International real estate advisor Savills has announced two senior appointments. Martin Schindler is joining the Building and Project Consultancy (BPC) Department as Associate Director and Nicolas Chudyba is joining the Property Management Department as Property and Technical Manager. Both will be based at the firm’s Prague office.
Ben Maudling, CEO Savills Czech & Slovak Republics, says: “The property market is continually evolving and a year and half since Savills opened its office in the Czech Republic, I am pleased to say that we’ve achieved our prime objective of having a strong team in place to meet the growing needs of our clients. Martin’ and Nicolas’ knowledge and professional experience allows us to broaden our capabilities in project, property and facility management and to deliver invaluable strategic advice for our clients.”
Martin brings expertise in project and cost management, construction monitoring, technical due diligence, and technical consultancy. Prior to joining Savills, Martin spent more than seven years with Arcadis’ Built Asset Consultancy department in Prague as a Project Manager providing advisory services to global market leaders and leading technical due diligence teams on some of the biggest real estate transactions in the Czech and Slovak markets. He was also selected for Arcadis’ young talents global programme and his concept was later implemented worldwide. At Savills he will be working alongside Head of BPC, David Lawn.
Nicolas brings nearly 16 years of facility & property management experience to the Savills Property Management practice. Most recently, he was a Senior Property Manager at JLL where he was responsible for the Metronom building in Prague 5 and River Garden II/III in Prague 8. He also worked as Technical Manager for CA Immo office buildings “River City Prague” in Prague-Karlin with a total area of 60,000 sq m (645,835 sq ft). Before that, he held senior positions with various property & facility management companies. In his role, Nicolas specialized in facility management strategy, budgeting (OPEX/CAPEX), cost controlling, suppliers management, warranty claims management, reporting, quality management, developing clients/customers relationships and tenants execution. He has worked with major clients including: Klépierre (BNP-PARIBAS), Honeywell, Pfizer and Panattoni.