Gabriel Achour graduated from the Charles University, Faculty of Laws, Prague in 1998. In the academic year 1995 he studied at University of London. From 2001 he has been an attorney‑at‑law of the Czech Bar Chamber. From 2001 he works for Glatzová & Co. lawyers’ office. He specializes in legal relations to real estates and project financing, acquisitions, credit transactions and provision of securities for obligations. He is a member of the legislative section of AREMD. He regularly publishes articles regarding financing and developer project implementation.

Tomáš Drtina is a co-owner and Managing Director of INCOMA Research. The degree of doctor was awarded to him following his studies of economic and regional geography. After a short employment with Trade Research Institute he founded INCOMA research and consulting company together with other persons in 1991. INCOMA became one of the prominent marketing research agencies during 1990’s gaining a leading position in the area of retail analyses, regional research and real estate research. INCOMA acted as a consultant for dozens real estate developer projects. In 2000 the company became a member of the global GfK Group where Mr. Drtina coordinates the “retail & real estate” research for Central and East Europe. From 2001 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of AREMD.

After graduating from the School of Economics, Prague where she studied economic and mathematical calculations Zdeňka Klapalová worked as a fellow at the Management Theory Department of the same institution and a consultant of a number of local as well as international companies. She was awarded the prize “The Best Young Economist of the Year 1988” by the Economic Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. In 1991 she successfully finished the postgraduate studies of the Planning and Management subject. During her study and work at the School of Economics she also provided assistance for various companies both in Czechoslovakia and in foreign countries (World Bank, České radiokomunikace). In 1991 she founded an agency of Ryden in Czechoslovakia. Later she became a partner in this company in U.K. and Ryden was sold to Knight Frank mainly as a result of her support of this move. At present she is a Managing Director of and partner in Knight Frank in the Czech Republic and AREMD President.

Kamil Kosman deals in real estate financing and mortgage banking. He graduated from Slovak Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Bratislava. In past he, for example, carried on business in the field of architecture, design and construction in Bratislava and was a Senior Project Manager of AHI Development, Prague and a Director of Bank Sparkassen (CR), a.s. Real Estate Financing Division. At present he is a member of the Supervisory Board of Česká spořitelna, a.s. Building and Loan Association, a member of the Supervisory Board of České nemovitosti, a.s. and a member of the Slovak Association of Architects. He is a Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AREMD.

Tomáš Kulman graduated from the Czech University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Civil Engineering Economy and Management Department. His carrier started by a short-term attachment at Crédit Lyonnais Bank, Prague. Then he continued acquiring the qualifications and experience in the sphere of risk management, marketing and management being engaged by banking houses. At first as a consultant of Department for High-Scale Projects at Investiční a Poštovní banka, later as an enterprise banking manager at BNP-Dresdner Bank ČR and finally as a Major Account Department Manager at Živnostenská banka. In 2001 he entered Arthur Andersen Czech Republic as a senior consultant responsible for the segment of real estate services. From 2002 he has been working as a Real Estate and Travel Leisure & Tourism senior consultant for KPMG Czech Republic. He is in charge of product introduction at the Czech and Slovak markets and management of relations with clients from the public and private sector. He is a member of the Association of Property Administrators and member of Board of Directors of AREMD.

Petr Němec působí v oboru výstavby a rozvoje přes 15 let. V roce 1988 absolvoval České vysoké učení technické v Praze, Fakultu stavební, obor ekonomika a řízení. Dále pracoval ve společnosti Chemoprojekt Praha. Od roku 1993 působí ve společnosti McDonalds ČR, v současnosti jako Development Director a člen Board Česká republika a Slovensko. Předtím prošel všemi pozicemi členové správní rady ARTN 2003/2004.

Radomír Němeček graduated from Commercial College in 1992. In that year he entered Ryden foreign real estate agent as a real estate broker. He successfully finished the course Legal Relations to Real Estates at Masaryk University, Faculty of Laws, Brno and specialized study at the School of Economics – Property Appraisal Institute focused on real estate appraisal for the needs of authorized experts. In 1998 he entered Aston real estate agent as a Real Estate Consultancy Manager and considerably contributed to its development in the Czech Republic and its merger with CB Richard Ellis in 2000. At CB Richard Ellis he held the position of a Deputy Director and a Real Estate Department Manager. From 2002 he has been a Commercial Director of Czech agency of TriGránit developer company where he focuses particularly on high-scale commercial building projects. He is a member of the Board of Directors of AREMD.

Jiří Pácal graduated from the Charles University, Prague where he studied the subject Geography, Mathematics and Teaching, and Physical Geography as an extended subject. In 1991 he began to deal in real estate transactions, investments, administration and leasing, operation of associations of real estate owners, consulting and teaching. He held various positions in executive as well as statutory bodies of several investment companies (e.g. member of board of Directors of I. a II. Pražský nemovitostní fond a.s. and I. Lázeňský hotelový fond a.s.). From 1996 he has been a Managing Director and member of Board of Directors of Central Europe Holding a.s. focusing on investments in real estates. Several hundreds of transactions with apartment houses and commercial buildings and several thousands of flat ownership transfers to the tenants were made under his control. From 2000 he has been a Chairman of the Board of Directors of CZ BIJO a.s. dealing in environment, audits and waste management. Between 2003 and 2004 he was a member of the Board of Directors of KLEMENT a.s. building firm. In the real estate sphere he focuses particularly on apartment houses and related issues, Prague real estate market monitoring, consulting and real estate administration and operation. Apart from the investment activities, he provides education and consulting in the area of trade and communication (training programmes for Tchibo, Good Year, etc.) He is a member of the Civil Association of House Owners and works for several owners’ associations. From 2001 he has been a member of AREMD and from 2003 he has been sitting on its Board of Directors.

Radek Pokorný graduated from the Czech University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Prague where he studied the subject Economy and Management in Building Industry. From 1993 till 2000 he worked with Areass a.s. on the implementation of Hvězda apartment project in Prague 6 – Petřiny. In 1995 he was one of the founders of AGANA a.s., a member of AGANA GROUP the core business of which is the development of commercial and residential construction projects and construction of hotel network of residences and boutique hotels in Prague 1. In 2000 he completed Jankovcova 23 office building in collaboration with CGI & Partners Group (U.S.A.) and in 1999, together with the same Group, he formed a purpose‑made joint venture with ING Real Estate for a project located at the former Holešovice Brewery. In 2001 he completed the residential project Residential House Nad Závěrkou in Prague 6 and at present AGANA a.s. prepares the construction of 180 apartments in Prague 7 – River Lofts, project of 130 apartments in Prague 5 (Sacre Coeur Garden) and administration centre project at a plot of land at Evropská Street adjacent to Diplomat hotel. The hotel development – Domus Henrici and Domus Balthasar residences – is made under the title of Hidden places s.r.o. He is a member of the Board of Directors of AREMD.

After graduating from the Czech University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture Jan Sadil dealt in real estate appraisal. In the following year he entered a new Mortgage Credit Department of Komerční banka where he held various positions. In 2000 he advanced to the position of Credits for Individuals Department Manager of Komerční banka. In 2001 he was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of Českomoravská hypoteční banka, a.s. At present he is a Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Hypoteční banka. He successfully finished two postgraduate studies: Court Engineering at the Court Engineering Institute attached to the Technology Research Institute, Brno and Monetary Economy and Banking at the School of Economics. He represents Hypoteční banka, a.s. in the Commission for Mortgage Credit Transactions within the Banking Association. He is a member of the Board of Directors of AREMD.

Michal Šourek graduated from the Czech University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Prague and successfully finished the managerial and economic postgraduate studies. From 1993 he has been a member of the Czech Chamber of Architects. From 1994 he has been chairing MS Group providing full range of services in the area of investments in building industry, architectonic and interior design, construction project design and real estate transactions. Apart from the architectonic design, he has been consistently focused on the real estate market issues from 1991. He regularly analyses the actual events in the real estate sphere and publishes market development prognoses. He specializes in real estate management and appraisal and developer project methodology and practice, oriented rating of developer projects and rating of companies operating at the real estate market. He is one of the founding members of the AREMD and its Vice-President.

Mr. Zdenek Valka has founded and is managing Czech and Slovak branch of US multinational company Stewart Title. He possesses University degree in surveying and mapping and has experience from management consulting, insurance and foreign trade. His career started in foreign trade during which he spent several years in Canada. Upon his return back to Czech Republic he was managing partner for German company HBS Consulting Partners. His experience and education has proved to be inestimable during various restructuring and construction projects including for example historical buildings at the foot of Charles’s Bridge on Křižovnické náměstí. Before he joined Stewart he was manager in one of the biggest insurance company AIG Czech Republic. He established Stewart branch in Czech Republic and has successfully brought “title insurance” concept / product to Czech and Slovak Republic.

Aleš Vobruba graduated from the School of Economics, Faculty of Trade. From 1995 he has been a Financial Director of ORCO Property Group. At present he is also an Executive Director for Investment, Development, Real Estate Administration and Hotel Services in Central European Countries. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of AREMD.

Karel Žalský graduated from the School of Economics, Prague and extended his education by study at the Price Institute attached to the School of Economics, Managers’ Course, Institute of Market Appraisal of Property attached to the Camber of Commerce of the Czech Republic and short-term study stays in U.K. and U.S.A. He presented INTERPROSPEKT at a lot of important international conferences (FIABCI congresses in Paris and Chicago, NAR conference in Atlanta, ...) and real estate trade fairs (MIPIM 94 and 95, MAPIC 95, IMMOS REALEX 92 – 95, FIBEX 95 and 96, ...). Together with other specialists of INTERPROSPEKT he worked on a lot of major projects such as International School of Prague, reconstruction of Union banka a.s. and Česká banka a.s. buildings, specifications of conditions for the implementation of Malá Šárka, Prague 6 – Nebušice, Residential and Office Building Complex Stodůlky, Prague 13 and other projects. Karel Žalský applies his rich experience also as a Vice-President of FIABCI - Czech Republic, member of NAR (National Association of Realtors, U.S.A.).