She is the co-owner (together with her husband Henryk Orfinger) and the founder of Dr. Irena Eris cosmetics company (1983).

She is the research and development director, and has been in charge of managing a chain of spa hotels as well as launching new products and supervising the process of their manufacturing.

In 2004, she was ranked in the Top 20 Most Influential Polish Women by Polityka magazine for "making significant contributions to business in Poland, breaking stereotypes as well as initiating new and creative ways of thinking."

In 2005, she claimed second place in the ranking of 30 Most Effective and Trustworthy Entrepreneurs in Poland published by Home and Market monthly magazine.

In 2014, she was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta[7] and was nominated in the People of Freedom plebiscite organized to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Solidarity movement.