“A highly qualified team with the experience to deliver in South East Europe”
Board
Michael Beys, Chairman
Michael Beys is the Founder and Managing Partner of Beys, Stein & Mobargha LLP, a New York law firm covering a full range of corporate and real estate transactions. From 2000 to 2005, he served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York where he was the lead counsel in over 100 federal prosecutions and investigations. In 2005, he co-founded Aristone Capital Partners, a real estate investment firm which has provided over US$35 million in mezzanine financing to New York area real estate developers. In 1999, he founded Cobblestone Ventures, Inc., a real-estate development business which has since invested in, or actively managed, over 200,000 square feet of conversion and new construction projects in downtown Manhattan.
Harin Thaker, Vice Chairman
CEO of Aeriance Investments S.A., the multi-strategy debt fund platform of Aerium, an independent pan-European real estate investment manager. Former CEO of Hypo Real Estate Bank International and former Head of Real Estate Finance International at Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (as Hypo was renamed). The bank is a specialized lender in real estate finance and under Harin’s leadership it expanded in various international markets in Europe, and Asia, including several countries in Eastern and South Eastern Europe.
Ian Domaille, Non-Executive Director
Ian Domaille is a member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. He is director and founder shareholder of Artemis Trustees Limited, a licensed fiduciary services company. He has been involved in the financial services industry for over 25 years, initially as an auditor, and, over the last fifteen years, being involved in personal and corporate planning. Mr. Domaille is a director of a number of listed and private companies in the financial services and other sectors.
Antonios Kaffas, Non-Executive Director
Antonios Kyriakou Kaffas, aged 60 is appointed as non-executive director. Antonios, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, has worked as CFO for major shipping groups and real estate companies, most recently at Gulf Marine Management S.A. and currently at Hermes Marine Management S.A.
LAMBROS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, CEO
Founder & former CEO of LAMDA Development, a real estate developer active in SEE, listed in Athens that grew from scratch to >€1 billion market cap. Co-founded Grivalia (former Eurobank Properties) Greece’s second largest listed REIT. Founded South East Continent Unique Real Estate Management in 2006 as a private equity platform to establish and manage property investment & development vehicles in SEE with two such funds invested in development projects in Romania, Bulgaria & Serbia. Prior to that he was a strategy consultant in various European and North American countries. Degrees from the National Technical University of Athens (Naval Architecture, Marine & Mechanical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MSc) & MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA).
Management
Lambros Anagnostopoulos, CEO
Founder & former CEO of LAMDA Development, a real estate developer active in SEE, listed in Athens that grew from scratch to >€1 billion market cap. Co-founded Grivalia (former Eurobank Properties) Greece’s second largest listed REIT. Founded South East Continent Unique Real Estate Management in 2006 as a private equity platform to establish and manage property investment & development vehicles in SEE with two such funds invested in development projects in Romania, Bulgaria & Serbia. Prior to that he was a strategy consultant in various European and North American countries. Degrees from the National Technical University of Athens (Naval Architecture, Marine & Mechanical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MSc) & MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA).
Theofanis Antoniou, Finance Director
Joined SECURE Management in 2017. Previously worked as CFO in IT sector. Between 2007 and 2013 held positions in real estate sector, as CFO of Charagionis Group, a major local real estate developer, and of Assos Capital, a fund active in retail property market mainly in Bulgaria. He has also worked for a packaging industry, listed on Athens Stock Exchange. Started his career in banking sector, working between 1996 and 2002 for Bank of Cyprus and Marfin Bank. He has extensive M&A and capital raising experience, and holds degrees from London School of Economics and University of Durham.
George Dopoulos, Commercial Director
Joined SPDI in 2009. Previously a partner of Phoenix Real Estates where he supervised the development of 250K sqm of industrial/logistics centres in Romania. Held project management related positions with the publicly listed international project and construction management firm, Hill International, focusing in SEE & the Middle East leading project planning, financial structuring, team augmentation & project implementation/completion monitoring tasks. Degrees in International Business & Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.
Mihai Octavian Ghircoias, Senior Advisor Romania
A Team member since 2010. Managing partner for One Real Partner for 4 years, completing deals regarding industrial & residential projects. Previously Head of Office Agency for CB Richard Ellis & responsible for a portfolio of more than 200 clients. Degree in International Business from the Academy of Economics Studies of Bucharest & an MBA certification from the Open University (UK).
Dmitry Kichmarenko, Managing Director Ukraine
A Team member since 2011. Previously at Deloitte Kiev, acting as a manager in Financial advisory & Audit. Led buy-side & sell-side due diligence projects, IFRS & US GAAP audit engagements for local & international listed companies doing business in Ukraine & Georgia. Past managing positions in large Ukrainian industrial & trade business groups, & banks of the region. Master degrees in Banking & Finance from Kyiv National Economic University & ACCA qualification.