About us

Brian was part of the core team which founded White Star Real Estate in 1997, establishing the office in Poland, then later serving as Managing Partner of White Star Real Estate Russia, and White Star Real Estate Europe. Brian, a native of the United States, came to Poland in 1992 and led the development of two of Poland’s first modern commercial projects following its transition to a free-market economy — the Warsaw Distribution Center and the Diamond Business Park.

During this time, Brian’s entrepreneurial activities reached beyond the development field: he co-founded Archive Management Solutions with business partner Tom Keller, which was later sold to Iron Mountain, the world leader of the records management industry.

Since White Star Real Estate’s founding, Brian has led the company in amassing a diverse development portfolio of over 50 properties and 2.5 million m². In recognition of his contribution to the real estate development field, Brian was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Central & Eastern European Quality Awards in Warsaw, Poland. Brian is a graduate of Stanford Business School in California (USA).

Peter joined White Star Real Estate (“WSRE”) as Chief Executive in 2015 on the management buy-out of the business from AIG/Lincoln, having been based in London since 1989, working for a number of publicly listed companies, including at CEO and Board levels. Prior to joining WSRE, Peter was a member of the Executive management team at Acelity, a $2bn revenue healthcare company. As President, Emerging Markets, his responsibilities covered the Asian, Middle East, African and Central and South American markets.

From 2008 to 2012, he was CEO of Corin Group plc, a London Stock Exchange listed Orthopedic Implants company. Peter previously spent nine years as a member of the Executive Committee of Smith & Nephew plc, a London listed healthcare company, with responsibility for Global Strategy and M&A and latterly International Sales. Prior to that, he was Business Development Director and a Board Member of Matthew Clark plc, a London listed Alcoholic Drinks company, building sales from $40m to $1bn

Peter previously worked with Brian Patterson in operating the Iron Mountain EES business in Russia, Ukraine and Denmark from 2013 to 2014, including leading the successful disposal of the business. Peter graduated from Stanford Business School in 1989, as an Arjay Miller scholar (top 10% of class). He previously qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985.

Steve has been with White Star Real Estate since 1999 and has over 2 decades of professional experience in the fields of real estate, finance, accounting, and information systems. Throughout his career with White Star Real Estate he has played a key role in managing the process of concluding major real estate transactions (sales and purchases), and driving the continued growth and development of the company’s property management activities.

Prior to joining White Star Real Estate in 1999, he worked for over six years in the public accounting sector with experience ranging from audit, due diligence, and tax advisory services, to implementation of accounting IT systems.

Steve holds a BA degree from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, plus an MBA degree from the University of Pittsburgh (USA).

Neil has more than 25 years of experience in the real estate and construction industries and has frequently led projects simultaneously in multiple countries. Having lived and worked in seven different countries, and managed projects in places as far reaching as Moscow, Mumbai, Bucharest, Odessa, Warsaw, Berlin, and Bangalore, Neil has the experience to navigate diverse cultures and management approaches.

He has directly managed or been involved with the development of more than 80 major development projects and hundreds of small-phase projects, helping him develop an unsurpassed expertise in contract negotiation, value engineering, and budget and quality control.

In addition to his nearly 15 years with White Star Real Estate, Neil has worked in several renowned firms, including Goldman Sachs. Neil holds a BSc in Quantity Surveying from Napier University Edinburgh (UK) and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Krisztián joined White Star in 2014 as Commercial and Financial Director of the Hungarian entity, and since then his career path led him through the increasing responsibility of being promoted to the role of Development Director in 2018, then Development & Operations Partner and Managing Director of Hungary from 2022. Under his guidance, White Star acquired multiple development projects on the large scope of residential, logistics and office buildings, including the prestigious project of Eötvös12 and Park22.

Over the past years before joining White Star Real Estate, Krisztián gained a wide range of management experience from the coordination of finance and controlling, through the overview of stock-exchange reporting, to the operative management of a real estate and hotel group. Before working in the real estate segment, he worked as an auditor developing solid knowledge in accounting and taxation.

Krisztián holds a BA degree in Economics - Public and State Finance from Budapest Business School.

Emilian manages the corporate-level activities for White Star Real Estate Romania, which includes finance and accounting, administrative, controlling, tax and legal compliance, and business operation activities. Prior to joining White Star Real Estate in 2008, Emilian worked for 15 years in the financial, reporting, and consulting sectors.

He held positions with international companies such as Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, JTI, and OMV. He is familiar with the construction, tobacco, oil exploration, processing and distribution industries. Emilian has developed significant exposure to the international business community through his membership in the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK).

Emilian’s educational credentials include a BA and an MSc in Finance and Accounting from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest.

Bartosz Prytuła joined WSRE in 2005 as Investment Manager, being responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing third party debt financing, as well as equity procurement. Over the years Bartek assumed increasing levels of responsibility and became a Managing Partner.

Prior to joining WSRE, Bartek spent 4 years at Morgan Keegan, where he worked in the investment banking division. He graduated magna cum laude from Washington College (MA) with a B.A. in Economics and Business Administration. 

During his 13 years in real estate market, Dariusz has worked in the design, development and commercialization of residential, office, retail and mixes-use projects. During 8 years at White tar Real Estate (previously AIG/Lincoln) he was responsible for development and commercialization of the company’s landmark real estate investments, including flagship project Elektrownia Powiśle (Warsaw) opened in 200. In 2011, he launched a company that specialises in the trade and distribution of electricity to large commercial projects.

Currently in White Star he is responsible for office, retail and mixed-use developments. In 2022 Dariusz has been promoted to be a Managing Partner at White Star Real Estate in Poland, responsible for Residential Development business of White Star Real Estate, and White Star Residential Management operating businesses. Darek also continue to manage White Star’s flagship project- Elektrownia Powiśle.

Roland joined White Star Real Estate in 2017 as the Acquisition and Development Partner for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and in 2019 was promoted to the role of Country Partner. Roland has been active in real estate sector throughout Central and Eastern Europe since 2005, previously working for CBRE Global Investors (formerly ING Real Estate IM) where he ran operations, transactions and finance in various countries of the region.

Dmitriy was born in Kyiv, Ukraine and moved to the US in high school. He has spent all of his professional career working across California, Florida, Texas and various South American countries, focusing primarily on global corporate real estate and development of industrial, logistics, office and mixed-use projects.

Dmitriy was involved in creating a master plan for a new ExxonMobil campus consisting of more than 20 buildings and totaling 370,000 sqm and later developed an additional 45,000 sqm of office space for the company. He oversaw development of over 30 speculative and built-to-suit industrial and logistics projects for clients such as CBRE, ExxonMobil, Amazon and various 3PL companies totaling over 400,000 sqm.

With the massive reconstruction effort that will be needed after the war in Ukraine, Dmitriy is excited to use his knowledge, paired with White Star's track record of excellence, to help lead a rebuild of the country.

Contact:

dubrovsky.dmitriy@whitestar-realestate.com

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