Pavel Sovička, Panattoni

managing director for the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Pavel Sovička is Managing Director for the Czech Republic and Slovakia at Panattoni. He has been working in industrial real estate for more than 25 years. During his career he has led the construction of a number of projects, including Amazon’s first multi-storey robotic distribution centre in the Czech Republic. Under his leadership, Panattoni was the first developer in the Czech Republic to twice build the world’s most sustainable industrial building with the highest BREEAM certification rating. The company has completed projects worth over EUR 2.5 billion and revitalised more than 1.26 million m² of brownfield sites. Pavel Sovička promotes an approach that combines technology, ecology and responsibility towards communities, and advocates for legislative changes that increase the attractiveness of the Czech Republic for foreign investors.