Savills appoints head of property management in Czech Republic

International real estate advisor Savills has appointed Petr Machula to head up its property management team in the Czech Republic. Petr has over 15 years experience in the Czech real estate market, and for 12 of those years he has been head of property management at Knight Frank, where he built a department of 18. He has worked with some of the major clients in this region including: Invesco Real Estate; GLL; Immofinanz and Palmer Capital.

Ben Maudling, Head of Savills Czech Republic and Slovakia, comments: “I am extremely pleased that Petr is joining our new Savills Czech and Slovak business. He is one of the most experienced property managers in the Czech market and is highly regarded within the industry. I have no doubt that under his leadership, our Czech and Slovak asset and property management department will establish itself as a market leader.”

Tim Bretten, Director of Property Management, Savills Europe, adds: “Savills currently employs 48 property managers in the Central Eastern Europe (CEE) region, all currently based in Poland. Petr’s appointment in our Prague office is very much in line with our European strategy to support the company’s continued expansion across CEE and grow a team that will rival the reputation and strength of our western European business.”

Petr  Machula, Head of Property Management, Savills Czech Republic, says:  “With client demands being increasingly focussed around efficiency through sustainability and proptech, our property managers need to become increasingly innovative and sophisticated in both maintaining and adding value to the properties we manage. I intend to develop a team at Savills that will offer the very best service to our clients and continue the expansion of Savills European propery management business.”