GTC Poland appoints new Commercial and Development Directors

11
Oct
2021
News - GTC Poland appoints new Commercial and Development Directors #career #GTC #Poland

by Property Forum | Career

GTC Poland continues to expand its expert personnel and strengthens the business development department. Maciej K. Król joined the company as Commercial Director, while Yacine Diallo was appointed as Development Director.


Maciej K. Król can boast over 20 years of experience IT, corporate marketing and investment consulting on the real estate market, optimization of business processes and restructuring. During his career, Maciej K. Król was a partner and managing director of a Polish branch of international real estate consultants - GVA Worldwide, and a board member of two foreign real estate market investment funds, responsible for portfolio restructuring and financing. Before joining GTC, he served as Managing Director in Business Link, being part of Skanska Group. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). As a new Commercial Director at GTC Poland, Maciej K. will be responsible for the coordination and implementation of business strategy, product development and service standardization, as well as supporting asset management, leasing and project management teams.

Yacine Diallo is a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology and a member of the Chamber of Architects in Poland. Previously he has served as a member of the Management Board and the Head of the Development Department in HB Reavis Poland, and the Head of the Technical Department in Globalworth Poland. Throughout 20 years of professional experience in construction and development markets in Poland and CEE, Yacine managed to successfully lead multiple commercial estate projects. With a background in architecture, he also worked on prestigious residential and commercial projects in London and Warsaw. In his new role of Development Director, Yacine will be responsible for managing the valuation, technical due diligence for land and asset acquisition as well as development and construction activities for GTC's portfolio in Poland.

“We are happy to welcome two experts with such impressive experience record on board. I am hopeful that with Yacine and Maciej K. leading our Development and Commercial departments, our office portfolio in Poland will grow and our business will further develop in this dynamic market according to the best-in-class ESG practices. I’m sure the deep sector knowledge and diverse experience both in portfolio development and commercialization, our new directors have brought to our team will translate into the great business outcomes, development of our market share in Poland, the new quality of our properties, with focus on sustainability and tenant well-being”, commented Grzegorz Strutyński, Country Manager at GTC Poland.




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