- Andrzej Adamczyk, Minister of Infrastructure, Poland
- Brunon Bartkiewicz, President of the Management Board, ING Bank Śląski SA
- Dominika Bettman, CFO, Siemens Sp. z o.o.
- Paweł Borys, Chairman of the Board, Polish Development Fund
- Jerzy Buzek, Member of the European Parliament, President of the European Parliament in the years 2009–2012; Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland in the years 1997–2001; Chairman of the Programme Board of the EEC
- Zdzisława Dacko-Pikiewicz, Rector, The University of Dąbrowa Górnicza
- Kazimierz Karolczak, Chairman, Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia (Upper Silesia and Zagłębie Metropolis)
- Marcin Krupa, Mayor of Katowice
- Wojciech Kuśpik, Chairman of the Board, PTWP SA; Initiator of the European Economic Congress
- Jerzy Kwieciński, Minister of Investment and Economic Development, Poland
- Małgorzata Mańka-Szulik, Mayor of Zabrze
- Jan Olbrycht, Member of the European Parliament
- Olaf Osica, Director, Foreign Markets Project, PTWP SA
- Tomasz Pisula, Chairman of the Board, Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH)
- Jerzy Polaczek, Member of the Polish Parliament (Sejm); Minister of Transport and Construction in the years 2005–2006, Minister of Transport in the years 2006–2007
- Wojciech Saługa, Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship
- Janusz Steinhoff, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Poland
- Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy, Poland, Government Plenipotentary for Restructuring of the Mininig Industry
- Robert Tomanek, Rector, University of Economics in Katowice
- Jarosław Wieczorek, Voivode of Silesia
- Piotr Uszok, Mayor of Katowice in the years 1998-2014
- Dariusz Żuk, Chairman of the Board, Polska Przedsiębiorcza (Entrepreneurial Poland)
