A tale of two cities

I see you used to be based here in Poland, but then you went to the Czech Republic. And now you’re back?Mark Richardson, head of investment, Savills Poland: My background is that I was originally working in the Polish real estate market, investing and growing assets under management for Pradera, a specialist investment and asset management company based in London. I established the Pradera office and local asset management platform in Warsaw back in 2006. At the time, Pradera was seeking to acquire shopping centres and retail parks on behalf of its PCEF and POERF funds. Throughout that time, I got to know both the country and the Polish real estate market well. I lived in Prague between 2002 and 2018, so I became equally familiar with that country and the CEE region. I joined Colliers in December 2019, as a director of their investment team in Warsaw, before I moved to Prague in September 2021 to head up investment in Colliers’ Czech office. I speak basic Czech and know the