2025 Jury
We’re proud to present the members of the 2025 CEEQA Jury.
The jury panel comprises an elite panel of influential company leaders and experts in real estate development, investment, construction and consulting. Jury members are selected for their expertise and experience of the market place to assess and judge entries for the awards.
About CEEQA
CEEQA is the main industry awards and flagship annual gathering for industry leaders in CEE & SEE commercial real estate. Established in the market place for more than 20 years, the awards recognise excellence in commercial real estate investment, development finance and consulting across 18 countries in Central & Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe, widely regarded as sector’s the most trusted measure of business achievement and market influence.
The short list of candidates following the first round of judging is published on 8 April. The winners are announced on 21 May at the 2025 CEEQA Gala in Warsaw.
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Jury composition
The panel includes company founders, leaders and senior representatives of market leading companies across the sector. Places on the jury are rotated annually to ensure fair representation and transparency.
2025 CEEQA Jury members
Andrii leads the Ukraine subsidiary of the UK-based investment fund ARGO with a track record of €650million in real estate investments. Highly accomplished professional with over 15 years of proven track record in spearheading large-scale real estate projects recognized for overseeing entire facets of complex renovation and asset management. Expert at real estate finance, development, implementation and operational management. Successfully renovated and reopened the largest shopping mall in Odessa, southern Ukraine (Odessa Shopping City, GBA 81,000 sqm), under challenging market conditions following severe damage by missile strike in 2022. As of September 2024, 90% of stores have reopened, achieving a 98% occupancy rate and positive operating cash flow since January 2023. Master in banking from the Banking Institute of the National Bank of Ukraine. Arkadiusz has joined First European, a leading provider of title risk insurance across Europe, following almost 15 years as a real estate lawyer in major law firms including Linklaters and Dentons. His experience comprises advisory on all aspects of the real estate market including development, leasing, asset management, the due diligence of companies and assets and sale transactions. Arkadiusz has advised on all types of projects, from office buildings and shopping centres, residential, logistic, renewables and industrial real estate projects. A qualified Polish attorney-at-law, admitted to Warsaw Bar Association in 2017, Arkadiusz was also recognized by Legal 500 EMEA in 2023. In 1991 Arvydas established AB Hanner, and from 1995 the company commenced investment in real estate. AB Hanner grew into leader of Baltic region and in 2004 received a CEEQA award for mixed use real estate development of the year for the Europa project in Vilnius. From 2005 AB Hanner started investment in foreign markets and currently develops projects not just in Lithuania, but as well in Poland, Spain, Italy and London, also has completed projects in Prague, Latvia, Ukraine, Romania, and Russia. Arvydas obtained a master degree of Civil Engineering from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in 1978. Charles moved to Central Europe in 1998, residing initially in Budapest and now in Warsaw. He is regarded as one of the region’s leading commercial real estate experts. As CEO of Knight Frank Poland and previously Managing Director of Cushman & Wakefield in both Hungary and Poland, Charles is an experienced leader or real estate consultancy firms within the CE region. Charles has been instrumental in developing the region’s investment markets since the first institutional capital was deployed back in the early 2000’s. Transacting in the core markets of CE plus Croatia and across all commercial sectors, he has worked with a broad spectrum of clients including DWS, Union Investment, Skanska, Ghelamco, Heitman, Invesco, CBRE IM and Griffin Capital Partners. He advised Wing on the successful acquisition of a majority stake in the leading Polish developer Echo Investment and Charles remains a key advocate for the region’s continued success, especially Poland. Charles will spearhead Knight Frank’s growth initiatives for the Polish market, delivering significant transactions across all sectors. Partner at the Hungary office of TaylorWessing, a law firm specialising in providing comprehensive advisory services to clients across all sectors of Real Estate and Construction. Daniel is well-known in the industry for putting his client’s business interests at the forefront of his approach to the law and actively seeking out business opportunities for his clients within his professional network. Daniel’s expert opinion is often sought by industry-focused business journals and news sites. He is a recognized expert in commercial and industrial real estate law and is one of the few Hungarian lawyers to be a member of the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) and in 2024 was appointed to the board of RICS in Hungary. His reputation for attention to detail, ability to get to the core of even the most complex issues, and active involvement in all transactions he overviews make him a favourite among clientele. David is a partner in the Real Estate practice team in Dentons’ Warsaw office. Having been in professional practice for more than 25 years, he is a widely recognized and highly respected real estate, M&A, private equity and investment advisor active throughout Europe, with a particular emphasis on Poland, CEE and adjacent emerging markets. David has a unique blend of real estate, corporate, M&A and financing experience. He advises on all aspects of real estate law, including M&A, JVs, debt and equity financing and leasing; corporate M&A (strategic and private equity investments, issuer representation in IPOs and secondary offerings); high tech/telecoms, including IP and proprietary information licensing and financing; corporate and fund restructuring; and banking and finance. He has represented regional property funds, institutional investors and financial institutions on real estate transactions as well as investment banks, strategic investors and private equity funds in M&A deals across Europe. With more than 20 years of experience in real estate, operating in both Central and Eastern European real estate markets, Doron holds an MBA degree from the University of New York in Prague and he is fluent in Hebrew, English and Czech. He joined AFI Europe in 2008 and since 2011 served as CEO of AFI Europe’s operations in The Czech Republic and Germany. In 2018 Doron was appointed CEO of AFI Europe in Romania and in 2023 was appointed also Deputy CEO of AFI Europe. Ganna, a graduate of the Ukrainian Academy of Corporate Management UCGA with 12 years of experience in the field of commercial real estate and management, is a BREEAM In-Use auditor, BREEAM New Construction assessor, DGNB consultant, certified retail real estate specialist (International Council of Shopping Centers). She previously worked at Immochan. Her specialization is providing services throughout the full life cycle of commercial real estate (from concept development and positioning to management), strategy and business plan development, portfolio development and asset management, commercial and operational management, ESG, corporate management, tenant-representation. Highly specialized in office agency and client representation services, Horatiu has a wide breadth of property experience, gained in his 20 years’ career by advising the main developers as well as the most prominent multinational companies operating in Romania. Named ‘Most Successful Broker’ on Romania’s market, several times, Horatiu is reputed for his cutting edge and professional consultancy services to tenants, developers and investors alike. Widely acknowledged for his pre-lease expertise, Horatiu has been involved in the largest real estate office projects, having leased over 1 mil. Sq M office space. Since 2022 Ivaylo has been heading the CEE expansion of BLD – the leading Bulgarian residential developer, part of the largest property holding in the country – AG Capital, with investments in a variety of asset classes including residential, PRS, office, logistics, retail parks. Ivaylo is originally from Varna, Bulgaria and holds BSc and MBA degrees from the UK Universities of Portsmouth and Sheffield respectively. Before joining BLD he managed the Bulgarian development business of one of the leading Baltic developers for nearly 14 years and spent 2 years in the defense and green energy sectors. He speaks Bulgarian and English and understands German and Polish. Jacek Kostrzewski is Gleeds Polska Managing Director. As he is also Board Member, his role encompasses a broad spectrum of responsibilities, including shaping business culture, driving strategy, overseeing operations, managing the executive team, and maintaining relationships with clients and business partners. He has been associated with Gleeds Polska for over 25 years. He graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and completed postgraduate studies in management at the Warsaw School of Economics. He has been a member of the RICS since 2008. He has been involved in some of the flagship projects supported by Gleeds Polska, such as Cosmopolitan, Złota44, Q22, SKYSAWA, and large-scale e-commerce centres.
James is a founding partner of Stage Capital, a European mid-market private equity and real estate investment manager established in 2016. After qualifying as an accountant, James has spent the majority of his career investing in businesses and property in Central Europe. Stage Capital specialises in direct and complex secondary investments in the midmarket and real estate. James is also a trustee of The Elifar Foundation, a charity which helps severely disabled children by providing life enhancing specialist equipment. Jan joined Kajima Properties in 2021 to set up the Warsaw office. Responsible for oversight of Kajima’s investments including Student Depot platform and logistics portfolio. Previously with Griffin Capital Partners, where he was responsible for the creation and management of the Resi 4 Rent platform, the largest institutional PRS company in Poland. Jan was also involved in development of Student Depot platform, logistics investments and M&A deals in RE sector. Prior to Griffin, Jan worked in banking after completing his MSc in Business and Economics in Oslo, Norway. Jonathan oversees Cushman & Wakefield’s operations across the region, with over 1200 staff in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Cushman & Wakefield Alliance partners in a further 10 countries across the CEE region. Jonathan is part of the European Management Leadership Team of Cushman & Wakefield and the Managing Partner of Cushman & Wakefield in the Czech Republic. He is a member of the RICS and an IBF Board Member. Josef has two decades of experience in the industry. Under his leadership, Star Capital Finance, SCF Property Services, and SCF Investments have grown to become key players in the Central European real estate market, with a proven track record of identifying profitable investment opportunities. SCF currently manages a portfolio of 13 commercial properties with a value exceeding EUR 700 million. They focus mainly on retail and office properties. Kamil has more than 20 years management and transactional experience, and specialises in strategic consultancy. In January 2024 he was appointed Managing Director of Savills’ Poland operations, a consultancy firm employing over 200 professionals. In this role, he is responsible for business development in the Polish market, strengthening the company’s position in Central and Eastern Europe and developing cooperation within regional structures. Kamil is a promoter of a modern and socially responsible approach to the real estate business, with an emphasis on understanding client needs, sustainability and innovation. Previously, as Head of Corporate Finance & Valuation at Savills, he implemented cutting-edge technologies that revolutionised real estate valuation processes, strengthening the company’s position as one of the leading valuers in Poland. Prior to joining Savills in 2015, Kamil spent more than a decade leading advisory projects and teams at EY, supporting companies with real estate challenges in the CEE region. He is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw University of Technology and Sheffield Hallam University, as well as a licensed real estate valuer with qualifications from Polish, UK and German institutions. Karol joined Futureal in 2021 to focus on the investment part of the business. He is responsible for leading the operational, corporate, and development strategies for Futureal’s CEE investments. Karol has over twenty year-experience in the real estate industry including investments, developments and commercial project financing. Prior to joining Futureal, Karol worked at Cromwell Property Group, overseeing the CEE region. Futureal is Central Europe’s dominant retail and office real estate developer, with completed projects covering 750,000 sqm of GLA with a total value of in excess of €1.6 billion. Klara is the Co-head of the firm-wide Real Estate Sector and Real Estate, Construction & Planning services at Kinstellar. She is widely recognised as one of the top real estate lawyers in the Czech Republic and has been involved in major transactions, both cross-border and domestic, involving office, retail, logistics, hospitality and residential properties. Klára often leads Kinstellar real estate team on cross-border transactions in the CEE. Klara’s extensive experience spans all facets of real estate law—from complex real estate M&A, joint ventures, forward purchase, leaseback transactions to all aspects of real estate development projects. A former Partner at Linklaters, has over two decades experience in real estate and has built a reputation as a strategic advisor to a distinguished client base. Regularly featured in leading rankings by Chambers & Partners and Legal500, Klara is celebrated for her deep industry knowledge and unwavering commitment to her clients. With unparalleled track record, expertise and pulse on the Polish market Krzysztof is one of the best-known professionals in the Polish commercial real estate sector and has worked for C&W for more than 17 years. He was appointed Head of Regional Cities in the Office Agency team in 2012 and successfully launched the C&W brand in Poland’s core regional markets. In 2018, he became Head of the Office Agency, and just two years later he took on the role of Head of C&W Poland. Despite market challenges during the pandemic, his strategic decisions helped to maintain and improve business profitability. With his energy and innovative management approach, Krzysztof inspires not only clients and partners, but also his employees whom he treats as equals irrespective of their position within the organization. Krzysztof ‘s priority is to develop services supporting RE participants in achieving ESG objectives. In 2022 he oversaw the creation of the company’s ESG Hub, and ESG services are now an integral part of the company’s offerings for each market segment. Lukasz is the visionary CEO and founder of Redkom Development. He is an engineer, graduate from the Faculty of Management at Warsaw Technical University. From 2001 to 2018 he was engaged in the family industrial business, spearheading new investments, including real estate (new developments and investment ventures). In the meantime, he has successfully managed BPRO Fastening, a CEE leading company in construction fastening systems, specializing in fastening for wood. He remains a board member of the Polish Association of Prefab Housing (SEDG). He ventured into retail parks development and management, starting in Romania, and later establishing Redkom Development in Poland in 2019. Redkom has shifted focus to large-scale retail park projects, while still undertaking logistic and residential projects. With a keen eye for market trends and effectiveness of development process, Lukasz has built REDKOM Development into a dynamic and influential player in the sector Magdalena has been with SEGRO since the company’s inception in the Central Europe region in 2005. She started her career at the company as Regional Director. From 2008 to 2009 she held the position of Country Manager. Since 2009 she’s responsible for the company’s activities in Central Europe as Managing Director for Poland and the Czech Republic. Magdalena is responsible for managing operations in the region and for implementing the company’s strategy based on the development and expansion of its logistics and industrial property portfolio in key locations. She has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, confirmed by her RICS certification. Her area of expertise is logistics, warehouse and real estate market, HR and market trends. She also manages activities in CE within the scope of the company’s strategic programme Responsible SEGRO, whose priorities include low-carbon growth, investing in local communities and the environment, and nurturing talent. Marcel Sedlak has been the Group CEO of Asset Management at HB Reavis since 2023. He’s developed business excellence over a career that spans two decades. Starting as a Chief Investment Officer, Marcel has been here for all the company’s significant milestones, such as entering new markets. 2017 went down in HB Reavis history as the year when the brand entered the German market, with Marcel as the newly appointed CEO and a leader who made such an accomplishment happen. Between 2010 and 2017, Marcel was also an HB Reavis Executive Management member, utilising his experience as a general counsel and lawyer. Marcel’s cross-market experience and excellent leadership skills continue to help elevate the operations of our whole group. Graduate of the Wrocław University of Economics. He has more than 20 years of experience in advising private and corporate clients. His professional experience includes working with major international Banks and running a Family Office. A multiple winner of awards and titles of the best banker of the year. As a long-time property investor and real estate business partner, he has gained extensive knowledge and skills in carrying out successful transactions and building lasting business relationships. His commitment to the development of SATOIA S.A. and his ability to anticipate market trends have contributed to the company’s success in the market. Based in Warsaw, Marek joined DWS (formerly RREEF) in July 2007 where is responsible for the asset management and the origination and execution of new business in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. He has over 26 years of experience in the real estate industry. Prior to DWS he worked for Heitman, where was responsible for creating their central European asset management platform, with an emphasis on real estate development joint venture projects in the region. Before that he spent four years as senior finance manager at ING Real Estate Investment Management in Warsaw, setting up their financial activities in Poland. Other experience included financial positions in real estate at Central European Retail Property Fund and Genesis Hotels Poland. He holds a Masters degree in Finance & Accounting from the University of Economics in Poznan, Poland. Sentient is one of the largest Project & Cost Management Consultants operating throughout Central & Eastern Europe and beyond. Following 22 years with Gardiner & Theobald, rising to Equity Partner, in 2013 Mark led the successful buyout of the G&T CEE operation together with the other regional partners. With the rebranding completed in October 2013, Sentient is now firmly established throughout the region with offices in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Montenegro and Croatia, together with extensive experience in many of the neighbouring countries – all based on the provision of high quality, client-focused services, including project and cost management, technical due diligence, lender’s supervision, ESG and expert witness services. Mark has been based in CEE for almost 30 years and has experience throughout the region. He is a Member of the Institute of Royal Chartered Surveyors. Martin is responsible for real estate lending in the DACH region, CEE and Benelux for Helaba Landesbank Hesse-Thuringia, which belongs to the German savings bank network. Based at the bank’s Frankfurt headquarter, he together with his teams manages the origination for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Central Europe and Benelux. Martin has worked on a wide range of financing transactions in the past and has more than 25 years of real estate experience in the European markets. An experienced Commercial Property finance and investment professional with 25+ years experience in banking and real estate development. Strong both at transaction acquisition and negotiation and real estate portfolio management, currently heading real estate finance department at Ceska Spořitelna, a bank with the longest tradition in the Czech market. Martina is responsible for structuring property finance and investment transactions delivered to a broad range of clients including developers and institutional investors. Participated in a large number of projects related to all relevant asset classes, i.e. office, retail schemes and industrial properties or hotels, advising vendors, buyers and developers predominantly in CZE, but co-managing clients active also in other CEE countries. Ceska Sporitelna has been one of the fundamental pillars of the Czech banking system for just 200 years. Today, it is a modern bank focusing on retail customers, small and medium size enterprises, towns and municipalities. Sporitelna plays an indispensable role in financing large corporations, including real estate sector, and in providing services in the area of financial markets at the same time. Since 2000, the bank has been a member of Erste Bank Group. The leading market position of Ceska Sporitelna enables the bank to set trends in the fields of banking services and also in technology innovations not only in Czech market. Monika has 25 years of experience in the real estate industry in Poland since the emerging market in the late 1990s, participating in the implementation of groundbreaking projects. She is currently Managing Director Poland of sustainability advisor BOPRO active in 15 EU countries. She has acquired comprehensive expertise and awareness of business management and administration, specializing in real estate, investments and retail, and performed various tasks and responsibilities in the field of general management and supervision/ team management (incl. the functions of CEO and President of the Management Board), in the areas of: operations, business development, investments/ transactions (> EUR 1 billion), M&A, asset and real estate portfolio management, re-/ development/ construction of commercial real estate (mix-use, residential, commercial, office, PRS, student and senior housing). She has a proven track record in settling and growing the new business. Previously CEO – EQUILIS Poland. Former: Head of Retail Capital Markets, Lead Group Asset Management Europe Immofinanz, also ECE, Trigranit, ING Real Estate. Monika graduated from universtites in Warsaw: SGH (Economics, postgraduate studies – real estate management and management; “Advisor in Asset Management”), SGGW (Animal Science). She is licensed by CCIM (CCIM Institute in Chicago). As a supporter of “life-long learning”, she has completed numerous courses, including: in the field of finance, law, “wealth management” and ESG, communication, marketing and management, including “Organizational Leadership” at Harvard Business School. Nicholas is a former investment banker who heads the family investment office of the Julius Meinl family, who have for many generations been active in real estate across Europe and, in particular in CEE. Linked to this role, Nicholas is Chairman of the Board of Julius Meinl Living PLC. This group acquires and develops prime properties in major European cities, then operates them under the brand “The Julius” as hotels whose rooms are mainly apartments. The first such property opened in Prague in 2022. The next is in Bucharest, was acquired in March 2024 and is scheduled to open in spring 2027. The group is currently on the look out for further prime properties both in CEE and in Europe more broadly. Paul Kusmierz, a US citizen originally from Minnesota, has been active in the Polish and CEE real estate markets since 1996. He has been involved in numerous real estate transactions as an investor, sponsor, adviser, and debt finance originator. Working in partnerships Mr. Kusmierz has been responsible for over 40 transaction totalling over 1.4 billion Euros, across 30 locations in Central & Eastern Europe. Master Management Group (MMG) specializes in real estate management, development, redevelopment and acquisitions of high-quality retail-based properties located in key markets throughout Poland. As a private company, it has been active on the market for 18 – years offering successfully implementing independent projects and cooperating with the world’s largest institutional funds and property investors. MMG has worked with such partners as Marcol, Europa Capital, DRFG as well as in a joint venture with Blackstone. MMG has developed, acquired, managed, and divested a portfolio of retail properties of over 500,000 sqm GLA. Currently, MMG manages 130,000 sq m of retail and mixed-use space in Poland. Peter has developed and acquired over 200 million Euros worth of real estate in Estonia, Lithuania, Czechia and Portugal. Through its subsidiary Golden Visa Property Investment, Gage Partners is investing in and developing Portuguese properties to be sold to foreigners seeking to benefit from Portugal’s unique visa and personal tax incentive programs, as well as Portugal’s surge in popularity as a tourism destination. The most recent investments are the five star Lumiares Hotel and Spa in Bairro Alto neighbourhood of Lisbon, and the five star Vintage Lisboa Hotel, as well as a handful of 18th and 19th century residential properties in Lisbon under redevelopment as apartment buildings. Gage Partners owns retail real estate in the Baltic States, including Sikupilli Shopping Center in Tallinn. Gage Partners sold NØRDIKA Shopping Valley in Vilnius in 2016. Peter managed Ober-Haus Real Estate Advisors in four countries from the company start-up in 1994 through its sale in June 2007. At the time of its sale, Ober-Haus Real Estate Advisors was the largest property brokerage and advisory firm in Central and Eastern Europe with more than 35 offices and 350 real estate professionals in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, offering asset acquisition and disposal, property valuations, property asset Today ZEITGEIST has over 60 projects under management with a total investment volume of ca. of €1.2 B Euro. ZEITGEIST with offices in Prague, Warsaw and Berlin, is a Real Estate Developer and Asset Manager for private and institutional investors in Germany and Central Eastern Europe. Prior to ZEITGEIST, Peter worked in institutional real estate in Germany, Central Eastern Europe and Turkey for HOCHTIEF Development and Rödl & Partner in Germany and Czech Republic. He is registered as licensed attorney at law in Germany and Czech Republic and holds a Law degree from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. Petr is a Czech- and U.S.- qualified partner at White & Case, where he leads the CEE Real Estate and M&A/PE teams. Petr has more than 25 years’ experience representing clients in all manner of M&A, private equity and capital markets transactions, in all industries, notably in real estate and infrastructure. Consistently recognized as a Band 1 lawyer by Chambers and Partners and as a Leading Individual by Legal 500, he regularly advises sponsors, developers, banks, and other major players in M&A, real estate, logistics, finance, and various other industries. Petr heads Prague M&A and CEE Real Estate teams at White & Case and drives the firm’s expansion in South-Eastern Europe (SEE) as Country Practice Head. He has a notable history of guiding local companies through sector-defining deals, including pioneering IPOs, comprehensive M&A transactions, and significant take-private public M&A deals. He has led and advised on some of the most impactful M&A and real estate transactions in the Czech Republic and CEE. In 2023 he served as an independent legal advisor to the President of the Czech Republic. Philip is responsible for all international transactions and asset management activities for the Indotek Group. He has over 25 years’ professional experience in investment management, commercial real estate acquisitions and sales, leasing and development, and corporate real estate advisory across Europe. Prior to joining Indotek in 2024, Philip held senior leadership roles at Macquarie Asset Management, as Head of European Transactions where he led a team responsible for facilitating capital deployment across European markets, and at GLL Real Estate Partners where he was responsible for the overall management and growth of a €1.5 billion portfolio across CEE. Philip graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a degree in Estate Surveying and is a Chartered Surveyor. . Piotr Fijołek is a top Merger & Acquisition expert with over 17 years of operational experience exclusively dedicated to real estate and private equity. Piotr has, from the beginning of his professional career, been associated with Griffin. His impressive track record contains more than 100 successful transactions, with a total volume exceeding EUR 4 bn. For more than a decade, he has orchestrated several flagship Griffin’s projects, including takeover of the so-called M1 portfolio and the acquisition of a majority stake in Murapol, a leading Polish property development company, which he is currently overseeing as Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board. In addition to this, in his capacity as Co-Managing Partner, Piotr’s key role is also asset management. Currently, he is heading several investment platforms, among them Murapol and Horse, projects with a GAV of EUR 1.0+ million. He also actively acts towards Griffin’s expansion into foreign markets and the development of new business lines. Piotr completed management studies at the Warsaw School of Economics and spatial economy at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, as well as an Executive MBA programme from Kozminski University. Rafał is a Director of Chapman Taylor – an international London based architectural practice with 15 offices worldwide. He has worked as an architect not just in Poland, but also in the UK. Currently responsible for business development in Poland and the CEE. Rafal studied architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. Involved in initiatives of Polish Council of Shopping Centres – a regular member of the jury in the PRCH Retail Awards. Ramon is in charge of the real estate activities of Generali Group across eight Central and Eastern European and four Nordic markets. In his role, he is tasked with managing the relationships with the Generali Real Estate global functions, Generali global investors (PAN EU Funds) and Generali Group’s local Chief Officers, providing portfolio management advice on the real estate investments, ensuring the investment and divestment processes, scouting the markets and originating deals in line with the portfolio strategies. He is in charge of the third party asset management business expansion for the region. He is also responsible for the of the asset, letting, finance and property management activities in the region. Ramon joined Generali Group in 2002 after 2 years of experience in Pirelli Real Estate, also in Milan. He started to work in the real estate arm of Generali Group, Generali Immobiliare, helping to develop the investment, asset and fund management areas of the future Generali Real Estate. In 2008, Ramon embraced the new adventure of Generali Group in Prague (Generali PPF JV) focused on CEE Countries where he became Head of Real Estate. In 2013, Ramon came back to the new Generali Real Estate. In 2016 he became Head of CEE Region and in 2018 the Region was enlarged to the Nordic Countries too. Ramon holds a Degree in Business Administration from the University of Trieste and Real Estate Specialization from SDA Bocconi in Milan. Robert founded Panattoni Europe in 2005. After 19 years of rapid growth, the company is the largest industrial developer in Poland, Germany and Europe overall. Additionally Robert is the Co-Owner and Founder of such businesses as Blue Assets, Harden Construction, Newport Logistics Fund, Panattoni Income Fund, Panattoni Investment Management and D&D Devco. To date, Panattoni has completed over 23 million sqm of space in Europe, including over 15 million in Poland. In 2023, the company sold 12 industrial parks for €500 million. In the first half of 2024, Panattoni also began constructing its first industrial park in India and a major investment in Swindon, UK, worth £900 million. The developer has also recently entered Saudi Arabia and the Baltic countries. In 2024, he launched the Robert Dobrzycki foundation, whose mission is social development and the promotion of Poland and Polish entrepreneurship in the international arena. Robert Dobrzycki graduated from the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw. His passions include golf and football, as well as literature. Stuart is responsible for Savills CEE business, having established it’s Czech and Slovak operations in 2017, marking the company’s entry into the Czech market. Today, the Prague office has grown to a full-service operation with close to 80 people covering all commercial property sectors. In 2023, Stuart was named CEO for Central & Eastern Europe. In this role, he now leads Savills’ wholly owned offices in the Czech Republic and Poland, while also coordinating cross-border activities with Savills associate offices in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia. Over the past 12 months Savills in the CEE region has continued to grow its overall headcount and expand its business offering to clients. Stuart graduated with an honours degree in Real Estate Management from Nottingham Trent University.
Sven is a real estate developer/investor and hotelier, esteemed for undertaking some of the most challenging and meticulous Real Estate development projects with outstanding success in Germany, Poland and Spain since 1990. Since 2014 active and resident in Malta. Sven is a banker and institutional bond trader by education with experience on the Munich and London Stock Exchange. Sven is through his Maltese Holding Company TIMAN Investments Holdings Ltd. the 97% majority shareholder of IBB Hotel Collection. Von der Heyden Group has so far completed an investment program of Euro 650 million which the group will bring the total investment volume to Euro 750 million by the end 2025 once its current Developments in Poland and Portugal will be completed. The Group employs around 300 employees in 8 different countries in Europe. Szymon joined Newport Logistics Fund in 2021 as Managing Director in order to set up and run the fund’s operations in Poland and Europe. Previously, Szymon worked at the Haitong investment bank, where as the Executive Director he was responsible for structuring and implementing various transactions in the field of investment banking (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. Tomasz has more than 20 years of professional experience in the real estate sector working at property development companies. Mr. Lisiecki joined TriGranit in 2004 as a financial analyst, becoming the country director in Poland from 2008, and Chief Development Officer in 2012. Following the sale of TriGranit to TPG Real Estate in 2015, Tomasz took on the role of chief investment officer. In 2017, he left TriGranit for two years and served as Chief Development Officer at Citycon in Stockholm, returning to TriGranit in 2019 to take on the role of CEO following the sale of Trigranit by TPG to Revetas Capital and staying in the role following the acquisition of TriGranit by DRFG Real Estate in 2024. Tomasz holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto and Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management. Tomas has been overseeing investments in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria since 2017. Based in Belgium, Tomas holds a Master’s in Financial Management from Vlerick Business School and previously spent 10 years in investment banking at KBC Securities. Mitiska REIM achieved significant milestones in the past year. Tomas played a pivotal role in both investment and divestment strategies across CEE, including the landmark sale of Mitiska REIM’s 25-retaiL park Romanian portfolio for €220 million at the end of 2023, providing substantial liquidity to the Romanian investment market. Mitiska REIM’s latest fund, Mitiska European Real Estate Partners 3, launched in 2022 with €300 million in capital, is positioned for new acquisitions and developments across Europe, focusing on the accelerating opportunity created by the converging trends in retail, multi-let light industrial logistics, self-storage, and the increasing demand for urban infill sites that offer accessible locations and buildings, flexible design and sustainable solutions. Tomas frequently speaks at real estate conferences in CEE. When it’s not about family or real estate, he is surfing the beaches around Lisbon or playing ice hockey for the Brussels Capitals. Tomas is a Senior Director of Transactions in Central & Eastern Europe at INVESCO REAL ESTATE and is based in Prague. IRE belongs to the largest independent global Fund Managers with more than USD 1,6 trillions of AUM with roughly USD 90 bln of real estate globally, Tomas oversees their direct real estate investments in Czech Republic, Poland and other Eastern markets where IRE has an investment interest. Graduated in the University of Economics in Prague and has more than 20 years of experience in real estate investments with focus on CEE markets. Quality Awards
Andrii Brynzylo, CEO, ARGO Capital Property Ukraine
Arkadiusz Debski, Legal Counsel, First European Title Insurance Company
Arvydas Avulis, Chairman & Owner, UAB Hanner
Charles Taylor MRICS, CEO Poland, Knight Frank
Daniel Odor MRICS, Partner, CEE, TaylorWessing
David F. Dixon, Partner, Real Estate, Dentons
Doron Klein, Deputy CEO, CEO Romania & Czechia, AFI Europe
Ganna Koryagina, CEO Ukraine, International Leasing Director, Nhood
Horatiu Florescu, Chairman & CEO Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Knight Frank
Ivaylo Mishev, Director CEE, BLD
Jacek Kostrzewski, Managing Director Poland, Gleeds
James Huckle, Founding Partner, Stage Capital
Jan Trybulski CFA, Investment Director, Head of Poland, Kajima Properties Europe
Joao Saracho de Almeida, Managing Director Europe, Solida Capital
Jonathan Hallett MRICS, Head of CEE, Chairman of Nordics, Cushman & Wakefield
Josef Malir, Managing Director, Business Owner, Star Capital Finance
Kamil Kowa MRICS, Managing Director Poland, Savills
Karol Pilniewicz, Managing Partner, Futureal Investment Partners
Klara Stepankova, Partner, Co-Head of Real Estate, Kinstellar
Krzysztof Misiak MRICS, Executive Partner, Head of Poland, Cushman & Wakefield
Lukasz Komierowski, Founder, CEO, REDKOM Development
Magdalena Szulc MRICS, Managing Director, Poland and Czechia, SEGRO
Marcel Sedlak, Group CEO Asset Management, HB Reavis
Marcin Tadeusz Ochyra, President of the Management Board, SATOIA
Marek Jakubiak, Director, Head of Real Estate CEE, DWS
Mark Rea MRICS, Managing Partner, Sentient
Martin Erbe, Head of International Real Estate Finance Continental Europe, Helaba
Martina Juzova, Head of Real Estate Finance Czechia, Erste Group
Monika Wozniak-Zawiola, Country Manager Poland, Bopro
Nicholas Hill, Chairman of the Board, Julius Meinl Living
Paul Kusmierz, Founder & CEO, Master Management Group (MMG)
Peter Morris, Owner & Managing Director, Gage Partners
Peter Noack, Co-Founder, ZEITGEIST Asset Management
Petr Panek, Partner, Head of Real Estate CEE & M&A Czechia, White & Case
Philip Wood, International Transactions & Asset Management Director, Indotek Group
Piotr Fijolek, Co-Managing Partner, Griffin Capital Partners
Rafal Giersz, Director Poland, Chapman Taylor
Ramon Spoladore, Head of Central Eastern Europe & Nordics, Generali Real Estate
Robert Dobrzycki FRICS, CEO & Co-Owner, Panattoni Europe, UK, Middle East & India
Stuart Jordan, CEO Central & Eastern Europe, Savills
Sven Von der Heyden, Chairman, Von der Heyden Group & IBB Hotel Collection
Szymon Ostrowski, Managing Director, Newport Logistics Fund
Tom Lisiecki, CEO, TriGranit
Tomas Cifra, Managing Director CEE, Mitiska REIM
Tomas Picha, Senior Director of Transactions CEE, Invesco Real Estate
Judging process
Once the jury is announced, the selected jurors are invited to submit their nominations for the awards.
Nominations are made by the jury for the sector’s outstanding projects, companies and people of the year. The jury nominations are processed by the CEEQA team and candidates are invited to submit an entry form to support the nomination. Additionally, any candidate can enter the awards whether or not they are nominated by the jury.
The jury nominations are processed by the CEEQA team and candidates are invited to submit an entry form to support the nomination.
The resulting award entries are examined and voted on by the jury to decide the winners.
Awards entry
Entering the awards is free. Any building, company or industry professional from across the sector can enter the awards by submitting an entry form on the CEEQA website when entries open on 19 November.
The entry and judging process for the CEEQA awards is widely respected for its rigorous process, transparency and reliability of results, the sector’s most trusted and valued industry recognition.
2025 Judging itinerary
January Announcement of members of 2025 CEEQA Jury.
20 January Entries open
11 February Publication of 2025 Long List of candidates including all nominees and entries.
5 March Entries close
15 April Announcement of 2025 Short List of candidates following the first round of judging.
20 May Jury Dinner and final voting round
21 May 20th annual CEEQA Gala
Looking back at CEEQA 2024
Integrity and transparency
The integrity of the judging procedure and results of the awards is highly regarded internationally and vital to the market value and profile of CEEQA.
Each year a panel of 36 of the most experienced and influential business leaders is elected, representing market leading companies active in development, investment, finance, construction services and consulting across the CEE & SEE region country markets.
Members of the jury panel are invited to assess award submissions to decide the awards short list, and eventual winners, in 23 award categories.
Learn more about the CEEQA Gala here
Learn more about the CEEQA Awards here
Book tickets for the 2025 CEEQA Gala here
All your questions answered here
The role is rotated fairly each year among senior representatives of marketing leading operators, and are selected through a process accounting for proportionate geographical, segmental and market force balance across 18 qualifying countries within Central & Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe. Providing extensive industry experience and CEE & SEE market knowledge as well as distribution fairness.
Independence
Decisions are exclusively made by the elected members of the jury with no possibility of interference or intervention by the organiser or participants.
