Colliers has announced the appointment of Luke Dawson as Head of Global Capital Markets. Dawson will set the global strategic agenda for Colliers Capital Markets, which includes advising clients, providing value-added services to accelerate clients’ investment strategies, and connecting capital with opportunities across all asset classes around the world. In addition to his new mandate, he will retain his existing role as Capital Markets leader for EMEA.

Obermeyer Helika, one of the largest Czech engineering and construction consulting companies, is expanding its management. In the second week of January, the company appointed Jiri Kos as its new Chief Commercial Officer. 

CBRE has appointed Daniel Bienias as the new Managing Director of the CEE region. He will take over this role from Andreas Ridder who has been successfully building CBRE’s presence in the region for the last 20 years. Andreas will remain in his position as Managing Director, CBRE Austria.

Property Forum is looking for a part-time editor covering the Bulgarian real estate market to help expand its CEE intelligence platform. 

MDC2 has appointed Martin Healey, a senior global property executive, to its Board. He is a senior international real estate investment professional with almost 25 years of experience. Martin is the Managing Director of Real Assets, and a member of the Global Leadership Team of CPP Investments, a global investment management organization.

Slovakia's JTRE enlarged its professional team before the end of the year 2022 and appointed Peter Píš as the new Commercial Director in December, JTRE reports.

Career and business development advisor PropertyTalents has put together a list of highlighted career opportunities currently available for real estate professionals for CEE in its portfolio.

Mihály Schrancz, the CEO of Hungarian real estate development company Property Market has stepped down. The move was unexpected and no new leader has been announced yet.

Indotek Group has appointed an International Sales Director to support the company's growing international presence. The position will be held by András Kovács, the company's current Sales Director, who will continue to oversee sales in Hungary. Under the appointment, the specialist will be responsible for international office (non-retail), warehouse and logistics real estate sales and leasing activities. The new position was necessitated by the dynamic growth of the company's international real estate portfolio and ambitious expansion plans.

GTC announced that Ziv Gigi has been promoted to Executive Director for the Southeast Europe region. In his new role, he will be responsible for all operations of the office sector in Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Croatia. He will be in charge of executing the company's strategy and development plan, as well as all of its operational activities, including leasing and asset management. Ziv Gigi’s promotion is part of the company’s greater transformation to strengthen its country leadership to be more responsive to opportunities and challenges in local markets.