Mr Przemysław Baszak graduated with a master's degree from the Faculty of History at the Higher School of Pedagogy in Zielona Góra (now the University of Zielona Góra) in 1995.

In 2000, he completed postgraduate studies in Document Expertise at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Wrocław. He is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics – Master of Business Administration (MBA) studies, as well as postgraduate studies in Internal Audit and Management Control in Public Finance Sector Entities.

Between 1996 and 2014, he held managerial positions in the Police and the Internal Security Agency (ABW), most recently serving as Adviser to the Head of ABW. From 2006 to 2008, as Deputy Director of the Department of Security and Public Order at the Ministry of Interior and Administration (MSWiA), he oversaw the implementation of the Modernisation Act for Public Order Services. He served as Secretary of the Interdepartmental Team for Terrorist Threats. Between 2012 and 2016, he headed the Department of Security and Information Protection at Polska Spółka Gazownictwa sp. z o.o. and the Office for Protection and Security at Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych S.A. From 2016 to 2020, he was the President of the Management Board of TBU and a member of the management board at SOMNUS. Since 2018, he has been running a business providing consultancy in the field of business security.

He holds a PRINCE 2 Foundation certificate in project management.

In April 2015, he passed the state examination for candidates for Supervisory Board Members in State Treasury Companies.

He sits on the supervisory boards of the State Treasury Companies: Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. and CENTROZŁOM Wrocław S.A. (KGHM Metraco S.A.).