Agata Górnicka graduated with a Master's degree in Political Science from the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw. She then completed postgraduate studies in Mediamanagement at the Leon Koźmiński Academy in Warsaw.
She gained professional experience between 2006 and 2012 at Telewizja Polska S.A. In 2012 and 2013 she was a project coordinator at the Foundation of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A., and subsequently worked as an assistant to the Chairman of the Board of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. in 2013 and 2014. Between 2014 and 2015, she was Manager of the Office of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board at Bank Zachodni WBK S.A., then as Director of the Political Cabinet at the Ministry of Development in 2015 to 2017. From 2017 to 2018, Agata Górnicka was a Principal Advisor at the Office of the President of the Council of Ministers.
Since April 2018, she has been the Director of the Environmental Relations Office at ORLEN S.A., as well as the Chair of the ORLEN Foundation Council. In addition, Agata Górnicka is the Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of ORLEN Deutschland GmbH.