End of the ex-pat era?

We have become used to the idea that every important position in international real estate agencies is occupied by specialists sent from the “more developed countries”, or who are “more experienced on mature markets.” However, after nearly twenty years of development for the Polish property market, local analysts are now beginning to move up the managerial ladder. One eminent example of this is Tomasz Trzósło, head of CEE Capital Markets and Investment at Jones Lang LaSalle and our High-flyer for January 2009What do you like most and least about doing business in Poland?I like the hard working business ethic very much in Poland on the one hand, but also the social side associated with it on the other – Poland seems to work well based on the old English principle of exchanging ideas and real estate market knowledge over a glass of beer, or sometimes something stronger. I&