Warsaw, 12th February 2020. Piotr Krawczyński has been appointed CEO of DeA Capital Real Estate Poland. He will be responsible for determining and executing DeA Capital Real Estate Poland’s strategy for the Polish market as well as establishing and managing the local platform. DeA Capital Real Estate Poland is a joint venture between DeA Capital and MK Holding, a holding company that controls Książek Holding. DeA Capital is the leading independent Italian Alternative Asset Management Platform, active both in Private Equity and Real Estate. In the Real Estate sector, DeA Capital controls DeA Capital Real Estate SGR, an independent fund and asset manager, being the market leader in Italy for over ten years. The latter manages 9.5 bln euro assets in 50 real estate funds 2 of which are listed on the Italian Stock Exchange MIV segment. DeA Capital Alternative Asset Management Platform has been recently expanding its real estate operations to other European countries (including France, Spain and Portugal). Książek Holding, controlled by MK Holding, is a holding and investment company. Książek Holding is present in a number of industries, including real estate, automotive and pharma. The most recognized investment in real estate is Marvipol Development S.A., the residential developer listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange. Piotr Krawczyński has over 20 years’ experience in the private equity and investment market, out of which over 10 years’ experience related to commercial real estate only. Before joining DeA Capital Real Estate Poland he was Head of Capital Markets CEE at BNP Paribas Real Estate. Beforehand, Piotr had been working for Kulczyk Investments Group for almost 18 years, ending in 2015. During that period Piotr was holding various positions, including but not limited to Managing Director of Kulczyk Silverstein Properties as well as Kulczyk Real Estate Holding. Piotr holds also number of positions at supervisory boards, including listed companies. Piotr graduated (M.Sc.) from Warsaw Technical University and completed postgraduate studies (Executive Studies in Finance) at Warsaw School of Economics and EY. Piotr has been holding a CCIM designations since 2016. “We made a strategic decision to expand the Platform Operations to other European countries. After successfully launching our operations in France in 2018 and Spain/Portugal in 2019, we have decided to make a next significant step and enter Poland. Shareholders and managers of DeA Capital are very enthusiastic about both the joint venture with Książek Holding and working with Piotr and the local team. Our aim is to attract new investors to invest in Poland alongside with us and we recognize that market as one of the most promising in Europe providing opportunities not available elsewhere” – said Emanuele Caniggia, Head of DeA Capital Real Estate Operations. “Real estate has always been the priority for Książek Holding. Our strong presence in residential segment as well as past experience made us convinced that expansion to the
institutional commercial real estate makes much of sense and is a natural development. Working with a world-class quality partner, as DeA Capital is, will bring a lot of satisfaction, know how and benefits to both partners. We strongly believe that DeA Capital is the best possible partner for us and jointly we will be very successful, also due to the fact that our competences are complimentary. Both partners will strongly support Piotr and his team in the development of the company so the success is as great as possible” – said Mariusz Książek, CEO of Książek Holding. DeA Capital Real Estate Poland will start its operations in March 2020.