Jerzy Malek is a Polish national, the founder and the majority shareholder of Morpol. He is a serial entrepreneur and has established and run a variety of successful businesses in Poland and Australia, and has also lived and worked in Canada (1974–1976) and Australia (1980–1990). He has been active in fish businesses since 1990 and has been the Chief Executive Officer of Morpol since its establishment in 1996. Jerzy Malek, together with close associates, controls 76,731,705 shares in Morpol.