Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets deepens commitment to Central and Eastern Europe with senior appointment

Prague/London, 28 Jan 2019

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (“MIRA”) has appointed Martin Gebauer as Managing Director and Head of Central and Eastern Europe. 

Based in Prague, Mr. Gebauer will lead MIRA’s business in Central and Eastern Europe, reporting to Jiri Zrust, Head of Country Coverage and Origination Europe. Mr. Gebauer will be responsible for identifying new investment opportunities, stakeholder engagement and the active management of MIRA’s portfolio in the region. 

Mr. Gebauer joins MIRA from České Radiokomunikace (“CRA”) where he served as Chief Executive Officer for five years and Chief Financial Officer for three years. CRA is the Czech Republic’s leading media, telecommunications and technology platform. 

In his new role, Mr. Gebauer will work closely with CRA’s incoming CEO, Vit Vazan. Serving as CRA’s CFO for the past four years, Mr. Vazan has supported the businesses’ growth alongside Mr. Gebauer as it has transitioned into DVB-T2 broadcasting, developed scalable cloud solutions and pursued a number of innovative greenfield projects, including CRA’s OTT platform, HbbTV and Lora IoT services. 

Leigh Harrison, Head of MIRA EMEA, said: “Martin’s appointment represents an exciting opportunity to deepen our commitment to this dynamic region, which is home to some of the fastest growing economies in Europe.”  

“We look forward to working closely with Martin as he drives the sustainable development of our portfolio businesses in the region, and as he identifies new opportunities for our global investor base across Central and Eastern Europe.” 

Mr. Gebauer joins MIRA following a 23-year career across a variety of operational, financial and asset management roles. Beginning his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young, Mr. Gebauer then moved into a financial management role at a commercial property investment firm. In 2003, Mr. Gebauer joined Orco Property Group where we he served as CFO for the business in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as well as Group Director of Asset Management. 

Mr. Gebauer joined CRA as its CFO in 2011, before being appointed CEO of the business in 2014. Under Mr. Gebauer’s leadership, CRA has evolved from a traditional broadcasting and telecommunications infrastructure owner and operator into a technology leader with a rapidly growing presence in innovative data centres, cloud services and network solutions. 


Contact

Patrick Gallagher (London)
+44 7795 353820
patrick.gallagher@macquarie.com  


About Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA)

More than 20 years ago Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) pioneered investment in a new asset class for institutional investors – infrastructure. 

Today we combine two decades of experience and expertise to identify and unlock investment opportunities in the assets that people use every day – extending beyond infrastructure to real estate, agriculture and energy.  

Managing investments that underpin economies and communities requires a careful balance of local knowledge, experience and foresight to create enduring value. 

Our dedicated operational and financial experts in each region work closely with our global network to help our clients to see across the regions and deep into local markets, working where our funds invest and portfolio companies operate. 

As at 30 September 2018, MIRA has assets under management of more than €111.4 billion invested in 148 portfolio businesses, ~400 properties and 4.5m hectares of farmland. MIRA is a division of Macquarie Asset Management, the asset management arm of Macquarie Group, a diversified financial group providing clients with asset management, banking, advisory and risk and capital solutions across debt, equity and commodities.