Invesco Real Estate opens office in Poland

Invesco Real Estate (IRE) is to open an office in Warsaw, the company's second office in Central and Eastern Europe.

The Investment manager has appointed Anna Duchnowska as director of asset management in Poland to spearhead the firm’s Polish asset management initiatives.

'We believe the timing is now right in what, in our view, is a strong real estate market within Europe,' commented Andy Rofe, managing director of IRE Europe. 'This step complements our existing operations in the region, through our team of six specialists in our Prague office, which opened in 2004.'

He added: 'Anna's appointment is testament to our philosophy of having local specialists, on-the-ground, who are fully knowledgeable about their marketplace and have the right business contacts to add value to the investments we make on behalf of our clients.'

Duchnowska has over 14 years' experience of which the past 10 have been focused on asset management, investment, leasing and finance within the CEE and Polish property markets, with particular expertise in retail and offices.

She joins IRE from Colliers International Poland where she spent two years as director of landlord representation and asset management and previous to this spent seven years with AIB PPM as head of asset management for one of their property funds

The appointment follows IRE’s recent announcement of the nomination of Etienne Dupuy as senior director of asset management, Europe to oversee IRE's pan-European asset management function.