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 2012, 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. 46,500 sqm which brings New Work Offices in the top 3 list in CEE. Hubert now leads the company as CEO while focusing on investor relations and developing new products like New Work´s Franchise Package or The Digital Office Pass of workcloud24 where he acts as Founder and CEO as well.
Hubert Abt
Adam Jakub
Partner, Head of Real Estate,
Taylor Wessing
Jakub heads the Real Estate team in the Czech Republic. He is an experienced transactional lawyer with a strong property background and a proven track record of property, financing and energy transactions. Jakub has worked on many high-profile transactions in the Czech Republic and CEE over a period of more than 20 years. He is also regularly in charge of real estate construction and development matters.
Fluent in Czech, English and German, Jakub advises both domestic and international clients in complex transactions in various industry sectors. Jakub is a member of ARTN (Czech Association for Development of the Real Estate Market) and of the Real Estate Committee of AmCham and regularly attends real estate-related conferences and seminars as a speaker or panel member. He is the author of numerous articles on real estate law and the chapter on the Czech Republic in a widely used publication about European real estate law.
Jakub Adam
Afanasjew Seweryna
Head of Asset Management Poland,
GTC / Chair of RICS Advisory Board in Poland
Seweryna Afanasjew is Chair of the RICS Advisory Board in Poland and Member of the RICS Europe World Regional Board. She is also Head of Asset Management in Poland at GTC. Additionally, she is a member of IFMA Poland and the Polish Facility Management Council. A licensed real estate manager and broker, Seweryna has 20 years of experience in commercial real estate, including offices, shopping centres and warehouses. An expert in corporate real estate and strategic facilities management in large international organizations, Seweryna started her outstanding career in 1999 at Cushman & Wakefield, followed by over 7 years as Real Estate Management Head in Citi Group. Later, Seweryna served as Asset Management Head at several real estate funds and helped build the commercial real estate portfolio of Octava Property Trust while leading their asset management and leasing team. From 2017 Seweryna managed the strategic FM area at Liberty Global as CEE Real Estate Facilities Fleet & Energy Head with 1000 lease agreements and 300,000 sqm of leased space at her disposal. This experience contributed to Seweryna becoming the founder and co-owner of 4 FM, a proptech company, which specializes in creating platforms for strategic facilities management sourcing. Her current focus area is finding and implementing modern technological solutions for real estate to increase the efficiency of the whole organization, which perfectly fits into GTC’s strategy of developing futureproof sustainable properties with a focus on the wellbeing of its immediate communities.
Seweryna Afanasjew
Afrasine Laurentiu
CEO,
Akcent Development
Laurentiu Afrasine is the CEO of Akcent Development since February 2020, with a career in real estate that started within the retail industry and with over 10 years of experience in the legal sector. Laurentiu oversees all aspects of the company’s operations and team members, along with the financial and legal management. Laurentiu has successfully engaged in the financial management of the Akcent Development group while reimbursing the funding; he has also accelerated the process of completing the Cloud 9 residential project and has established an experienced sales team, guiding the clients in the process of finding premium apartments and penthouses, according to their particular needs and requirements. Akcent Development is one of the most dynamic residential developers in Bucharest, with 20 years of experience in the capital city’s real estate market and approximately 7,500 apartments in its portfolio, out of which over 3,000 apartments were finalised in the Cloud 9, 21 Residence or 20 Residence projects. In the office segment, the company focused on boutique projects such as Mendeleev Office 5, Eminescu Offices, Rosetti Tower and Oscar One, located in the central area of the city, which have easy access to public transport and a wide range of facilities nearby.
Laurentiu Afrasine
Alovits Marton
CEO & Co-Founder,
UP2VR
Marton is the co-founder and CEO of UP2VR, a proptech startup specializing in 21st century architectural visualization solutions. By custom-creating interactive and immersive property walkthroughs in virtual reality, UP2VR took on a bold mission to create new and better tools for property developers to create a deeper connection between projects and investors, as well as next-generation marketing tools to spark the interest of potential buyers. The team behind UP2VR has also recently launched GRID, a startup supplying hyper reality games for escape rooms all around the world.
Marton Alovits
Alson Jeff
International Partner, Head of Capital Markets CEE,
Cushman & Wakefield
Jeff Alson joined Cushman & Wakefield’s growing Central and Eastern European Capital Markets team in 2016. Jeff is based in Prague and is part of the CE leadership team together with James Chapman. He is a Partner with the Firm as of 1st January 2016.
Jeff has 18 years of Real Estate experience including 12 years working in Central and Eastern Europe. He has held investment positions in CBRE in CEE and acted as principle in his capacity as Investment Acquisitions Director at Orco Property Group and Fund Manager at 3C Real Estate investment Management.
During this period Jeff has originated, executed or advised on ca. EUR 3 Billion of transactions across 5 countries. Including all major asset types and structures.
Jeff graduated from the Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom (MSc.) and is Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) since 2000.
Alson Jeff
Andrei Adriana
Senior Architect,
Tétris Design & Build Romania
Adriana is currently responsible for the design component of Tetris Romania, together with being a crucial member in the Workplace Consultancy department of JLL. In the last 12 years, she has been delivering insightful and inspiring projects for office, residential and commercial being the leading architect for an important design and build player in the Romanian market. Adriana graduated with a BA in Architecture and is a certified member of OAR Romania. She attended a MA in Urban Planning and Design Program and is being mindful of how people can be carefully shaped by the built environment.
Adriana Andrei
Andrei Romulus
Director,
Banca Transilvania
<p>Romulus is just 50 years old out of which 23 years he has professionally devoted to the Romanian banking system. He went through the trading desk in Treasury, he was Branch Manager, Head of the Corporate Automotive unit, Head of Corporate Banking and Head of Structured Finance for different local and subsidiaries of international banks. Banca Transilvania, his current employer, is now the largest bank in Romania by assets.</p>
Romulus Andrei
Andrejsek Tomáš B.
Business Development Manager,
UCEEB
Tomáš has been in the field of Interior design since 1998. Last decade he represented the company Elan Interior, active in the field of commercial interiors with a focus on the office environment. Tomáš always focused on interiors from its behavioural point of view and is known for his professional and educational activities in the field of trends in the working environment. Since 2020 Tomáš joined the university centre for applied science - UCEEB, where he develops its business activities, and also evolves his knowledge of the working environment. Besides his business activities, Tomáš has led Czech Green Building Council as the Chairman of the Board for last five years.
Tomáš B. Andrejsek
Annus Taavo
CEO,
Bidrento
Taavo has been working for more than 10 years in major Scandinavian Banks and Insurance Companies. He has built from scratch many successful customer portfolios in corporate banks, implemented innovative financial solutions for Scandinavian large enterprises, and analyzed more than 1,500 business/financing projects, including real estate developments. He has always been interested in technology, and over the years has brought several completely new technological solutions to the rental real estate market. And today, he is 100% dedicated to Bidrento – a technological company, which is built for professional and institutional rental real estate market players globally and helps them to grow their businesses, cut unnecessary costs and increase their revenues.
Taavo Annus
Apolloni Lana
Executive Director,
Granit Invest
Lana Apolloni is an Executive Director of Granit Invest doo, a company with a long-established tradition in high-quality construction in the real estate market in Serbia and Europe. Together with her team, she is following the construction of Revolucija, a prime office project in Belgrade's downtown and is meeting the highly demanding needs of Granit Invest’s tenants. She is in charge of the company’s property management and the entire organization of the in-house PM team. She used to work for Philip Morris International in Operations Finance and was managing her own private family-owned companies. She graduated in Finance at the Nottingham Trent University in Italy, finished her postgraduate studies in Hospitality Management in Switzerland and gained another postgraduate diploma in Event Management at London Event Academy. She speaks English and Italian.
Lana Apolloni
Apostol Codrin
Executive Director,
Global Vision
Codrin is running the Property and Facility Management Division in Global Vision, as Executive Director. He has accumulated experience in corporate, office, residential and retail clients, covering surfaces of more than 1.000.000 sqm. He has graduated the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services in Iasi and he believes in the people behind the positions, considering that the true added value services come from understanding each individual professional need.
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