Iwona Lebiedowicz

Chief Executive Officer

About Iwona

Provides overall strategic accountability, contract governance, senior stakeholder relationship management, performance oversight and executive escalation, ensuring contractual commitments, service quality and operational performance remain aligned with client objectives.

Iwona has over two decades of experience in business leadership, international operations and cross-cultural communication. Between 2007 and 2019, she successfully built, grew, managed and exited an organisation with an annual turnover of £10 million. At PAB, she has led the implementation, mobilisation and strategic management of multiple six-figure contracts.

Specialising in intercultural communication, Iwona works with leaders and organisations operating across borders, cultures and complex stakeholder environments. Fluent in three languages, she brings firsthand experience of managing communication, relationships and operational challenges in international and highly regulated environments.

She is also passionate about the role of technology in transforming cross-language communication, combining human expertise, linguistic capabilities and AI-enabled innovation to improve efficiency, strengthen service delivery and create opportunities for sustainable growth.

Recognition:

• Business Woman of the Year 2022, London • East Midlands Director of the Year 2015 — Highly Commended • Young Business Person of the Year 2013, Lincoln • Hardy & Collins Award for Cultural Training 2012 • The Agri-food Sector Business Award 2013 Keynote speaker at events organised by the British Chambers of Commerce, University of Lincoln, University of Nottingham, NatWest Bank, the Department for Business and Trade, and the Boston School of Applied Leadership and Management.

Favourite quotes

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

The distance between your dreams and reality is called discipline.

Take into account that great love and great achievements often involve great risk.