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Alex Hayes, ‘Eurobuild CEE’: Could you tell me something about the origins of the company? Klaus Koponen, regional general manager, Finland and Poland country manager, IWG: IWG’s story started in 1989 when CEO and founder Mark Dixon identified a business opportunity in Belgium after speaking to business people who needed temporary and professional workspace but couldn’t find anything suitable or affordable. He then set up Regus to meet this demand, first in Belgium and then across the world, and it grew to become the world’s leading provider of flexible workspace. Since then, the group has acquired other leading workspace companies, such as Spaces and No18, and grown its network to over 3,300 locations in 110 countries, serving over 2.5 mln customers. In 2016, IWG was created as a holding company for these different workspace providers, to ensure they could grow in their own way, while still receiving the support they needed from the global industry leade