Paweł Kotla (born 5 June 1972 in Szczecin, Poland) is a Polish-British conductor, arts manager and cultural diplomacy expert.

In 1997–98, he worked as the Performing Fellow at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and as artistic director of Oxford University Philharmonia.

[29] In 2010-2011 he was the founder and the artistic director of the largest cultural project of the Polish Presidency of the European Union 2011 - I, Culture Orchestra[30][31] uniting the best young musicians from Poland and Eastern Partnership countries and performing in places like Berlin Philhamonic Hall, Berwaldhallen in Stockholm, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Royal Festival Hall in London, National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv, Teatro Real in Madrid, and National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw.

[33][34] He conducted world premieres of works by composers such as: Dariusz Przybylski, Piotr Moss, Mikołaj Górecki, Zbigniew Bagiński, Wojciech Widłak, Michał Dobrzyński, Matthew King and Christian Mason.

In 2023 he was appointed as a member of the Programming Board of Bielsko-Biała - the candidate city for European Capital of Culture 2029 title.