Price Discovery, Investor Partnerships & International Eyes on Thriving CEE Real Estate Opportunities
26th February
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EVENT MANAGER
Natalia Morandi
Director | Real Estate CEE & NordicsGRI Club
United Kingdom
Victor
Victor Tranquilini
Club DirectorGRI Club
Macrotopics
Investor’s Appetite - Where can they find value? Capital Flow - Foreign vs Domestic CapitalFinancing - How to overcome the main challenges?Location - Which are the best destinations to invest in?CEE Trends - What is driving the RE market?
Unique Format
Discussion format that enables you to interact and engage
In-depth industry knowledge
Networking made easy
Discussion
Opening Investor's Talkshow
Discussion
CEE Logistics 2.0
Is the Grass Greener in the Hottest Market? Finding the Right Fit for Capital, Partners & Demand
Discussion
CEE PRS
The Next Big Opportunity in Real Estate?
Discussion
Some of the Past Attendees
Ben
Bannatyne
President
Prologis
Stan
Kubacek
Senior Managing Director
Heimstaden
Renata
McCabe Kudla
Country Head
Grupo Lar
Nebil
Senman
Co-Owner & Managing Partner
Griffin Capital Partners
Maciej
Tuszyński
Managing Director Europe
Fortress REIT Limited
Piotr
Trzciński
Head of Poland
Savills Investment Management
Monika
Rajska-Wolinska
Chief Executive Officer, CEE
Colliers
Hubert
Manturzyk
Aareal Bank
Dieter
Lobnig
Managing Director
Bank Pekao
Ema
Iftimie
Managing Director
Globalworth
Marek
Jakubiak
Head of Real Estate CEE
DWS
Piotr
Krawczynski
CEO
DeA Capital
Ben
Maudling
Managing Director - CEE
GARBE
Sonja
Wertitsch
Managing Director
Strabag Real Estate
Barbara
Wojdełko
CEO
Greenman Poland
Bence
Sass
Deputy CEO, International Business Development and Investments
WING
Judyta
Sawicka
Head of Investment and Divestment
Echo
Guenther
Artner
Head of Group Commercial Real Estate
Erste Group Bank AG
Arkadiusz
Rudzki
Executive Vice President
Skanska Commercial Development Europe
Michał
Stanisławski
Head of Asset Dispositions
Panattoni
Philip
Grace
Chief Development Officer
Bob W
Łukasz
Pawikowski
Head of Asset Management CEE & Nordics
Macquarie Asset Management
Dorota
Latkowska-Diniejko
Co-Founder of REINO Group, CIO
REINO Partners
Tim
Wilkinson
Head of European Acquisitions
Indotek
Joseph De Leo
Senior PartnerPineBridge Benson Elliot
United Kingdom
Joseph has over 20 years’ experience in the real estate industry across Europe and North America. Joseph joined Benson Elliot in 2008 and co-heads all investment and asset management activity. Before joining Benson Elliot, he was a Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group in Frankfurt, Germany where he built and managed a team of 40 real estate professionals with investments of €5.5bn, and led c. €700m of exits and re-financings. Prior to joining Fortress, Joseph was a Vice President at Oxford Properties Group in Toronto, Canada and worked at Borealis Capital Corp, where he managed a C$3.8bn retail investment business.
Michael Shields
EMEA Head of Real EstateING Real Estate
United Kingdom
Michael Shields joined ING in May 2004 and has 25 years experience in real estate lending, asset management & restructuring. Based in London, he is currently responsible for ING REF’s EMEA lending platform – lending assets totalling over €18bn. He is also international head for Real Estate, looking after clients with a global real estate reach. Prior to his current role, he led ING REF’s highly successful U.S. lending platform which he helped grow from $200m to over $7.5bn at its peak in 2008. Before ING, Michael was an originator in BHF Capital’s U.S real estate lending team and was one of the original members of Helaba’s CRE finance team in the U.S. Michael started his banking career in Chemical Bank’s real estate group in Manhattan.
Nebil Senman
Co-Owner & Managing PartnerGriffin Capital Partners
Poland
Managing Partner at Griffin Capital Partners. Nebil Senman held leading positions for nine years as Senior Vice President and Supervisory Board Member of Oaktree’s German and Polish real estate funds and operations worth several billion Euro. Before joining Oaktree, he spent eight years handling real estate and corporate consulting at Ernst & Young Real Estate (formerly Arthur Andersen), where he held various managerial positions. He is a graduate of universities in Berlin (TU Berlin, EBS), Paris (ESCP Europe) and London (LSE) and holds an MBA and a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering. He also holds a post-graduate diploma in real estate management (EBS), and is a Chartered Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, MRICS.
Henrik Orrbeck
Head of Europe Partners GroupPartners Group
Sweden
Henrik Orrbeck joined EQT Partners in Stockholm in September 2015.
Prior to joining EQT Partners, he worked for The Carlyle Group in Stockholm from 2006 to 2015.
Henrik graduated from Jönköping International Business School in 1999 and received a Master of Science in management and administrative science from the University of Texas in 2000
Ben Bannatyne
PresidentPrologis
Netherlands
Ben Bannatyne is president of Prologis Europe and chairman of the company’s European Management Executive Committee. He is responsible for Europe’s leading logistics real estate platform, which comprises 17 million square metres across 12 countries, as of 30 June 2019. Previously, Ben served as the company’s managing director and regional head for Central & Eastern Europe – a role which he held for more than seven years - with overall responsibility for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. Ben joined Prologis in 2008 from JLL, where he was managing director for Central Europe. An accomplished leader, Ben brings significant real estate knowledge and expertise with more than 25 years’ worth of experience.
Stan Kubacek
Senior Managing DirectorHeimstaden
Czech Republic
Sourcing and execution of residential investments for Heimstaden in Germany, Central Europe, France and Finland. Formerly responsible for residential investments in Europe at Round Hill Capital. Prior to this, he was an investment banker in the Goldman Sachs’ European real estate team in London. Stan holds a master’s degree in Finance and Business Strategy from Sciences Po University in Paris.
Renata McCabe Kudla
Country HeadGrupo Lar
Poland
Country Manager of Grupo Lar Poland since 2023.
Previously over 20 years of experience in finance, working as Financial Director and Board member for Grupolar, a real-estate developer and manager, developing and delivering over 3.000 units.
Responsible for development of Grupo Lar's activities in Poland, strategic planning, business plans, negotiations with investors. Managed and lead to the signature of 2 JV agreements for the management, construction and sale of appropriately 1.450 and 1.100 apartments in Warsaw.
Participation in negotiations with investors, plot sellers, financial institutions.
Analysis of opportunities, responsible for investment proposals regarding development of activities in Poland.
Nebil Senman
Co-Owner & Managing PartnerGriffin Capital Partners
Poland
Managing Partner at Griffin Capital Partners. Nebil Senman held leading positions for nine years as Senior Vice President and Supervisory Board Member of Oaktree’s German and Polish real estate funds and operations worth several billion Euro. Before joining Oaktree, he spent eight years handling real estate and corporate consulting at Ernst & Young Real Estate (formerly Arthur Andersen), where he held various managerial positions. He is a graduate of universities in Berlin (TU Berlin, EBS), Paris (ESCP Europe) and London (LSE) and holds an MBA and a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering. He also holds a post-graduate diploma in real estate management (EBS), and is a Chartered Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, MRICS.
Maciej Tuszyński
Managing Director EuropeFortress REIT Limited
Poland
Piotr Trzciński
Head of PolandSavills Investment Management
Poland
Piotr joined Savills IM in 2017 with the opening of the Warsaw office. Under Piotr’s supervision, the Polish business of Savills IM grew to €1.8 bn AUM and 9 professionals in less than five years, establishing Savills IM as one of the leading investment managers in the country. Besides managing operations of the Polish office, Piotr Trzciński is responsible for the execution of investment strategies of real estate funds managed by Savills Investment Management as well as business development and risk management. Piotr is also a member of Savills IM European Investment and ESG Committees. Piotr has 19 years of experience gained in international investment firms across almost 2.5 bn EUR AuM and 0.9bn in transactions.
Monika Rajska-Wolinska
Chief Executive Officer, CEEColliers
United Kingdom
As Managing Partner of Colliers International in Poland, Monika is responsible for all strategic and operational activities of the company. She has over 20 years of experience in the real estate sector and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the CEO Round Table, Young Presidents' Organization and Women Leadership in Business Foundation. Monika is a licensed property manager passionate about real estate and delivering tailor made solutions. In April 2015, Monika was named Professional of the Year in the prestigious CEE Quality Awards organised in cooperation with the Financial Times. Monika is one of the twelve members of the Colliers EMEA Board, which sets the direction of the company’s development in EMEA.
Hubert Manturzyk
Aareal Bank
Poland
Dieter Lobnig
Managing DirectorBank Pekao
Poland
Since 2012, he has been acting in the capacity of Director of the Investment Banking and Real Estate Financing Department at Bank Pekao S.A. which is responsible for Leveraged Finance, Corporate Structured Finance, Project and Commercial Real Estate Finance. Dieter Lobnig has over 20 years of international experience in consulting, supervising and effective implementation of projects. Before joining BPH Bank in 2005 as Director of the Structured Finance Department, he worked for the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi in London and Vienna and Bank Austria Creditanstalt in Vienna.
Ema Iftimie
Managing DirectorGlobalworth
Romania
Marek Jakubiak
Head of Real Estate CEEDWS
Poland
Piotr Krawczynski
CEODeA Capital
Poland
Investment manager with broad experience in large investment projects in CEE (mainly Poland) with some experience outside CEE (mainly Turkey, some Africa). Has a strong educational fundaments and professional experience in corporate finance, investments and real estate.
Ben Maudling
Managing Director - CEEGARBE
Czech Republic
Sonja Wertitsch
Managing DirectorStrabag Real Estate
Austria
Barbara Wojdełko
CEOGreenman Poland
Poland
Barbara Wojdełko is CEO of Greenman Poland, leading a 16-strong team based in Warsaw. Before her appointment as CEO, Barbara was managing partner of Newbridge Poland Sp. z o.o., managing the company’s finance, operations and acquisitions since 2015. She has over a decade’s worth of real estate experience and was previously an analyst for a warehouse developer active in the CEE region. She is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and holds a magister degree in Corporate Finance.
Bence Sass
Deputy CEO, International Business Development and InvestmentsWING
Hungary
Judyta Sawicka
Head of Investment and DivestmentEcho
Poland
Judyta Sawicka is the Head of Investment & Divestment at Echo Investment. In her role, she is be responsible for conducting transactions, including the sale of commercial projects and real estate acquisitions.
Guenther Artner
Head of Group Commercial Real EstateErste Group Bank AG
Austria
Mr. Günther Artner, CFA, has been working for Erste Group in various management functions in equity research since June 2000, responsible for more than 170 companies in Austria and the CEE region with a personal focus on the real estate sector. From March 2015 onwards, Mr. Artner was heading the Equity Capital Markets and from 2017 onwards also the Corporate DCM teams at Erste Group. In July 2022 Mr. Artner was appointed as Head of Group Commercial Real Estate at Erste Group. In addition to the Master degree from the Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics, Mr. Artner holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) degree.
Arkadiusz Rudzki
Executive Vice PresidentSkanska Commercial Development Europe
Poland
Arkadiusz Rudzki took the position of Executive Vice President Leasing & Sales at Skanska’s CDE for Central and Eastern Europe in February 2020 and he is responsible for the leasing and sales of investment products, as well as real estate portfolio management and cooperation with key corporate clients across the CEE region. Arkadiusz joined the company in 2012 as Head of leasing and asset management for Poland, while also acting as the Key Client Director for CEE on the company’s Management Board. In January 2016, he was appointed the Managing Director the Managing Director of Skanska's development business in Poland, while remaining Board Member of the Senior Leadership Team in CEE region. Arkadiusz Rudzki has 20+ years’ experience .
Michał Stanisławski
Head of Asset DispositionsPanattoni
Poland
Philip Grace
Chief Development OfficerBob W
United Kingdom
A Real Estate professional, member of the RICS with a background in Coworking, Coliving and Hospitality.
Expanding across Europe Bob W. One of Europe's fastest growing Tech Enabled 1-90 day stay Serviced Apartment operator. Operating in Nine Countries including UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Norway, Finland, Greece, Netherlands.
We sign Master Leases, Management Agreements and work with Investors, developers to secure funding and develop assets from 25 to 200 apartments in core European countries. Backed by some of Europe's best known VC companies and UHNW family offices.
Łukasz Pawikowski
Head of Asset Management CEE & NordicsMacquarie Asset Management
Poland
Dorota Latkowska-Diniejko
Co-Founder of REINO Group, CIOREINO Partners
Poland
Dorota is a Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of REINO Group (fund and investment management company based in Poland). Dorota has over 25 years of professional experience in the real estate industry working for PWC and Knight Frank in the CEE region. She advised local and international developers, global investment funds, and Polish entities in these roles. Dorota has invested and managed more than EUR 2bn of Polish real estate for various Polish and international structures.
She is a Polish licensed valuer and a Member of the RICS. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Management and MBA from the University of Minnesota/Carlson Schoof of Management.
Tim Wilkinson
Head of European AcquisitionsIndotek
Hungary
Tim Wilkinson is driving the European expansion strategy of the Indotek Group, a value-add private fund currently with over Eur 2 bln AUM. Tim is responsible for sourcing and acquiring opportunistic investments across 13 European countries, with a focus on direct assets and/or real estate companies that need new capital to unlock un-realised potential. Previously he spent over 20 years with a focus on the emerging markets of Central & South East Europe, most recently as the Head of Capital Markets and equity partner with the Romanian affiliate of Cushman & Wakefield. Tim is a graduate of Nottingham Trent University and a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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