Damian Kołata
Damian Kołata

EMEA L&I Operating Board Member, Head of Industrial & Logistics Agency in Poland and Head of E-Commerce in CEE region

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Damian Kołata

EMEA L&I Operating Board Member
Head of Industrial & Logistics Agency | Poland
Head of E-Commerce | CEE

Damian Kolata, EMEA L&I Operating Board Member, Head of Industrial & Logistics / E-Commerce CEE at global consulting agency Cushman & Wakefield, a manager with 20 years of experience, focusing on how companies work together across the logistics supply chain.

He was responsible for purchasing, demand forecasting and inventory management, distribution organization, as well as e-commerce operations for Europe's largest fashion platfoma in warehouses of more than a hundred football fields, with a workforce that exceeded the population of Szklarska Poreba. He developed logistics and e-commerce for ThyssenKrupp, TZMO S.A. and FIEGE.

Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing, academic lecturer at the EU in Poznań and WSB in Toruń, board member of the E-Commerce Logistics Expert Association. Co-author of the publications "E-Business Bible 3.0" and "Profitable E-Commerce". He is passionate about E-Commerce logistics and its impact on the increasing demands on warehouse space.

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Wine lover - both white and red

Fan of Zagłębie Lubin (not Lublin!)

Enjoys good literature

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Damian Kołata
Industrial market is relatively young but also needs optimisation

According to data from global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, a third of Poland’s approximately 33 million sqm of industrial stock was built in the last three years, with half of it less than five years old. Despite being young, the Polish industrial market is very mature, necessitating industrial asset owners to embrace appropriate optimisation strategies and cyclical risk assessments. Key to this process is the adoption of a multifaceted approach and prioritization of ESG goals, reveals Cushman & Wakefield’s report Logistics & Industrial Asset Optimisation For Tomorrow.

reports
10 december 2024
Damian Kołata
Polish e-commerce surpasses pre-Covid growth forecasts by nearly four years

CEE is one of the most promising locations for e-commerce, according to The Future of E-commerce, the latest report from global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield. In addition, data from Cushman & Wakefield shows that Poland accounts for over half of the turnover reported in the CEE region. The growth outlook for the Polish e-commerce sector is even more positive, as logistics costs in Poland - which are strategically important for e-commerce - are 18% lower than in the Czech Republic and 50% lower than in Germany.

reports
14 november 2024
Damian Kołata
Zbigniew Gawęda joins Cushman & Wakefield

Global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield continues to strengthen its warehouse and industrial leasing team with the appointment of Zbigniew Gawęda, an expert with more than 20 years of market experience, who will be responsible for driving business development and expanding its client portfolio in the warehouse and supply chain sector.

news
27 august 2024
Cushman & Wakefield