Francesca Postolache is a Director within the Assurance department, and the real estate leader in PwC Romania. She originally joined PwC Moldova where for several years she was the manager responsible with the development of PwC office in Moldova. With an extensive experience in the real estate area she currently manages a sizable portfolio of real estate clients in Romania and Moldova. Francesca has acted as a team manager for some of the largest multinational companies and has gained significant experience in providing assistance in preparation and audit of the financial statements in accordance with statutory and IFRS standards.

Jurgen de Ruijter is a corporate banker with a broad international experience and is currently Executive Director of the Remedial & Recovery Division of BCR, the largest bank in Romania.

This division has been created under his guidance and is dealing with all corporate restructuring and recovery activities, managing a multi billion portfolio of SME, large corporates and real estate clients.

With more than 13 years of experience in the real estate market, from May 2009, Horatiu Florescu is the President & CEO of The Advisers/Knight Frank.

Specialized in the office segment of the real estate market, Horatiu has broad experience in providing tailored consultancy to both developers and tenants, in Bucharest and all over Romania, from office towers to business parks. Along his experience, he has been involved in more than 50 office projects, starting from concept and tenant mix consultancy to leasing and final delivery of the project.

David is the Company’s Regional Director for CEE. Before David joined AFI Europe in early 2006 he served as VP of Hail Holdings. David has over 20 years of experience in international real estate development and marketing. David graduated from Buckingham University with an LLM.

With more than 14 years of experience in the real estate market, Monica Barbu is the Vice-President of The Advisers/Knight Frank.

Specialized in the retail segment of the real estate market, Monica has broad experience in providing tailored consultancy to both developers and retailers, in Bucharest and all over Romania, from shopping centers to high street locations. Along her experience, she has been involved in more than 30 retail schemes, starting from concept and tenant mix consultancy to leasing and final delivery of the project. Among shopping centers owners and developers she has worked with companies such as GTC, Mivan, Riofisa, Anchor Grup, Futureal, and completed deals with retailers such as: Zara, Marks & Spencer, Sephora, Hervis, Cinema City, Tommy Hilfiger, Orsay, Billa, New Yorker, Takko, Reserved, Altex, Domo, etc.

Lars is the Country manager and sales manager for kika in Romania, Serbia and Croatia.

He has spent 25 years in retail on 3 continents having opened 5 kika stores and 11 IKEA stores in Europe, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United States.

Steven founded EcoNavitas (formerly SOPOLEC) in 2005, an innovative business and technology consultancy company dedicated to supporting and growing environmentally responsible businesses.

Through prior work at EcoNavitas and KPMG Consulting / BearingPoint he has provided strategic advice and managed complex business and technology projects for leading companies across the Central and Eastern European region and throughout the United States.

Charles specialises in real estate transactions, construction issues and M&A. He has extensive experience in real estate and construction matters and during the last several years has completed billions of dollars of such transactions in Eastern Europe. He has represented major oil companies, retail operators, mall developers, mining companies, agro-businesses, port operators as well as hotel and telecommunication companies in relation to a series of development and real estate projects, including acquisitions, project financings, privatizations, concession agreements, deal structuring, litigation, and post-acquisition operations and activities.

Corina is a transactional lawyer with broad experience in commercial agreements and real estate matters with a special focus on leasing issues, concession agreements and site acquisition. Over the last few years, she has represented some of the largest developers and retail operators in Romania.

Maria specializes in complex commercial transactions, real estate matters and telecommunications. She has worked for many of the region’s largest companies in a variety of industries, including retail, cable tv, real estate development, breweries and mining. She has significant experience in advising large corporates on their commercial leasing issues as well as structuring of real estate transactions.