Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has appointed Martin Gebauer as managing director and head of Central and Eastern Europe.
Based in Prague, Gebauer will lead MIRA’s business in Central and Eastern Europe, reporting to Jiri Zrust, head of country coverage and origination Europe. Gebauer will be responsible for identifying new investment opportunities, stakeholder engagement and the active management of MIRA’s portfolio in the region.
Gebauer joins MIRA from České Radiokomunikace (CRA), where he served as CEO for five years and CFO for three years. CRA is the Czech Republic’s leading media, telecommunications and technology platform.
In his new role, Gebauer will work closely with CRA’s incoming CEO, Vit Vazan. Serving as CRA’s CFO for the past four years, Vazan has supported the businesses’ growth alongside Gebauer as it has transitioned into DVB-T2 broadcasting, developed scalable cloud solutions and pursued a number of innovative greenfield projects, including CRA’s OTT platform, HbbTV and Lora IoT services.
Gebauer joins MIRA following a 23-year career across a variety of operational, financial and asset management roles. Beginning his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young, he then moved into a financial management role at a commercial property investment firm. In 2003, he joined Orco Property Group, where we he served as CFO for the business in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as well as group director of asset management.
Gebauer joined CRA as its CFO in 2011, before being appointed CEO of the business in 2014.
