Pilot, Lawyer, Businesswoman

FAI CIG  President, Lawyer, judge of the arbitration court at the Polish Chamber of Commerce, plane pilot ATPL A (CPL, ME, IR); helicopter pilot PPL(H), international helicopter sports referee, active heli races competitor – Trainer  of the Polish National Helicopter Team, Russian and English philologist, graduate of the famous Air Force Academy in Dęblin, diploma in MBA Aviation and University Transport Aviation ENAC in Toulouse.

FAI Rotorcraft Commission

FAI Rotorcraft Commission (CIG) President

March 23, 2023 – The FAI Rotorcraft Commission (CIG) has elected the pilot, lawyer and businesswoman Serafina Ogończyk-Mąkowska as its new President.

FAI Rotorcraft Commission (CIG)

The Commission conducts FAI’s rotary-wing activities, in particular World Records and International Competitions

Recognition

  •  awarded with the Silver Cross of Merits
  •  honored as a Dame of Parte Guelfa knighthood
  • holds the title of “Ambassador of Polish Economy.”
  • member of the Euro Atlantic Treaty,
  • Polish delegate to Brussels,
  • European Medals for business achievements, including Image Creation on the European Market, Partner of Foreign Companies, and Promotion of Poland.

Author

She is the author of interviews, articles, and essays. She also serves as the editor-in-chief of the business magazine Business & Beauty. She has presented articles during international conferences, specifically addressing the issue of Polish-East Slavic language contacts, with a significant emphasis on the reception of cultural transfer. One of her notable publications is “An outline of the specificity of borrowings in contemporary Russian and Polish legal language” in Acta Polono-Ruthenica, Volume 11 (2006), pages 373-378. In her diploma work for the Aviation Security department in 2022, she focused on sport aviation, exploring various types of activities, operational forms, and types of sport and competition in helicopter races. Her work delved into the different types of helicopter competitions and highlighted the achievements of Poles in the global landscape of helicopter racing.

Organizer

She has extensive experience in organizing high-level international aviation conferences and coordinating large-scale aerospace events in cooperation with municipal authorities and public institutions. She has successfully designed and moderated expert discussion panels, industry forums, and strategic aviation conferences, bringing together representatives of sport aviation, regulatory bodies, and the aerospace sector. She played a leading role in organizing international helicopter championships held under the FAI framework, including competitions conducted as part of the World Cup cycle. Her work covered operational coordination, regulatory compliance, international sporting standards, and stakeholder engagement. Actively involved in the global aerospace community, she contributes to the development of sport aviation events that integrate competition, education, safety promotion, and international cooperation.

Success has many faces. Being a free and independent person is a success for me. Having a job that gives me immense satisfaction is also a success. But the greatest, confirmed and undisputed success comes from having people in my life whom I love, can count on, and who can count on me.

Serafina

Serafina

Zawodowa

  • prawnik
  • sędzia w Sądzie Arbitrażowym przy Krajowej Izbie Gospodarczej
  • filolog angielski
  • filolog rosyjski
  • właścicielka firmy
  • prezes Fundacji Miss Egzotica
  • laureatka Medalu Europejskiego, laureatka konkursu Ambasador Polskiej Gospodarki, właścicielka firmy – laureatka tytułu Firma Dobrze Widzian, redaktor naczelna biznesowego magazynu, laureatka tytułu Kobieta Przedsiębiorcza 2013, Sukces Roku w Biznesie 2014, Kobieta Przedsiębiorcza 2014 SFBCC.

Nagrody i Osiągnięcia

  • członkini SEA – Stowarzyszenia Euro-Atlantyckiego,
  • Prezydent FAI Komisji Śmigłwocowej
  • prezes stowarzyszenia HeliSport,
  • Trener Śmigłowcowej Kadry Narodowej,
  • międzynarodowy śmigłowcowy sędzia sportowy,
  • członkini Stowarzyszenia Polskie Media,
  • laureatka tytułu Kobieta Przedsiębiorcza 2013,
  • laureatka tytułu Sukces Roku w Biznesie 2014
  • laureatka tytułu Lider Multikultury 2016
  • nagroda Global Forum w Izraelu
  • laureatka tytułu Ambasador Polskiej Gospodarki
  • laureatka Medalu Europejskiego
  • Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi RP 2025

Wykształcenie

  • Pilot ATPL A , PPL H
  • MBA Aviation Łazarski University. Praca dyplomowa: Zarządzanie w lotniczej organizacji sportowej ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem Aeroklubu Polskiego i Międzynarodowej Federacji Lotniczej FAI
  • Ecole Nationale d’aviation civile (ENAC). Tuluza University Transport Aviation UTA moduły przeprowadzane w 6 różnych krajach
  • podyplomowe studia  Lotnicza Akademia Wojskowa w Dęblinie na wydz. Bezpieczeństwo Lotnicze | 2021- 2022Tytuł dyplomowej pracy na Wydziale Bezpieczeństwa Lotniczego w Dęblinie: “Lotnictwo sportowe: obszary działalności, formy organizacyjne, rodzaje sportów lotniczych oraz rodzaje konkurencji w sportach śmigłowcowych”
  • podyplomowe studia dyplomacji | Collegium Civitas)
  •  hebrajski na uniwersytecie w Tel Awiwie | 2014, 2015, 2016
  • mgr prawa | Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
  • mgr filologii rosyjsko-angielskiej | Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu