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CREATORS
HAKAN KODAL
president & ceo
KREA REAL ESTATE DEV. & INV. CO.
Hakan Kodal is the General Manager of Yapi Kredi Koray, a leading
REIT listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange, active in Turkey and
Romania. Before joining the company in 1997, Mr. Kodal has
worked as Corporate Finance Manager at Garanti Investment Bank,
Istanbul, and held various positions at Coopers & Lybrand in Paris, in
management consultancy and corporate finance. Founder Chairman
of the National Association of Turkish Real Estate Investment
Companies (GYODER), he has been Chairman of GYODER between
1998-2002. He is also the Chair of Urban Land Institute (ULI) Turkish
District, and ULI European Steering Committee member since June
2003.
MICHAEL KRÖGER
head of intl. re finance northern | central europe
LANDESBANK HESSEN-THÜRINGEN
Michael Kröger is an educated lawyer and worked as a real estate
banker for many years. His responsibilities in Paris, Berlin and
Frankfurt included lending to German and international funds,
investors and developers. Until recently he was with a German real
estate bank and his role was to build up the bank’s HQ-based Nordic
Markets team and later a key account management. Since this year
he is heading the origination team “Northern and Central Europe” at
Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen (“Helaba”) in Frankfurt, Germany.
DIMITRI KYRTSIS
managing partner
NOVATERRA PROPERTIES
DEVELOPER
business parks • retail outlets •
ocean front resorts and hotels •
greece • serbia • euros 15-200 million
Education: Stanford University Economics Department Property
experience: Co-management of investment vehicle between
Commercial Bank of Greece and private investors in East Europe,
summer and winter prime resort developments in Greece. Current
business: Managing partner of Novaterra Properties Investment
Vehicle Languages: Greek, English, French, Italian.
KAMIL KOSMAN
chairman group real estate
ERSTE BANK GROUP
LENDER
Kamil Kosman is the chairman of the real estate group at Erste Bank
Group. Prior to that he was Divisional Director of Ceská sporitelna
(Erste Bank Group), responsible for real estate lending and all
other bank´s activities in the real estate market, including private
mortgages. Born in Bratislava, he joined Erste Bank Group in 1997.
Under his leadership Ceská sporitelna has become the largest lender
in Czech real estate, and started with equity investments in real
estate. He is also Chairman of Supervisory Board of the Association
for the Real Estate Market Development (ARTN).
RAMADAN KUMOVA
general manager
EROGLU GROUP
residance • office • shopping mall •
industrial (ware house) • holiday
homes • tr• existing project under
development 800 mill usd
Ramadan graduated from Bosporus University from Civil Engineering
department in 1991.He started his profession in Highway and Dam
projects. After consulted many important residential and commercial
projects today. He manages more then 8 projects in the field of
residential, retail, office and holiday homes development in are of the
most rapidly growing development company in TR.
TAVIT KÖLETAVITOGLU
founder & president
ATLAS PROJECT & LAND DEVELOPMENT
planning & design • land development •
project & construction management •
consultancy • analysis • residential,
mixed-use • hotel & leisure office •
shopping mall
After his graduation from Urban and Regional Planning Dept. of METU,
Mr. Köletavitoglu commenced his professional life in public sector.
Shifting to the private sector at managerial level he was involved
in the management of major development projects (Four Seasons
Sultanahmet, Robinson Select Club Maris, Port Göcek), In 1997,
he founded Atlas, that is active in land development and project
management. In 2001, he was awarded “the Top Manager role in the
Management Category” in Year’s Gold Man Contest by the readers
of Para Magazine. Atlas is a dynamic company providing services for
business development, project and asset management in the real
estate sector.