Today, WBJ says goodbye to one of the most important members of its team. E. Blake Berry, deputy editor of Warsaw Business Journal since 2007, officially ends his work with the paper today to pursue his career elsewhere.

Blake has been essential in WBJ's development over the past four years. He has been the main writer and copy editor, and has served as editor-in-chief for our Investing in Poland annual business guides since we launched them in late 2009.

If you enjoy reading Warsaw Business Journal, rest assured that it is largely due to Blake's tremendous work over the years. He has written on virtually every topic we cover, from the Warsaw Stock Exchange to Poland's political scene, from Polish video games to real estate. His opinion pieces are some of the best – and most intelligently written – that we have published. His fastidiousness is unmatched.

Along with all this, Blake ran the production of the newspaper on a day-to-day basis, making sure stories were assigned and that the copy was in on deadline. He would push journalists hard to make their writing sharper and clearer, and I'm confident that every reporter and editor to have worked here with Blake is now better for it. I certainly am.

I could go on with the superlatives, but in the end his work, visible in every issue of WBJ over the past four years, speaks for itself.

We are certainly sorry to see him go – he will leave big shoes to fill. But greater achievements call, and we wish him the best, safe in the knowledge that Warsaw Business Journal is in a prime position to move forward into the future, thanks to the tireless efforts of this top-notch editor.