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Dorota Wysokinska-Kuzdra appointed ULI Global Governing Trustee
September 14, 2022
Dorota Wysokinska-Kuzdra, Senior Partner of Colliers, has been appointed as Global Governing Trustee at the Urban Land Institute. The position is the highest volunteer member contribution role at the Institute.
Dorota Wysokińska-Kuzdra has over 25 years of property market, finance, and banking experience. In 2018 she joined Colliers and is the Head of Corporate Finance & Living Services – CEE Department, which she has built from scratches and currently she holds position of Senior Partner, advising clients on debt financing, mezzanine financing, raising capital and capital partner acquisition, as well as supporting company acquisition or stock-market listing.
Prior to this, Dorota spent 11 years as Senior Partner at Griffin Real Estate, where she was responsible for the Group’s management and investments, including the first mezzanine fund operating in Poland. Before joining Griffin, for over 10 years, she held director positions in the HypoVereinsbank/UniCredit Group, and in their subsidiaries, being responsible for real estate investment banking and real estate finance.
Dorota graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics, the University of Cologne, and the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Dorota is an active member and a big contributor to the Urban Land Institute – the world’s oldest and largest network of cross-disciplinary real estate experts, with over 45,000 members. From 2018 till 2021 she acted as ULI Poland Chair, now she sits as a member on the ULI Poland Executive Committee. In 2020 she has joined the ULI Europe Executive Committee for a two-year term to oversee activities across the CEE region.
– I am truly honoured by this nomination and look forward to filling it over the next four years. Being the first Global Governing Trustee elected from CEE, I will take this opportunity to speak up for our region on the global arena and act as a liaison with industry and fundraising sources. I have always been a very active member of the Institute, and now I will have the opportunity to have an even greater impact on positively shaping the built environment.
Dorota Wysokińska-Kuzdra
Senior Partner, Head of Corporate Finance & Living Services for CEE at Colliers; ULI Poland Executive Committee Member
As the Global Governing Trustee, she will serve as the high-level leadership group of ULI, responsible for representing the voice of the broad and diverse membership in substantive matters facing ULI in the execution of its mission.
At a global level, 28 real estate industry luminaries have been added to the roster of ULI’s Global Governing Trustees, including six from Europe: Sébastien Chemouny, Head of France, Allianz Real Estate, Paris, France; Amal del Monaco, Senior Managing Director – Head of European Asset Management & Countries, PATRIZIA, Paris France; Alex Jezeph, Senior Development Manager, Transport for London, London, United Kingdom; Annette Kroeger, CEO of Allianz Real Estate North & Central Europe, Allianz Real Estate, Munich, Germany; Markus Wiedenmann, Managing Director, CEO, Art-Invest Real Estate Management GmbH, Köln, Germany; and Dorota Wysokinska-Kuzdra, Senior Partner, Colliers, Warsaw, Poland.