Seweryna Afanasjew MRICS, MBA is a real estate senior professional consultant specializing in renewable energy, ESG, digital transformation, innovation, asset management, commercial real estate management, corporate real estate, strategic facilities management and property management. Ex- Member of the Board of the RICS World Europe Board, currently President of the Board of RICS in Poland. Member of the Polish Facility Management Council. Licensed real estate property manager and broker. President of the technological start-up 4 FM Sp. z o. o.
Seweryna has 25 years of experience in the field of commercial real estate (offices, shopping centres, warehouses). She focuses on the search for and implementation of modern technological solutions for real estate in order to increase the organization’s EBITDA. An expert in commercial asset management and leasing for investment funds, corporate real estate and strategic facilities management in large international organizations.
She builds strategies for organizations taking into account digital transformation and ESG.
She has been working for Cushman & Wakefield, Citigroup, ARKA Real Estate Fund BZ WBK FIZ and FIZ 2, Octava Property Trust, Liberty Global and GTC S.A.
She writes about innovation, proptech, ESG, strategies in the management and optimization of commercial real estate, lease negotiations; She is author of the report “Strategic Facilities Management” for Polish Council of Facilities Management (PRFM) and co-author of the RICS publications “Real estate fund, asset and property management: investment services” and “Procurement of Facilities Management.” She is also a business and life coach and mentor in Top Woman in Real Estate program and individually. She is focused on continuous development recently on ESG and entrepreneurship investment. Seweryna is a passionate horse rider competing with her horses in eventing. Besides that she likes scuba diving and mountain hiking.