Monika Perekitko is a Member of the Management Board of Dom Development S.A. in charge of Dom Development’s operations in Warsaw.

In May 2024, she was appointed vice president of the Polish Association of Developers.
She has 20 years of experience in the property development market. In 2011-2023, she was with Matexi Polska sp. z o.o. – initially holding the position of the Procurement and Development Director, and since 2015 as a Member of the Management Board. A graduate of Interdisciplinary Studies in Spatial Management at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. In 2005, she completed postgraduate studies in the field of “Real Estate Valuation” at Warsaw University of Technology.

Dieter Knittel is Managing Director and Head of International Real Estate Finance for Central and Eastern Europe at pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank. Dieter is responsible for the bank’s lending portfolio in the region. The regional focus is on Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. Dieter has been active in the CEE market for more than twenty years, including five years based in Warsaw as Head of Credit and Senior Risk Management.

Hubert has over 23 years of experience in banking with a focus on commercial property in CEE and corporate financing, including 4 years of management of the bank operations in Poland. In his career he has been involved in financing of various asset classes with reputable local and international investors and developers. Last years have been very successful for Hubert and his fantastic team in new business origination in CEE.

Przemysław Wieczorek MRICS, President and Managing Director of Puro Hotel Development responsible for real estate, development, and financing within Puro investment activities. Present in the company since beginning. Przemysław has over 15 year experience in real estate sector both residential and commercial, specializing in financing, market analysis and acquisitions. Puro is a Polish lifestyle hotel brand present in Warsaw, Cracow, Wrocław, Gdańsk, Poznań and Łódź. Puro prepares and develops next hotels in Budapest, Warsaw, Wrocław and Katowice. Puro acts as investor, developer and operator.

James has spent almost 30 years in the property industry, and prior to establishing his own business in 2003, held various senior roles with Westfield (over a successful 10 year career there), culminating in co-establishing their European business in 1998 in London. James has been directly involved with over 2.7m Sqm of shopping centre assets (worth approximately £8.7 billion (€9.8 billion)), over his career.

James joined the Westfield Group in 1993 and has covered many disciplines including finance, investment, development and leasing and held the responsibility for the management of Westfield’s Australian joint ventures with international investors. In 1999 at the age of 32, James along with Peter Miller, was one of three key Westfield personnel transferred to the UK to spearhead the £6Bn+ assets under management European business, taking responsibility initially for finance, management and leasing. During that time, James took responsibility for both business development and the establishment of the systems and operations for the group.

After leaving Westfield in 2003, James established the Balmain Asset Management Group, a multi-disciplined advisory, management business and operating partner focussed on retail and leisure assets in Central Europe. In 2019 this became Sierra Balmain, a joint venture between James, his 3 partners and the global real estate services business, Sonae Sierra. Sierra Balmain employs 155 people and has been successfully operating in Central Europe for 20 years and has €1.3bn+ assets under management with a wide variety of leading international investors and banks.

James attended Avondale College (Newcastle) completing a Bachelor of Business degree before qualifying as a CPA. Prior to his Westfield career, James worked at Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation in Australia in a senior finance capacity. Over his 30+ year career James has worked in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and executed transactions across Europe, the USA and in Canada.

Krystian Modrzejewski is Chief Investment Officer for Newgate Investment in Poland, with strong retail acquisition, strategy, asset management & leasing experience. Since December 2023 responsible for development of the portfolio in Poland.

Prior to joining NGI he was for more than 7 years Operations Director and Investment Director in LCP Properties in Poland developing company and its market position. Before LCP he was 4 years in First Property Poland responsible for Asset Management, Leasing and Acquisition of Retail Properties in FPP portfolio.

Before this Krystian was Director of Property Management Department and Senior Member of the EMEA Strategic Executive Group in CBRE Poland.

He was also Head of Asset Management for LCP, Leasing Negotiator and Predevelopment/Acquisition Manager in Meinl European Land.

He is a Member of the Strategic Board of Polish Council of Shopping Centers.

Piotr Korek,  Member of Pepco Executive Board and European Property Director. Professionally, Piotr has been involved in retail property business  since the 1990s, organizing the expansion of the first HIT hypermarket chain in Poland and serving  property development  as MD.  After Tesco acquired HIT, he served as the Vice President of Tesco and later took on responsibility for all European real estate areas of Tesco in CEE. After his career at Tesco, he worked in the board  teams of development  and construction companies in Poland. In 2021 he has joined Pepco team being active in 18 European markets.

Sebastian Vetter – alumni of Technical College at Construction and Environmental Technologies. Started his career in PORR AG just right after finishing his studies back in 1994. Since than bonded with real estate industry. Highly qualified specialist in large scale projects. During his career in PORR AG he was responsible for projects such as Stary Browar in Poznan, AGORA office building in Warsaw or one of the most recognizable hotels in this town – Hotel Sheraton. From 2006 joins UBM Development Polska as a managing director. He is now responsible for the project development, technical and quality management. During his 18 years in UBM Sebastian run such iconic projects like Poleczki Park (one of the biggest office parks in Central Europe), Pegaz office building in Wroclaw, Kotlarska 11 in Cracow and hotels: Holiday Inn “Granary” in Gdansk and Mercure Katowice Centrum

Vladimír Bolek studied at Comenius University in Bratislava and Law and economics at Nottingham Trent University.
He began his career in 1993 in public administration at central state administration level in Bratislava. Later, after the transition to the private sphere, he became asset manager specializing in real estate investments. After the establishment of specialized real estate mutual funds in Slovakia in 2006, he became the portfolio manager of specialized real estate fund in Erste Asset Management in Slovakia. In Erste asset management he also created and managed portfolios for private banking department.   In 2008 – 2009 also participated in portfolio management of corporate real estate company Slovnaft as. In 2010 he became a portfolio manager of the „First real estate fund“ of IAD Investments and deputy of several real estate companies incorporated in the structure of the real estate fund of IAD Investments. In 2015 he was promoted into IAD Investments board as member of board responsible for portfolio management department and real estate investment.

Vladimir Bolek is also a contributor to professional publications dealing with the issue of investment and asset management of real – estate in Slovakia and CEE region.

Sebastian Kieć joined AFI EUROPE Poland in 2007 as CFO then was promoted to COO and in 2010 was nominated as CEO and Poland Country Manager. His main responsibilities are focused on two strategic real estate segments: office properties and residential properties, including newly developed segment of yielding residential properties. Sebastian has over 15 years experience in real estate market.

Before joining AFI EUROPE Poland served as CFO in real estate company BSR EUROPE Poland, prior to this in PricewaterhouseCoopers in audit and advisory department and in Coca-Cola in controlling department. Sebastian Kieć is graduated from Cracow University of Economics and is a CPA  (ACCA -the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).

Karolis Adlis joined W. P. Carey’s European Investments Team in 2015 and currently serves as Executive Director. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Jefferies Investment Bank as an Equity Derivatives Trader and prior to that as a Market Risk Analyst. Previously he interned as a Credit Analyst and also a Quantitative Analyst at UBS Investment Bank.

Karolis has extensive experience structuring transactions in the Nordic and Central and Eastern European markets. Since joining the firm, he has played an instrumental role in over €1.2 billion in sale-leaseback, net lease and build-to-suit investments including a complex joint venture acquisition of a multi-jurisdictional mixed-asset property portfolio in Northern Europe as well as 1.1 million-square-foot mission-critical, Class A logistics facility in the UK, which was voted “Deal of the Year” by IAS.

Karolis graduated magna cum laude from the University of Bath with a B.Sc. in Business Administration. He is fluent in Lithuanian.

Hubert Abt has been working in the real estate industry for over 30 years. He worked as a developer and later in the land banking sector and provided equity and Mezzanine capital for various real estate projects. In 2013 he founded NEW WORK Offices in Budapest, which provides various flexible office solutions. Since then he developed the business model further and grew the company to today 16 locations in 3 countries with approx. 43.000 sqm which brings NEW WORK in the top 3 list in CEE. Hubert now leads the company as CEO while focusing on investor relations and franchising. Since December 2020 Hubert is also a founder and CEO of workcloud24, which provides digital solutions for workforce and workspace management.

Commercial real estate expert specializing in flex office solutions, associated with New Work since 2018. Oversees sales and operations, leading a team that successfully creates adaptive office spaces tailored to dynamically changing business needs. Actively involved in supporting the Ukrainian Business Community in Poland.

Doron Klein is the Deputy CEO of AFI Europe and CEO of AFI Europe Romania and Czech Republic.

He joined AFI Europe in 2008 and since 2011 served as CEO of AFI Europe’s operations in the Czech Republic and Germany. Since 2018 Doron was appointed as the CEO of AFI Europe in Romania and in 2023 was appointed also Deputy CEO of AFI Europe.

Doron Klein has more than 20 years of experience in Real Estate, operating in both Central and Eastern European real estate markets.

Doron has an MBA degree from the University of New York in Prague, Czech Republic and he is fluent in Hebrew, English and Czech.

Waldemar Grabka has more than 20 years of real estate experience and as part of EQT Exeter is responsible for sourcing investments and procuring build-to-suit transactions in Poland. He joined EQT Exeter in the US in 2014 and was one of the founding members of EQT Exeter Europe where he helped set up the firm’s operations. Prior to EQT Exeter, he worked at OBI Poland, where he started in 2002 as Acquisition Manager and in 2007 was promoted to the Head of Real Estate to lead the company’s acquisition, construction and property management teams. Mr. Grabka holds an M.A. in Economics from the Wroclaw University of Economics and a M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Mr. Grabka is a Polish national and is fluent in Polish, English and German.

Agnieszka is an advocate of commercial real estate industry promoting knowledge about the real estate all around the world. She is a mission driven real estate soul.

A sole trader since 2017 providing advisory and consulting services to the companies from the real estate industry. Helping companies in business development.

Running lectures and workshops on property and asset management matters.
Author of numerous publications regarding real estate including a guidebook for property managers.

Author of The Real Estate Galaxy – television program and YouTube channel.

Law graduate, holding property manager’s and real estate agent’s license and CCIM title.

Before establishing her own business working as an asset and property manager for renowned real estate companies such as DTZ (currently Cushman & Wakefield), Savills, Cromwell Property Group among others.

Anita Rajchelt is Real Estate Asset & Transaction Manager in Amazon, based in Warsaw. She is responsible for the management of Amazon’s real estate portfolio in Poland and involved in RE transactions supporting Amazon’s expansion in the region.
Prior to joining Amazon, Anita was Portfolio Manager at TFI PZU, a Polish Investment Fund, active in all industry sectors, where she was responsible for new acquisitions as well as coordinating development processes. Anita has also gained extensive professional experience in Asset Management and Investment Transaction Services, having hold a number of senior positions in Cushman & Wakefield and King Sturge, international property agencies.
Anita earned a master degree in Finance and Banking with faculty in Real Estate and Investment at University of Lodz. In addition she graduated postgraduate studies in Property Appraisal and Management at Sheffield Hallam University. She is also a qualified RICS surveyor and a member of INREV.

Szymon set up and run fund’s operations in Europe.

Previously, Szymon worked as Executive Director at Haitong investment bank, where he was responsible for various investment banking transactions (M&A, DCM, ECM and structured finance), as well as in the private equity fund SINO-CEEF, where he was responsible for the CEE region, including fundraising, searching for investment transactions and relations with the governments of CEE countries. Previously, Szymon had also worked at ICBC bank, where he had been responsible for business development in the CEE region, and at Citi bank, where he had worked in various areas of corporate banking in Poland, London and the CEE region.

Szymon studied at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University and Warsaw School of Economics in Poland as well as Henley Business School in Great Britain.

Monika has participated in tax planning projects for natural persons, as well as within individual entities and capital groups. She is experienced in providing comprehensive tax services to clients from various sectors on matters related to their day-to-day business operations.

Monika advised on the tax consequences of carrying out investment projects in Poland through legal merger and acquisition transactions, as well as on developing efficient capital structures. She has been involved in restructuring projects for clients operating in various sectors of the market.

Robert Dobrzycki oversees the operations in the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Spain, Czech Republic and Slovakia. He set up Panattoni Europe’s headquarters for the CEE region in Poland in 2005 and in 2014 was appointed CEO for Europe. In 15 years under Robert’s management the company has developed over 10  million sqm of warehouse space in Europe. Robert began his career with Menard Doswell & Co., an industrial real estate development company, has over 17 years of experience in the real estate business. He is a Warsaw University graduate and has a Masters in Business Management degree.

Joining S+B Gruppe AG back in 2008, Johannes has been appointed as a board member and shareholder, effective from 2024 to oversee major developments such as datacenters, hotels, office and residential projects currently underway in Poland, Czech Republic and Romania.

Wolfgang has started his career as technician where he worked for ten years and has been responsible for water treatment plants. Afterwards more than two decades ago he joined Erste Group Bank AG which is heading the Austrian savings bank sector.
Here, based in Erste`s Viennese Headquarter Wolfgang has gained various experience (retail, restructuring, origination) primarily in the Erste Group Commercial Real Estate Division where he is currently responsible for origination and structuring real estate transactions (office, retail, mixed-use, logistics) in Austria, Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Erste Group manages a commercial real estate portfolio of more than EUR 14billion with an annual deal flow of more than EUR 2.5 billion, the regional focus including Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Croatia

Georg Blaschke is an educated banker and holds a university degree in business administration. He has over 20 years of experience in real estate finance in USA, UK, France, Benelux and CEE. At professional posts in London, New York and Frankfurt he has been responsible for loan origination, credit management and business development. Since 2010 he is responsible for Real Estate Finance in Poland at Helaba and has originated and underwritten financings of about EUR 5.0 billion.

Key Responsibilities • Overseeing the transactions from underwriting to financial structuring of
Real Estate projects
 Tax planning
 Due diligence
 Negotiations prior to closing
• Sourcing deals by working closely with major PE/VC funds, Investment
Bankers, and Asset Managers across the world.

Experience
• Over 25 years of international real estate, private equity and banking
experience
• Founding Partner of Solida Capital, an independent privately owned
advisory firm that sources investment opportunities and provides advisory
services in Real Estate and Industrial projects.
• Former Managing Director of Makyra Investment Fund, a captive Real
Estate Fund investing in commercial and residential assets in Europe and
the US
• Former Managing Partner of Triago, a leading global placement agent, in
charge of setting up the Dubai office and acting as the head of the
operation.
• Wide experience and knowledge in the banking sector with previous
experience in BLC bank (France) and Banque Francaise de l’Orient –
Groupe Indosuez.
• Master’s degree in Economics and Finance from Sorbonne University in
Paris and INSEAD Executive program alumni

Andrzej Potyra is head of Żabka Property Fund and also manages the real estate investments of Żabka Group. Previously, he was an executive director at Bank Santander and managed the Structured Finance team in the global investment banking area. Andrew has extensive experience in raising finance and managing real estate investment projects, leveraged buyouts and project finance. During his career, he has advised business owners on M&A and ECM transactions. He started his career at E&Y and KPMG.

Martin Erbe is Head of International Real Estate Finance for Continental Europe at Helaba
Landesbank Hesse-Thuringia which belongs to the German savings bank network. Based at
the bank’s Frankfurt headquarter he manages the origination for Central Europe, Benelux and
the international Clients in Germany. Martin has worked on a wide range of financing
transactions in the past and has more than 27 years of real estate experience in the European
markets.
Helaba currently manages a loan book of around EUR 36 bn in commercial real estate, almost
half of this amount representing the bank’s international business in Europe and the US.
Helaba’s relationship-oriented strategy remained unchanged for years and is consistently
directed towards its target markets

Since 2018 Magdalena Reńska is a Member of the Board and the Managing Director of EURO STYL (Dom Development Capital Group), which is a leading residential developer on the Tri-City market.

Having 20 years of professional experience, she began her career in the real estate industry working for Tri-City local developers. In 2008 she undertook to create a Tri-City branch of an international consulting company – JLL –  being responsible for the area of Northern Poland, which she successfully managed for 9 years. The next step in her career was working for Skanska Property Poland, where she acted as a Regional Director for leasing office spaces in the area of Northern Poland (Gdańsk, Poznań, Łódź). Since 2016 she is also a lecturer-practitioner at the University of Gdańsk at the Faculty of Investment and Real Estate. Additionally since 2019 Magda holds a position of the Board Member of Polish Association of Developers in the Tri-City Branch.

She graduated with a diploma of an engineer from the Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography of the University of Agriculture and Technology in Olsztyn in the major of Spatial Management and Real Estate Valuation. She also graduated from Gdańsk University of Technology where she obtained a master’s degree diploma at the Faculty of Management and Economics.

Lukasz Skowronski is a seasoned Real Estate professional with extensive international experience in the commercial and private equity sectors. With a career spanning major companies in Central and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia, Lukasz has established himself as a trusted leader in the industry.

Since 2006, Lukasz has demonstrated his expertise in executive leadership, both in entrepreneurial ventures and corporate environments. His versatile skill set includes asset/portfolio/property management, corporate real estate, leasing/brokerage (commercial and residential sectors), as well as sales of investment properties and residential projects. A graduate of the Cracow University of Economics, Lukasz holds a Master’s Degree in Economics, specializing in Real Estate Management & Investment. He has consistently pursued professional development opportunities, actively participating in relevant conferences, projects, and research initiatives focused on the Polish, European, and Asian real estate markets.

In 2012, Lukasz moved to Kazakhstan, where he became an integral part of the Global Development team of the Verny Capital Group in Kazakhstan. Taking on the role of Commercial Director, he assumed responsibility for strategic and operational management of the property portfolio. Lukasz’s hands-on approach enabled him to drive the properties’ strategic positioning, engage in business planning, spearhead investments, and lead PR & marketing efforts. In recognition of his contributions, he was promoted to the position of Managing Director in July 2015.

Lukasz’s professional achievements include esteemed memberships and designations in industry organizations. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), a CPM® (Certified Property Manager®) designation holder from IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management, Chicago), and a recipient of Fellowship status (FRICS) from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, becoming the youngest RICS Fellow in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS.

Philippe BEURTHERET is 47 years old and is French. He has been active in real estate investment and general management for international companies (JLL, IKEA Real Estate, OBI, AUchan Group) for more than 20 years. Now, based in France, he is active in International Asset Management for ORPEA SA, a European leader in Dependency care with a network of 1,156 facilities / 116,514 beds in 23 countries.

Dagmara was born in Poland and is currently based in Amsterdam. She has a legal background and nearly fifteen years of financial markets expertise. Prior to founding Veda Global Investments, she was in regulatory compliance roles in a fast-paced environment of market-leading financial institutions, such as TP ICAP, a global wholesale over the counter and exchange traded brokerage; and iSwap, an award-winning electronic trading platform for interest rate derivatives.

She is a seasoned investor in real estate, crypto assets, and precious metals.

As an Associate with MI – Multiple Impact, a boutique advisory and management firm in alternative operational assets and investments, she collaborates with local partners on developing quality senior living and healthcare real estate concepts in the Benelux, the CEE and Mediterranean countries. She also brings a wealth of knowledge on corporate compliance and ethics programmes, and brings this experience to senior living.  Dagmara wholeheartedly supports impact investing and ESG, and is committed to improving the lives of others and making a difference.

Anna Duchnowska is a Managing Director of Investment Management at Invesco Real Estate. Anna is responsible for identifying value creation initiatives to deliver performance in assets and portfolios. Anna is also a member of Invesco’s European Executive Committee and Investment Committee. Anna champions also some of the firm’s key pan-European Investment management initiatives including ESG, a subject which she is passionate about.

Anna began her investment career in 2000 and joined Invesco Real Estate in 2014, setting up  the Polish Office and being responsible for business development and asset management. Prior to joining Invesco, Anna worked for Colliers International Poland, AIB Polonia Property Fund and KPMG. Anna has professional experience in asset management, acquisitions and disposals, development management, leasing and finance within different types of properties including office/ logistics/ retail / residential and hotels. She is experienced in leading and managing cross borders teams.

Anna earned a Master of Economics degree from the Warsaw School of Economics and an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota. Anna is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Accountants (FCCA) and a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS). Anna is also a Mentor in a global Invesco Women Network and she is based in the Warsaw office.