Accolade strengthens its leadership: Gary Mazzotti appointed Chairman of the Board to support the Group’s continued growth
Accolade, an investment group focused on modern industrial infrastructure across Europe, announces the appointment of Gary Mazzotti as Chairman of the Board of Accolade Holding, a.s. An experienced executive with more than three decades of expertise in finance, energy and international investment, Gary joins the Group’s co-owners Milan Kratina and Zdeněk Šoustal on the Board.
In his new role, Gary Mazzotti will focus in particular on relationships with institutional investors, the development of the Group’s capital base, and the support of its continued international expansion. Accolade today manages a portfolio of prime industrial real estate valued at €3.9 billion.
Gary Mazzotti brings to Accolade more than thirty years of experience in senior roles across industry, finance and investor relations across global markets. Prior to joining Accolade, he served as CEO and Vice-Chairman of EP Infrastructure. He previously held Board and CFO roles at Kooperativa within Vienna Insurance Group, and at PPF led the private equity division as well as investments in hotels, energy and real estate across selected markets. Over the past decade, he has been involved in transactions totalling nearly €9 billion. He holds a degree in economics from the University of Reading and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
“I welcome Gary to Accolade with great pleasure. He is someone whose judgement I trust entirely, and one of the very few experts in our region who commands the respect of international investors and lenders built over years, sometimes decades. His arrival is pivotal for the next phase of our direction. Our ambitions are greater than ever before, and they will demand stronger governance, deeper investor relationships and a firmer institutional standing. Gary is exactly the right person to lead our Board at this stage," says Milan Kratina, Founder and CEO of Accolade.
“Accolade has built a truly exceptional platform in European industrial real estate over the past fifteen years. I am pleased to be able to support Milan Kratina, Zdeněk Šoustal and the entire management team in the next phase of the Group’s growth,” adds Gary Mazzotti, Chairman of the Board of Accolade Holding, a.s.