Dr. Tomasz Husak
Director of Defence Policy
European Commission, Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS)
Dr. Tomasz Husak is European Commission Director of Defence Policy in the Directorate General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) since February 2026.
He has 20 years of experience in defence and space policy, economics and international relations. Prior to joining the Commission in 2014, Dr. Husak worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland.
Between 2014 and 2019, he served as Head of Cabinet of former Commissioner, in charge of Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs. Recently, he was adviser on digital and data technologies in the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA). He also served as a member of the Team of Sauli Niinistö, Special Adviser to the President of the European Commission on issues related to preparedness and defence readiness.
Dr. Husak played a central role in establishing the legal and budgetary foundations of the Commission's first defence research programmes between 2016 and 2019. He has also successfully conducted negotiations on behalf of the European Commission on the SAFE bilateral agreement with Canada in 2025.
Dr. Husak is a graduate of the Warsaw’s School of Economics – SGH (PhD in Economics) and University Paris – Est (PhD in Political Science).
In addition to his mother tongue, Polish, he speaks French, English and German.
