Beata Stelmach started her career in 1991 just after the economic transformation in Poland had started. Related to the capital market originally she was employed in the Enforcement Department of the Polish Securities and Exchange Commission and then in the position of the Secretariat Director of SEC. At the same time she held the position of the Spokesperson of the Commission. She was responsible for cooperation on the forum of International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) where she was chairing the Working Group in charge of the Enforcement and Exchange of Information. She also participated in the negotiations on accession of Poland to OECD and the EU.

As a consultant of the World Bank she participated in programs for the development of the capital markets in the Ukraine (1996) and in Russia (1997).

In 1999, she participated in the introduction of Pekao/Alliance PTE SA – a newly created pension fund to the Polish market.

In the years 2000–2001, holding the position of the President of the Management Board of the Warsaw Commodity Board of Trade.  In the years 2001–2005, she was the Board Member of Prokom Software SA, the biggest Polish software house at that time.

In the years 2005–2007, she held the position of the member of the Management Board of Intrum Justitia Association of Investment Funds (managing one of the first securitization funds in the Polish market).

In the years 2008 – 2011 she held a position of Partner and the Vice-President of MCI Management SA, PE/VC management company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

On May 1st 2011 she was appointed as the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

She is a graduate of the faculty of Finance and Statistics at SGPiS (now Warsaw School of Economics) as well as Calgary University (MBA degree) and INSEAD (MBA degree).

 In 2006 – 2011 she held the position of the President of the Management Board of the Polish Assocation of Stock Exchange Issuers (SEG); she was one of the executives at the European Association of Stock Exchange Issuers (EuropeanIssuers).

Married, has one son.