission’s technical groups responsible for revising EU fertiliser legislation. Since 2016, she has served as an expert in the G07 Technical Harmonisation Group at the Council of the European Union.
She has also acted as an expert in the:
- REACH and CLP Committee at the European Commission,
- Working Group on International Environmental Aspects at the Council of the EU.
For ten years, she was a member of the Polish delegation to the COP meetings of the Stockholm, Rotterdam and Basel Conventions.
Magdalena has collaborated with key national institutions, as an expert for:
- the Ministry of Economy,
- the Ministry of Development,
- the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology.
Industry experience
She also gained professional experience in the pharmaceutical sector at PLIVA (now Teva Operations Poland), working in the Quality Documentation Department.
Education
Master’s degree from the Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Technology.
Postgraduate studies in Hazardous Materials and Chemical Rescue at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw.
Expert activities and international engagementExpert activities and international engagement
She has participated in numerous conferences, seminars and training programmes across the EU and third countries. As an EU expert, she has delivered training for institutions such as the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia, focusing on fertiliser legislation and REACH.
Interests and language skills
Interests: trekking
Languages: English – full professional proficiency
Renata Znamirowska-Orzechowska
International experience and cooperation with EU and U.S. institutions
With more than twenty years of experience in the chemical sector, she has held key expert roles, including:
- Member of the Sherpa Sub‑group of the High Level Group on the Competitiveness of the European Chemical Industry (HLG) at the European Commission,
- Expert in the Methane to Markets initiative (now the Global Methane Initiative) under the United States Environmental Protection Agency,
- Expert for the Ministry of Economy; the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy; the Ministry of Development; and the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology.
Her areas of responsibility have included:
- drafting legal acts,
- ensuring the free movement of goods within the EU,
- transposing EU directives into national legislation,
- negotiation techniques,
- EU law in the field of intellectual and industrial property protection.
She also gained professional experience at the Industrial Chemistry Research Institute in Warsaw, working as an Assistant in the Department of Light Organic Synthesis.
Education
Graduate of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Warsaw University of Technology, specialising in high‑energy materials technology.
Postgraduate studies at the University of Warsaw, Centre for Europe – European integration and industrial monitoring.
Courses and training
She has completed numerous international training programmes, including:
textile industry management – International Cooperation and Development Fund, Taiwan,
- management and marketing in the pharmaceutical industry – Bielefeld, Germany,
- training in EU case law and EU directives.
Interests and language skills
Interests: science‑fiction literature, windsurfing, kitesurfing
Languages: English – full professional proficiency; Russian – full professional proficiency


Agata Pyjor
Agata Pyjor is a specialist in chemical technology and industrial installation design. She is a graduate of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Faculty of Energy and Fuels, with a specialisation in Chemical Technology. She also completed a management programme at the School of Entrepreneurship and Management of the Cracow University of Economics, as well as postgraduate studies in Leadership and Management at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH).
Professional experience
Pharmaceutical industry
In 2012, she worked at Teva Operations Poland, where she was responsible for:
- preparing quality agreement drafts,
- updating quality documentation,
- coordinating cooperation with manufacturers of active and auxiliary substances.
Mining and energy sector
Since 2013, she has been associated with the extraction and energy industry. Initially, her work focused on:
Since 2014, she has worked as a project engineer in the fuel industry, specialising in subsea oil and gas extraction projects.
She collaborates with global clients, delivering projects with a high degree of technical complexity.
Scientific and international activities
- participant in research projects in the field of catalysis at the University of Barcelona,
- participant in the “Oil & Gas Process Design” workshops at APS Designing Energy in Rome.
Interests and language skills
Interests: Iberian culture
Languages: English – full professional proficiency
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Below you’ll find the most common questions and answers related to working with CHEMLEX.
