TVO Europe provides real estate investment and property services across Central Europe and beyond. This newsletter introduces TVO's structure and operations, including offices across Europe and North America. Recent activities highlighted include property management for clients in the Czech Republic, acquisitions, and facility management projects. It also introduces the CEO and CFO of TVO Europe.
Martina Schult is a German national with over 18 years of experience in project management, marketing, and administration roles in industries including telecommunications, IT security, and defense. She holds a Master's degree in business administration and has lived in several countries including Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. Currently she works as a consultant and project manager in Abu Dhabi, managing projects in IT security, law enforcement, and telecommunications for clients in the Middle East.
MCI invested in Invia Group, a travel company operating in Central and Eastern Europe, in 2001. Over time, Invia expanded through acquisitions into additional markets like Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia. By 2015, Invia had become the #1 player in the e-travel market in Central and Eastern Europe, with a 60% market share in Czech Republic and Slovakia. In 2016, MCI fully exited its investment in Invia, realizing a total return of EUR 69.3 million, representing an 11x return on its primary investment with an internal rate of return of 46%.
Marek Bielowicki is a highly experienced sales manager with over 15 years of experience managing sales teams and securing business in various sectors across 7 countries. He has a proven track record of achieving results through others and has managed sales worth over €32 million. Marek is customer focused with strong communication, negotiation, and relationship building skills. He has extensive experience managing projects and teams in roles with companies such as Novum, Polconstruct Ireland, and Natura Joinery.
DERSAM International is a young company that specializes in guiding organizations looking to expand internationally. It was founded by partners with extensive corporate experience to help businesses remain competitive globally. DERSAM International provides services such as global business development, international trade, project management, and marketing to facilitate business between North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, with a focus on industries like renewable energy and technology.
The document discusses Mercedes-Benz's participation in the International Trade Fair Plovdiv in Bulgaria. Mercedes-Benz exhibited 24 vehicles across 7 brands and saw an estimated 20,000 visitors. They utilized a special graffiti podium to promote the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class and had brochures and a parts animation at their stand. Mercedes-Benz saw direct sales of 38 vehicles and an advertising value of 82,000 euros from showcasing new models. Pictures show Mercedes-Benz's stand and exhibits at the trade fair.
WEVERIFY: WIDER AND ENHANCED VERIFICATION FOR YOU PROJECT OVERVIEW AND TOOLS
The following presentation provides an overview of the WeVerify project and the tools it develops for human-in-the-loop content verification and disinformation analysis.
Тhe WeVerify project is developing a platform and a suite of tools and algorithms covering the complete content verification workflow. We provide tools for verification of textual claims, images, and videos, content provenance and source trustworthiness. We support Analysis of disinformation flows through propagation analysis and community detection.
The document is a brochure for the Master's in International Business Engineering program offered by Finmeccanica, a large European industrial group. It provides information on the program, which lasts 12 months and combines classroom instruction, projects, and an internship. Over 5,000 people from 105 countries applied in 2007. The program aims to train candidates to manage long-term international projects and provides opportunities to work within Finmeccanica after graduation. Finmeccanica offers financial support for tuition, accommodation, and living expenses equivalent to 29,000 Euros.
3rd Annual Airport Development & Expansion SummitBora Erel
The summit will focus on the development of new airport projects, efficient models of development, investment and financing, retail master planning, designing, energy efficiency, operational excellence and seamless passenger experience as well as the other pressing issues that needs to be addressed.
Martina Schult is a German national with over 18 years of experience in project management, marketing, and administration roles in industries including telecommunications, IT security, and defense. She holds a Master's degree in business administration and has lived in several countries including Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. Currently she works as a consultant and project manager in Abu Dhabi, managing projects in IT security, law enforcement, and telecommunications for clients in the Middle East.
MCI invested in Invia Group, a travel company operating in Central and Eastern Europe, in 2001. Over time, Invia expanded through acquisitions into additional markets like Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia. By 2015, Invia had become the #1 player in the e-travel market in Central and Eastern Europe, with a 60% market share in Czech Republic and Slovakia. In 2016, MCI fully exited its investment in Invia, realizing a total return of EUR 69.3 million, representing an 11x return on its primary investment with an internal rate of return of 46%.
Marek Bielowicki is a highly experienced sales manager with over 15 years of experience managing sales teams and securing business in various sectors across 7 countries. He has a proven track record of achieving results through others and has managed sales worth over €32 million. Marek is customer focused with strong communication, negotiation, and relationship building skills. He has extensive experience managing projects and teams in roles with companies such as Novum, Polconstruct Ireland, and Natura Joinery.
DERSAM International is a young company that specializes in guiding organizations looking to expand internationally. It was founded by partners with extensive corporate experience to help businesses remain competitive globally. DERSAM International provides services such as global business development, international trade, project management, and marketing to facilitate business between North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, with a focus on industries like renewable energy and technology.
The document discusses Mercedes-Benz's participation in the International Trade Fair Plovdiv in Bulgaria. Mercedes-Benz exhibited 24 vehicles across 7 brands and saw an estimated 20,000 visitors. They utilized a special graffiti podium to promote the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class and had brochures and a parts animation at their stand. Mercedes-Benz saw direct sales of 38 vehicles and an advertising value of 82,000 euros from showcasing new models. Pictures show Mercedes-Benz's stand and exhibits at the trade fair.
WEVERIFY: WIDER AND ENHANCED VERIFICATION FOR YOU PROJECT OVERVIEW AND TOOLS
The following presentation provides an overview of the WeVerify project and the tools it develops for human-in-the-loop content verification and disinformation analysis.
Тhe WeVerify project is developing a platform and a suite of tools and algorithms covering the complete content verification workflow. We provide tools for verification of textual claims, images, and videos, content provenance and source trustworthiness. We support Analysis of disinformation flows through propagation analysis and community detection.
The document is a brochure for the Master's in International Business Engineering program offered by Finmeccanica, a large European industrial group. It provides information on the program, which lasts 12 months and combines classroom instruction, projects, and an internship. Over 5,000 people from 105 countries applied in 2007. The program aims to train candidates to manage long-term international projects and provides opportunities to work within Finmeccanica after graduation. Finmeccanica offers financial support for tuition, accommodation, and living expenses equivalent to 29,000 Euros.
3rd Annual Airport Development & Expansion SummitBora Erel
The summit will focus on the development of new airport projects, efficient models of development, investment and financing, retail master planning, designing, energy efficiency, operational excellence and seamless passenger experience as well as the other pressing issues that needs to be addressed.
LPB Group & DCP 2014 Academy of Country Music AwardsLorena Bendinskas
LPB Group, in exclusive partnership with Dick Clark Productions, present the 2014 Academy of Country Music Awards backstage lounge. Live at MGM Grand, Las Vegas April 4-6, 2014.
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The document discusses how the creator achieved coherence across their promotional package for an indie folk album, including a music video, print production, and magazine advert. Key elements that provided coherence included using matching imagery, locations, colors and themes across the different elements. Specifically, the creator used a powerful image from the music video depicting two characters standing apart in the print production and video. They also incorporated natural, autumnal colors and coastal locations throughout to tie the themes of relationships and the environment together cohesively.
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This document summarizes three conferences organized by Pitch NOAH London to connect capital with entrepreneurs in the digital ecosystem across Europe. The conferences will take place in London on October 31-November 1, 2019, in Berlin on June 13-14, 2019, and in Tel Aviv on April 9-10, 2019. The goal is to promote funding of European digital companies at all stages and facilitate relationships between Israel and Europe.
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This document summarizes the mission and activities of NOAH Advisors, a leading European internet corporate finance boutique. Their mission is to connect capital with entrepreneurs by facilitating funding for digital European companies through conferences and M&A transactions. They have deep industry knowledge and relationships that allow them to successfully complete transactions, focusing on leading internet companies. Their team has extensive investment banking experience and they have completed over 30 successful transactions totaling billions of euros.
The document discusses three conferences focused on connecting capital with entrepreneurs in the digital European ecosystem. The conferences will take place in Tel Aviv, Berlin, and London on the listed dates, with the goal of promoting funding of European digital companies at all stages and strengthening Israel-European relationships. The second part of the document discusses a platform called Leva that provides investors access to top asset managers and opportunities to lead syndicates, with the goal of creating more liquidity in private markets.
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LPB Group & DCP 2014 Academy of Country Music AwardsLorena Bendinskas
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The document discusses how the creator achieved coherence across their promotional package for an indie folk album, including a music video, print production, and magazine advert. Key elements that provided coherence included using matching imagery, locations, colors and themes across the different elements. Specifically, the creator used a powerful image from the music video depicting two characters standing apart in the print production and video. They also incorporated natural, autumnal colors and coastal locations throughout to tie the themes of relationships and the environment together cohesively.
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This document discusses AWS security best practices for enterprises. It recommends following AWS security policies and IAM best practices, automating security configurations through tools like CloudFormation, and architecting networks carefully with security groups and subnets. Automating security operations, compliance checks, and incident response is emphasized to manage risks and unknown threats. The document also warns against simply migrating on-premises systems to AWS without redesigning for the cloud.
This document discusses design hierarchy methodology in electronic engineering. It breaks down a design into individual blocks, packages those blocks together, and then creates a top level program to integrate everything. The methodology involves analyzing the problem, designing individual modules, creating packages of components, and designing the top level program. Packages group components, functions, procedures, types and constants. Components are pieces of code that can be reused in other circuits to build a hierarchical design.
This document summarizes three conferences organized by Pitch NOAH London to connect capital with entrepreneurs in the digital ecosystem across Europe. The conferences will take place in London on October 31-November 1, 2019, in Berlin on June 13-14, 2019, and in Tel Aviv on April 9-10, 2019. The goal is to promote funding of European digital companies at all stages and facilitate relationships between Israel and Europe.
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1. T H E VOIC E OF T VO Czech Republic Edition
SPRING / ISSUE NO. 01
W elcome to this first edition of ‘The Voice of TVO in the Czech Republic’. The objective of this newsletter
is to provide our clients, investors, partners, friends, and other interested parties with current and/
or updated information regarding TVO Europe’s activities here in the Czech
Republic. However, since this is our first missive, I thought it would be useful if
I explain the TVO company structure so that you get a full picture of the range
and scale of our operations.
TVO Europe is part of TVO Groupe, an international real estate investment and
property services organization, with US operating offices located in Chicago
(Headquarters for TVO Groupe and TVO Capital Management) and El Paso
(Headquarters for TVO North America and TVO Management Services),
plus regional property services support offices located in Orlando, Atlanta,
Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles and Seattle. TVO’s European headquarters
are here in Prague, but we also have offices in Warsaw, Budapest, Bratislava,
Moscow, Kiev, Sofia, Hamburg and London.
You will find out more about what we actually do as you read on through this newsletter. I would also be happy
to meet with you to tell you more about our global activities next time I am in Prague. Just give me a call or send
me an email. For now, I hope you will enjoy hearing about our activities in Prague and the Czech Republic, and
the exciting plans that we have for the forthcoming months.
With best regards,
Wayne A. Vandenburg
Chairman of TVO Europe Property Services
wvandenburg@tvogroupe.com
+420 774 874 657
WHAT DO WE DO?
TVO Europe’s and TVO North America’s business platforms and
operating goals are quite simple: we are focused on adding value
to each endeavor in which we are involved; we are an operating
extension of our clients and we diligently work towards achieving
the goals of our clients and enhancing the final product to be
delivered. Whether it be property investments, asset management,
property management, facility management, project & construction
management, energy management or any other real estate-related
assignment in the commercial or residential property sector, you can
depend upon TVO Europe, TVO North America and our operating
The Luxembourg Plaza is one of the properties currently managed
by TVO affiliates to be in total alignment with the interests of our clients.
www.tvoeurope.cz
2. WHAT’S NEW?
TVO Europe has been participating in numerous commercial property tenders since the beginning of 2012,
primarily focusing on the provision of professional services to office and retail properties across the whole of Central
Europe, as well as participating in property tenders to provide marketing and property management services to
both residential property developers and Home Owners Associations in the Czech Republic.
TVO Europe’s Facility Management Group has recently completed a number of technical revisions for its
international client base across the whole country, including the international companies Tesco, Globus, Black &
Decker and Air Products, whilst TVO Residential Services is continuing to represent international clients interested
in acquiring residential properties across the Czech Republic as well as representing clients located in the Czech
Republic interested in acquiring international properties located in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United
States.
A TVO Groupe affiliate, TVO Global Partners, recently acquired the balance of the shares it does not already own in
CPP Services s.r.o., the property management services company which manages Central Park Praha (“CPP”), the 10
tower, 547 unit residential complex which also contains 19 commercial units and 755 underground parking spaces
located in Prague 3 on behalf of the CPP Home Owners Association.
TVO EVENT
TVO Europe’s CEO, Iveta Slavotinkova, who is currently on maternity leave, welcomed the
birth of her son, Viktor, on April 24th. Viktor joins sister, Nela, and father, Libor, in the
Slavotinek family.
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE BEHIND TVO EUROPE?
MICHAL KRATOCHVIL - Chief Financial Officer & Head of Accounting – TVO Europe
Property Services & TVO Capital Europe | Mr. Kratochvil is a graduate of the University
of Economics in Prague where he studied corporate finance, management accounting,
and corporate accounting. Prior to joining TVO, Michal worked for the Orco Property
Management Group, Accenture and GE Money Bank in analytical positions. Michal speaks
Czech, Slovak, German & English. “Michal is a true professional with an unique ability
to act entrepreneurial with the intense focus and vision of a chief financial officer,” states
Wayne Vandenburg, “and we are happy to have him on our team.”
SOCIAL EVENTS
A Survival Guide to Real Estate Success
In January, Wayne Vandenburg, Chairman of TVO Europe
Property Services, moderated a panel of Prague-based real
estate professionals discussing “Adapting to the Economic
Reset: A Survival Guide to Real Estate Success” at the American
Chamber of Commerce Real Estate Meeting.
MIPIM Global Real Estate Conference
In March, Wayne Vandenburg, along with Magdalena
Gomezova, TVO Europe’s Business Development Manager,
attended the annual MIPIM Global Real Estate Conference
in Cannes, France which is one of the two biggest real estate
conferences in all of Europe each year with Expo Real in
Munich being the other; as usual, TVO will be attending this
annual event in October.
www.tvoeurope.cz