JLL appoints new Country Manager for its Czech business

31
Jan
2017
News - JLL appoints new Country Manager for its Czech business #career #Czech Republic #JLL #Slovakia

by Ákos Budai | Career

JLL has appointed Miroslav Barnas as Country Manager of its Czech Republic business, which is headquartered in Prague, with immediate effect. He will lead the Czech business alongside his existing responsibilities as Country Manager for JLL's business in Slovakia.


Tewfik Sabongui leaves the firm after 16 years as country manager. Mr. Barnas originally joined King Sturge in 2006 to set up its office in Bratislava, Slovakia. Following JLL's merger with King Sturge in 2011, he continued to run the Slovakia business and was additionally appointed to JLL's Central & Eastern Europe Board and assumed responsibility for JLL's capital markets activities in Slovakia. 
 
Miroslav Barnas at CEE Property Forum 2016 in Vienna, co-organised by Portfolio Property Forum and RICS.

 




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