Damian Kołata

Partner
Head of Industrial & Logistics Agency | Poland
Head of E-Commerce | CEE

Damian is a Partner, Head of Industrial & Logistics in Poland and Head of E-Commerce in the CEE region at Cushman & Wakefield.

He began his professional career from purchase and supply management to later coordinate the cross-border movement of goods, including import and distribution logistics, and customs procedures. Next, he was responsible for the optimisation of warehouse processes, coordination of logistics operations and bringing down logistics costs on the challenging and unpredictable market of Eastern Europe.

Damian was behind the concept of one of Ukraine’s first online stores and supported the opening of distribution centres for Europe’s biggest online fashion platform, and he was also responsible for was responsible for e-commerce operations in warehouses totalling 600,000 sq m, with over 7,000 employees.

Damian is a lecturer at postgraduate studies at the Poznań University of Economics and Business focusing on the optimisation of warehousing processes and e-commerce returns management. He is a graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, the Poznań University of Economics and Business, and Koźmiński University in Warsaw.