Experts

Agnieszka Zajac

Agnieszka is a Founding Partner and Head of Odgers Berndtson’s Luxembourg office.  With more than 15 years of executive search and talent management experiences, Agnieszka focuses on recruiting 3P executives, working with clients active in services, industry, public, finance and not-for-profit sectors. Prior to joining Odgers Berndtson in March 2018, Agnieszka spent more than  10 years working for local and international headhunting firms based in Luxembourg and in Belgium.

Agnieszka has a joint degree in Languages and Economics in Poland, and a post-university degree from the Poznan Economic Academy and the Rennes Management Institute in France. She also accomplished the Aspiring Directors Program, and other programs focused on Innovation and Leadership, with INSEAD and Harvard Business School. Agnieszka is Polish and works in French and in English.

ANJA GRENNER

Anja leads TMF’s alternative fund business development practice in Luxembourg since June 2020, covering AIFM, Central Administration and Depositary services.
Prior to TMF, as Head of Funds, Anja was in charge of Intertrust’s Fund Services business line in Luxembourg from 2017 to 2020, consisting of Business Development for Central Administration, Depositary and AIFM services for alternative funds, as well as being responsible for their Central Administration service line.
From 2015 to 2017 Anja worked at SGG (now IQEQ) in similar roles, i.e. Business Development, later also Fund Operations.
Prior to those 3 fund administrators Anja worked 8 years at EY as head of Business Development for Alternative Assets, covering audit, advisory, legal and tax services.
Her first role in Business Development was with Dexia Fund Services – now RBC Investor Services – where she, together with a small team, set up the Private Equity operations and business development practice in 2004, when the SICAR law was introduced.
Anja started her career in 1993 at Fleming Asset Management (now JP Morgan Asset Management) where she headed the Luxembourg Product Development team, in charge of launching new subfunds to their Umbrella Funds and stand-alone local funds (e.g guaranteed funds for the German and French markets). During this time Anja also obtained a post-graduate diploma from Royal Holloway, part of the University of London.
Anja is member of the board of LPEA, the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and active in some of their working groups as well as in working groups of ALFI, Luxembourg’s Fund Association.

Anna Olejarz

Business Developer in Agency Services team of the Securities Products department. Advising clients on the issuance of securities (with Euroclear and Clearstream, Euroclear France, LuxCSD or SIX Switzerland) and listing on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. At BIL since 2015, previously gained experience in Project Management and Robotic Process Automation.

Anna Stolarz

Anne Morel

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Antoine Clasen

Caves Bernard-Massard SA – company website

Caves Bernard-Massard SA –  6-8, rue du Pont, L-6773 Grevenmacher (Luxembourg)

Arek Kwapien

Arek is a Director, Head of Corporate Management Services at United International Management S.A. and has 15+ years of experience in the financial services industry.

Arek is assisting clients in the structuring and management of Luxembourg domiciled vehicles from their inception till the end of their useful life. He is focusing in particular on securitization and PERE investment strategies, including the incorporation of the distributed ledger technology.

Arek is an active member of the Luxembourg Capital Markets Association promoting the capital markets industry activities. He speaks Polish, English, French and German.

Bruno Bagnouls

Bruno Bagnouls is Head of Sales and Relationship Management at Alter Domus.
Bruno joined Alter Domus in May 2019, where he leads our Sales and Relationship Management efforts.
Previously Bruno has been Head of Private Equity and Real Estate at TMF Group during 3 years. Prior to this, Bruno was Head of Corporate Services at Alter Domus for 15 years where he acquired extensive experience in the implementation, management, accounting and administration of private equity and real assets funds and SPVs.
Bruno has a degree in Business Studies from IPAG (Ecole supérieure de commerce) in Paris and in French Accounting (D.E.C.F, Diplôme d’Etudes Comptables et Financières).

Cedric BUISINE

With 14 years of experience Cédric specialises in the fields of Regulation, Investment Funds, capital markets and private debt.

Cédric advises Asset Managers, IFA’s, Real Estate Asset Managers, private equity platforms on the the implementation of regulated pooling and investment vehicles subject to Luxembourg Law (RAIF, SIF, AIF, SCS (LP)/SCSp(SLP) and securitisation structures) as well as investment companies and financial service providers to obtain the correct regulated licences and alignment with the evolution of the European and Luxembourg regulation (LSF 93, MIFID, GDPR, ABL/FT, …).

Cédric also regularly advises on regulatory matters regarding alternative investments and in particular the setting up of private debt funds.

Furthermore, Cédric advises on and structures sophisticated securitisation operations as well as the issue of debt securities including listing on the Luxembourg capital markets for European institutional clients.

Cédric has a Masters degree with distinction in Business Law from Paris XII University and a postgraduate degree in Information and Multimedia Technology Law from Paris II Panthéon-Assas University. He also has a diploma from Durham Law School (Ustinov College) where he obtained an LL.M in International Business Law.

Cedric Haas

At ACL since more than 5 years, Cédric is a passionate and ambitious marketing & communication manager with 6+ years of experience in:

• project- tourism- and event management
• Public speaking & presenting
• Magazine contributor / Proofreading
• Team management
• Contract management
• Social Media management
• Conceptualisation of guided tours & excursions
• Intercultural Communication

When he isn’t composing day trips to (re)discover the Grand Duchy, he is organising and participating in Networking-events for different target groups; may it be in an acquisitional or in a loyalty context including the corresponding communication. (e.g. FETE JUBILES 600+ participants…)

Next to this he is one of the ACL’s multilingual voices at ARA cityradio, radio l’Essentiel, radio Latina and radio 100.7

Additionally, he is a tour guide, may it be at one-day-excursions, at longhaul trips or at guided tours through ACL’s headquarters.

Chris Gogol

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Dagmara Maziukiewicz

Dagmara is a seasoned finance professional with 20 years of experience gained across BIG 4 companies, custody banks and alternative investment management companies. Her area of expertise is financial reporting and consolidation as well as project management and implementation of corporate performance management solutions (LucaNet).

Damian Kałużny

Damian has been helping Synergy Codes’ customers for over two years, although his extensive professional experience in assisting clients in solving their IT challenges started in 2013. 

He’s said to be a self-motivated achiever focusing on answering the obstacles and addressing the solutions for clients worldwide who are looking for a technological business partner specializing in building custom and interactive low-code tools to visualize data and processes.

Damian supports the results-driven Agile teams that use unique code to boost projects for fast-growing startups and enterprise-level companies, including the Fortune 500 list. As the Synergy Codes representative, he manages the contracts with the companies that perform in various industries: energy, automotive, and infrastructure, to name a few. Damian arranges and participates in the workshops led by UX/UI Designers and Product Design Experts as the consultant and support regarding gathering the business requirements and cost calculations.

As the Business Development Leader, Damian holds the role of the one-on-one consultant during the demo meetings, during which he presents the advanced low-code diagramming solutions that Synergy Codes delivers. They include flow designer, digital factory, IT infrastructure, engineering systems, remote collaboration, knowledge management, and front-end IT tools.

Eric T. Engelmeyer

With 20+ years of experience in Private Banking and Wealth Management, Eric has spent most of his career advising High- to Ultra-High Net Worth Individuals.

On the day-to-day, Eric and his team at Société Générale Private Banking deal with all aspects of their clients’ wealth: from managing their investment portfolios to helping them think and design their wealth planning and succession planning.
Eric also deals with his clients’ financing needs (Lombard lending, mortgage, or corporate) and regularly assists them with their passion investments (vineyards and art just to name a few).

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Francis Parisis

Having been at the forefront of the wealth management industry for over 20 years, Francis has seen it evolve to meet the needs of the next generation of clients. His career has taken him to numerous countries and continents spanning companies including Citco and latterly IQ-EQ, working across Fund and Private Wealth management in both Hedge and Private Equity, Real Estate services.

Janine Kewerkopf

Janine has always been enthusiastic about the tourism sector and especially the travel industry.

She has been working in this sector for more than 25 years and shows a long sales history, in-depth professional experience and good connections within industry & associations.

She likes to capture new sales opportunities and build up customer relationships for long term and repeat business.

Working in this international atmosphere she speaks German (native), English (fluent), Luxemburgish (fluent), French (conversational).

Jean-François Faucher

Jean-François graduated from the University of Strasbourg and the University of Montreal. He also graduated from the Executive MBA at ESSEC, a leading business school in Paris. He began his professional career in the aerospace and defense industries, serving airlines and air forces

throughout North America, for a subsidiary of Cobham PLC. He worked for leading technology consulting companies such as Altran and Segula Technologies in the field of business process outsourcing for various industries.

Jean-Francois started logistics operations in Poland in 2006 as the President of STACI Polska. After the separation of STACI, currently XBS Group, he came to Poland in 2012, where he is a shareholder and President of the supervisory board of the XBS Group Supervisory Board and the President of the Management Board of PRO-LOG (Logistics service of excise goods).

Jean-François Trapp

Jean-François Trapp is a partner and co-heads the Real Estate Department and the Banking & Finance practise at Baker McKenzie Luxembourg office. He has more than 20 years of experience in Luxembourg law. Prior to joining the Firm, he was partner in a Luxembourg law firm, where he headed the Real Estate department and co-led the Banking & Finance department of the firm. In 2007, he co-founded the Luxembourg law firm Roemers Trapp Pautot, a niche firm focusing on the real estate, real assets and infrastructure sectors.

Jean-François is the Vice-President and an Executive Board Member of LuxReal, the Luxembourg association of the professionals of the real estate sector.

Jean-Luc Dascotte

Jean-Luc Dascotte is a partner in our Tax practice in Luxembourg. He is a tax specialist with more than 20 years’ experience in Luxembourg, France and Belgium. Jean-Luc advises clients on cross-border tax aspects of their operations. He has particular experience in private equity structuring for private clients and investments funds, real estate investments and IP holdings. He is also recognised for his expertise in investment finance and in supervising tax audits, conducting tax litigation and performing tax and legal due diligence examinations. In recent years, Jean-Luc has developed specific expertise in asset protection involving politically sensitive jurisdictions. Jean-Luc is recommended in various legal directories, including Legal 500 and the Tax Directors Handbook. He frequently authors contributions on tax matters. Jean-Luc is a member of the IBA, IFA and Association Luxembourgeoise d’Etudes Fiscales (ALEF).

Jean-Marc Ueberecken

Arendt & Medernach SA – Company description

Jean-Marc´s  CV

Contact:

E-mail: jean-marc.ueberecken@arendt.com

Josée Weydert

Josée Weydert is the managing partner of NautaDutilh Luxembourg, where she heads the Luxembourg Banking & Finance practice. Josée specialises in financing, securitisation, (debt and equity) capital markets and financial regulatory matters.

Josée is a trusted advisor of numerous financial institutions, financial professionals and corporate groups. Due to her extensive experience working in the capital markets and structured finance departments at a well-known Luxembourg bank, she has particularly strong expertise in the banking and capital markets fields.

With more than 25 years of legal experience, Josée enjoys high recognition among both market players and clients. In 2020, Josée was named a Leading Expert in Banking & Finance Law in Luxembourg by Chambers Europe and as a Women Leader by the IFLR1000. Chambers notes that she has “profound knowledge of the products and services marketed in Luxembourg’s financial market and excellent working relationships with the government and regulators” and that clients value her “depth of expertise and long-standing experience in the banking industry”.

Josée and her team contribute regularly to various publications, including The Luxembourg Banking & Finance Comparative Guide (The Legal 500, 2019) and an article entitled “PSD2 Implementation in the Grand Duchy – Six Months Later” (ILO, 2019).

Josée obtained her law degree from the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg (1992) and subsequently completed the two-year programme for young banking executives at the Luxembourg Training Institute for Banking (1995). She regularly speaks at conferences on topics relating to the financial sector.

Josée was admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 1993.

She is a Luxembourg native and is fluent in English, French, German and Luxembourgish.

Katarzyna Ozga

Katarzyna Ozga, born in Poland, studied International Relations at the University of Warsaw, and then she did her degree in European Interdisciplinary Studies followed by Master in European Law in France, both at the University Robert Schumann of Strasbourg.
In September 2003 Katarzyna joined the Eurimages Secretariat in Strasbourg where she worked as Administrative Assistant and Administrator until December 2005. Then she worked for several European and international film festivals e.g. Petersburg, Seville for two years. Having completed Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris in 2008 Katarzyna came to Saarland (Germany) where she was appointed as Managing Director of the Saarland Film Commission. During this time, she gave lectures in film production at the HBKsaar (“School of Fine Arts”) in Saarbruecken.
Between May 2012 and December 2014, she was a production and project manager by Lucil Film (Luxembourg). Following the merger between Lucil and Samsa Film, she worked as a Head of Distribution and Promotion for Samsa Film. Katarzyna joined Iris Productions in January 2016 as a Head of Production.  Since 2019 she is a General Manager of Iris Group and recently, she become a Producer within the company.
Katarzyna is member of two French-German film associations: Atelier Network (www.atelier-network.org) and the French-German Film Academy.

KATARZYNA RADZISZEWSKA

Katarzyna has 16 years of experience in administration, marketing, and social support guidance. She is the founder of the first private kindergarten in Mersch.
She is also a member of Lieshaus a.s.b.l. and president of this organisation since 2017.

Krzysztof Litwin

“In ValueLogic, I’m the one that brings value through vision. When launching applications, I always focus on linking the IT and business worlds. But most of all, I think about people. The human factor is at the heart of any good design.

I consider it the greatest success when our partners become our friends. Human to human: talking business.

Our high-end and, motivated team builds beautiful technical solutions that serve your business, specializing in digital transformations, software development, product design, and delivery. We would love to gain your trust.  

I invite you to become our business partners and friends”.

Luc Maquil

Luc gained over 19 years a vast amount of experience as an IT specialist focusing on Enterprise Architecture, IT Governance, Risk Management, and IT Compliance.

Luc started his career at IBM Böblingen Labs in 2001 in the Research and Development of IBM’s EAI and later SOA product portfolio. He later worked at KPMG between 2012 and 2015 within the IT Advisory Department.

In 2015, Luc launched BHS S.A., which became MAQIT S.A. in 2017. As Managing Partner, he is in charge of Digital Transformation and Regulatory IT Advisory. His purpose is to assist multiple FinTech players in settling down in the EU and got involved in large-scale projects related to regulatory advisory and IT transformation.

Lukasz Malecki

LUKASZ MALECKI is an Associated Director at Alter Domus Luxembourg.
He graduated from University of Economics with master degree in Finance. His professional career started in 2008 with TMF Group, where he was involved in administration of first two bank securitization transactions in Poland (Millenium and Raiffeisen bank leasing receivables). In 2010, Lukasz moved to Luxembourg and is continuously focused on securitization transactions. Since 2016, he is in charge of development of securitization and capital markets offering within Alter Domus and leading a team of around 20 professionals.”

Małgorzata Podrecka

• Joined CANPACK shortly after the company was established
• Responsible for Legal, Compliance, Sustainability and PR
• Since 2019 r. a member of the Entrepreneurship Council, an advisory body to the President of Republic of Poland
• In 2011-2017, vice president of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration
• Graduated from Jagiellonian University (Post-Doctoral Degree). Studied at KU Leuven and the LMU in Munich

Mansour Khalifé

Mansour Khalifé is an asset manager and a serial entrepreneur. He chairs the MNK Partners Group which he founded in 2017 to develop real estate investment solutions in both Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Mansour was the co-founder and Deputy CEO of Corum AM from 2011 to 2017. He has significantly contributed to the development and success of the company which became the leading SCPI manager in France (€2 billion of assets under management in 2017).

Mansour has over 20 years of experience in fund management and corporate finance (Atis Real (now BNP Paribas Real Estate), UFFI REAM, Corum AM). 

He holds a master’s degree in Management from ESCP-EAP (France) and an MBA from ESA Business School (Lebanon).

Mansour is married and the father of Karim (15 years old) and Liana (13 years old). Living in Luxembourg since 2020, he previously lived in Paris for more than 18 years.

Marcin Jaworski

Marcin Jaworski has been CEO of Kotar Sp. z o.o., a manufacturer of insulation materials for floor heating, for five years.

He has been involved with the company for over 20 years. For most of his career he has been responsible for building up the sales network and consolidating Kotar’s leading position in the European market for the production of insulation materials.

For the past few years, building on his knowledge and experience, he has focused on expanding the company’s structures, opening new branches and introducing new products.

Marie Laure Goeres

Marie Laure Goeres completed her studies in Economics in St Gallen, Switzerland. Having started her first company at the age of 18, she continues her entrepreneurial adventures at the side of her father, as General Manager of Goeres Hotels. She moved back to Luxembourg in 2020 where she has been working at Goeres Hotels since.

Of Luxembourgish and Polish nationality she embraces strong business cooperation between the two countries. Her first company is still active today with its main activity linking Polish furniture manufacturers with the Luxembourgish market.

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Martyna Lesz

Martyna Lesz is a Polish citizen born and raised in Warsaw, Poland. After finishing her double master Degree in France, she started her first experience within the funds’ industry in 2017 in one of the largest European international banking group.

In 2019, she moved to Luxembourg in order to pursuit her career in the funds’ industry.. She speaks Polish, English, French and Italian.

In her spare time, Martyna is continuously developing her language skills by learning Luxembourgish. Her innate optimism allows her to build and maintain relationships with people from different environments.

Mateusz Pondel

After developing a professional career internationally in Finance and being passionate about new technologies, Mateusz decided to create AQTEEV, a recruitment agency specialised in attracting the finest IT and Finance profiles to Luxembourg. 

Knowledge of the local market together with strong connections all over Europe help him find the best fit for top talents and companies. 

Monika Wójcik

As a business consultant, focused on identifying the needs of each Client and designing a dedicated solution. With many years of practice in the field of project management and effective building relationships with Clients at the local and global level, supports organizations in building awareness of diverse business solutions available in a wide range of TMF services. Shares knowledge and experience based on current outsourcing trends and local expertise in the field of HR administration, payroll solutions, tax compliance and accounting field.

Neil Cocker

Neil is a Co-Founder and Director at Tomorrow Street, a Luxembourg-based scaleup accelerator and joint venture between Vodafone and Technoport. He has 19 years’ experience in procurement, supply chain management, and product development for global brands such as Johnnie Walker and Vodafone. Neil holds an MBA from the Open University Business School and is an experienced keynote speaker and blogger on startup topics.

Olivier Bertrand

Olivier has 20+ years of international tax and transaction tax exposure across multiple sectors including multinational companies, banks and alternative investment funds. He is advising international, also Polish, clients (such as Alternative Investment Funds, Institutional Investors, Corporate Groups) throughout the life cycle of their investments, from deal structuring to return to investors and management. His recent experience includes:

• Advising on Investment platform set-up taking into consideration major development like ATAD I&II, Principal Purpose Test etc.
• Advising on fund set-up for top tier asset managers setting-up funds in Luxembourg;
• Design of a US Debt Fund platform for EU investors.
• Advice in connection with cross-jurisdictions fund mergers and coordination of the project throughout the various countries.
• Carried Interest structuring and optimization of GP commitments
• Advising on various acquisitions, disposals and refinancing of assets owned by Alternative Investment Funds.

Olivier has graduated from HEC Liège.

Patrick Berg

Patrick started his professional career in 1998 as Marketing Manager Assistant for an American pneumatic tool manufacturer based in Wormeldange-Haut Two years later, at the age of 29, he became Sales & Marketing Manager for Benelux and Germany. In 2007 he took the post of deputy director of a car dealership in Junglinster. He contributed to the renewal and expansion of the company’s services and became its director in 2010. In June 2015 he was appointed as the General Manager by the Board of Directors of Domaines Vinsmoselle and he took over the management of the wine cooperative in August of the same year.

Parick’s CV

Paul Potocki

Paul Potocki is Tax Director in the KPMG Luxembourg alternative investment group and has 13+ years of experience in the structuring of cross-border transactions and also assisted many asset managers with the setup of their fund vehicles in Luxembourg. His particular geographical focus is the CEE and notably Poland. Paul speaks fluently Polish, German, French and English. Paul holds an LL.M. Master’s degree in M&A from Chicago-Kent and a Master’s Degree from the University of Paris XII. He is an inactive member of the New York, Munich and Luxembourg Bar.

Pawel Wroblewski

Paweł Hermeliński

Pawel Hermeliński is a partner of CMS Luxembourg Corporate/M&A practice group. As such, he assists financial institutions, private equity investors and multinational groups on M&A and joint venture transactions, as well as on the structuring and restructuring of corporate groups.

He focuses on Luxembourg corporate and contract law and has extensive experience in the field of national and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, structuring of joint venture investments and organising exits.

Pawel speaks fluently Polish, French and English. He was admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 2008.

Recognition

• The Legal 500 2018: Ranked in Commercial, Corporate and M&A in Luxembourg (Tier 3). His clients describe him as “incredibly knowledgeable”.

Education

• 2003, Master’s Degree in Law, University of Warsaw, Poland

Paweł Sujecki

A graduate of the Warsaw Business School in the field of Management and Marketing. He was awarded the Master of Business Administration degree by the Polish Academy of Sciences.
He also completed post-graduate studies at the Warsaw School of Economics in the field of Information Management Systems and obtained an Accountant Certificate granted by the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland, confirming his qualifications and entitlement to provide accounting services. In 1995-2001, he worked for CA IB Transfer Agent where he was Director of the Investment Fund Service Department. From 2001, within the structure of BRE Transfer Agent, he was responsible, among others, for the Strategy and Development Department and the Customer Service Department. From 2008, he was a Member of the Management Board of ProService AT responsible for the Customer Service Department. In 2010, he was appointed President of the Management Board of ProService Finteco.

Pierre-Regis Dukmedjian

Pierre-Régis is a tax partner with significant experience on tax structuring of cross-border transactions and on-going tax management. As such, he handles high-value tax matters for asset managers and financial institutions which have operations in or through Luxembourg.

Piotr Kozikowski

Piotr Zaczek

Piotr has over 25 years’ experience in custody, depositary and administration services for funds domiciled in Poland and Luxembourg gained at Deutsche Bank S.A. in both locations as Executive Director and conducting officer.
For 18 years (1998 – 2016) Piotr was also member of Executive Committee of Custodian Bank Council at Polish Banks Association, and in 2005 – 2016 he was member and Head of Advisory Board to Management Board of National Depository for Securities (KDPW S.A.) in Poland. In 2016 Piotr was awarded Polish National Bank’ medal of honour “for merits for the Banking Industry”.

Przemyslaw Bielicki

Przemyslaw has over 21 years of experience in the financial services industry. He joined Royalton Partners in 1997.

Przemyslaw is a conducting officer and member of the management board of Royalton Partners S. A. He is also a member of investment committees and director of investment funds managed by Royalton Partners and member of the boards of portfolio companies engaged in infrastructure, real estate and IT.

Prior to joining Royalton Partners, Przemyslaw was the CEO of W. Frackowiak & Partners, now F5, an M&A and management consulting firm based in Poland. He served as a non-executive board member of several construction companies.

Przemyslaw started his career as a civil engineer in the construction industry and holds a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the Technical University of Poznan and an MBA from INSEAD, France.

Raymond Krawczykowski

SABINE SAID

After studying law at the University of Trier, Germany, Sabine Said went on to do her practical training, part of which took place in the USA. She successfully completed her education in 2005 by passing the 2nd Legal State Examination. She joined Moventum the same year, starting as Compliance Officer in which role she was instrumental in establishing the Legal and Compliance Department. She is now Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Legal and Compliance, thus being the contact for regulatory bodies in Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and elsewhere. Sabine Said has been a member of the Management Committee since 2006 and in 2013 she was named Executive Vice President, becoming a member of the Executive Management of Moventum. Among her major achievements to date are the implementation of MiFID and various anti-money laundering guidelines.

Tad Robinski

Co-founder and managing director of KR Group. A statutory auditor authorised in Poland and the UK, a member of ICAEW and ACA holder. Tad worked as an auditor at Deloitte in London. His international career developed further through his move to Deloitte’s Warsaw office in 1996. At that time, he was overseeing audits for the leading investments funds and manufacturing companies operating in Poland. Later, he served as financial director at PWN – the leading publisher in Poland. Tad is a top-notch specialist in Poland in a field of financial and accounting services dedicated to the commercial real estate sector. He was involved in a variety of successful transactions on real estate market in Poland (asset-deal; share-deal) representing either the purchaser or seller. Experienced Nominee Director also for the SPVs operating in the Czech Republic.  Privately he is a rowing great enthusiast.