Mr Henryk Skórnicki has graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Warsaw Life Sciences, and following completed postgraduate andragogical and pedagogical studies as well as postgraduate studies in Community Agricultural Law at the Institute of Agricultural Law of the Polish Academy Science.

In 1994 he obtained PhD in agricultural sciences at the Agricultural University in Lublin. From the beginning of his professional career he has been involved in agricultural advisory services, commencing as a regional specialist, then promoted to the position of the manager of the regional team and then to the position of the Director of the Agricultural Advisory Center Branch in Radom.

Mr Henryk Skórnicki completed numerous foreign internships in agricultural advisory and agricultural research in Netherlands,  USA and Japan. He has worked as an expert in many national and international projects and participated in the agricultural policy advisory bodies of the European Commission and EIP Agri.

In 2013, on behalf of Poland, Mr Skórnicki actively participated in establishing the European Forum of Rural Advisory Services (EUFRAS).